Light Sleeper requires patience, but delivers commensurate rewards -- and boasts an absorbing performance from Willem Dafoe.
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Movie Info
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Director -
Paul Schrader -
Producer -
Linda Reisman -
Screenwriter -
Paul Schrader -
Distributor -
Fine Line Features -
Production Co -
Grain of Sand Productions -
Rating -
R -
Genre -
Mystery & Thriller -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Aug 21, 1992, Original -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Mar 1, 2007 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$1.0M -
Runtime -
1h 48m -
Sound Mix -
Mono