Waking Life's inventive animated aesthetic adds a distinctive visual component to a film that could easily have rested on its smart screenplay and talented ensemble cast.
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Movie Info
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Director -
Richard Linklater -
Producer -
Anne Walker-McBay , Tommy Pallotta , Palmer West , Jonah Smith -
Screenwriter -
Richard Linklater -
Distributor -
Fox -
Production Co -
Independent Film Channel , Thousand Words , Detour Filmproduction , Fat Black Films -
Rating -
R (Some Violent Images|Language) -
Genre -
Drama , Animation -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Oct 19, 2001, Wide -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Mar 1, 2013 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$2.9M -
Runtime -
1h 39m -
Sound Mix -
Dolby Stereo , Dolby Digital , Dolby A , Dolby SR -
Aspect Ratio -
Flat (1.85:1)