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Waking Life

Waking Life2001

★7.5101 minAnimationDramaFantasy

Waking Life is about a young man in a persistent lucid dream-like state. The film follows its protagonist as he initially observes and later participates in philosophical discussions that weave together issues like reality, free will, our relationships with others, and the meaning of life.

Director

Richard Linklater

Writer

Richard Linklater

Score

Stars

Ethan Hawke Julie Delpy Wiley Wiggins

Cast57

Ethan Hawke
as Jesse
Julie Delpy
as Celine
Wiley Wiggins
as Main Character
Bill Wise
as Boat Car Guy
Alex E. Jones
as Man in Car with P.A.
Steven Soderbergh
as Interviewed on Television
Ken Webster
as Bartender
Charles Gunning
as Angry Man in Jail
Lorelei Linklater
as Young Girl Playing Paper Game
T
Trevor Jack Brooks
as Young Boy Playing Paper Game
G
Glover Gill
as Accordion Player
L
Lara Hicks
as Violin Player
A
Ames Asbell
as Viola Player
L
Leigh Mahoney
as Viola Player
S
Sara Nelson
as Cello Player
J
Jeanine Attaway
as Piano Player
E
Erik Grostick
as Bass Player
R
Robert C. Solomon
as Philosophy Professor
Kim Krizan
as Self
E
Eamonn Healy
as Shape-Shifting Man
J
J.C. Shakespeare
as Burning Man
D
David Sosa
as Self
O
Otto Hofmann
as Self
A
Aklilu Gebrewold
as Self
C
Carol Dawson
as Coffee Shop Chatter
L
Lisa Moore
as Coffee Shop Chatter
S
Steve Fitch
as Chimpanzee
L
Louis Mackey
as Self
A
Alex Nixon
as Man Writing a Novel at the Bar
K
Kelly Rebecca Nichols
as Woman Talking to the Novel Writer (as Violet Nichols)
Steven Prince
as Man Talking to the Bartender
M
Mary McBay
as Woman on TV
K
Kregg A. Foote
as Man on TV
J
Jason T. Hodge
as Man with the Long Hair
Guy Forsyth
as Self
J
John Christensen
as Guy Talking about Turning the Light on in Dreams
Caveh Zahedi
as Self
D
David Jewell
as Man Talking to Caveh
Adam Goldberg
as One of Four Men
Nicky Katt
as One of Four Men
Jason Liebrecht
as One of Four Men
B
Brent Green
as One of Four Men
R
RC Whittaker
as Man on the Lamppost
H
Hymie Samuelson
as Mr. Debord
D
David Martinez
as Man on the Train
R
Ryan Power
as Self / Young Disappearing Guy
T
Tiana Hux
as Soap Opera Woman
Timothy "Speed" Levitch
as Self
Steve Brudniak
as Goatee Man
M
Marta Banda
as Friendly Girl
C
Charles Murdock
as Old Man
Mona Lee Fultz
as Quiet Woman at Restaurant
E
Edith Mannix
as Older Artist in the Park
B
Bess Cox
as Old Woman Sitting for a Portrait
Louis Black
as Kierkegaard Disciple
Richard Linklater
as Pinball Playing Man / Man on Back of Boat
K
Kierstin Cunnington
as Goth Girl (uncredited)

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