Sleeper (1973) is a futuristic comedy loosely based on the classic science fiction novel When The Sleeper Wakes by H. G. Wells. It was written by Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman and directed by Allen himself.
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In the movie, health food store owner Miles Monroe (Woody Allen) is hospitalized for an ulcer operation but ends up in the liquid nitrogen tanks of an immortality institution. He is revived in the year 2173 by a subversive organization, as he is the only member of this society without a known biometric identity. Monroe joins as an action commando with the idle Luna Schlosser (Diane Keaton in a role similar to that of Manhattan).
The dictatorial leader of the society has been killed by a rebel bomb, but this has not been revealed publicly. The only surviving body part is the leader's nose. It is the intent of the administration to clone the leader from this single remaining part. It is the rebels' purpose to disrupt this attempt by stealing the nose. The unidentifiable Miles Monroe is essential to accomplish this task.
This early Allen movie features some memorable concepts, such as Orgasmatron booths and a related orgasmic orb (passed around at parties), confessional robots, bioengeneeredhydroponic vegetables (without any other part of the plant) such as hose-fed carrots as large as a canoe, and the cloning of vital organs and entire persons. By that time, historians have developed interesting theories about Howard Cosell and Richard Nixon, which Miles doesn't have the heart to refute. Jokes include: Tailor-robots programmed to behave like Jewish salesmen; PhDs in oral sex; and an abandoned 200-year old Volkswagen beetle that starts up instantly.
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Sleeper (1973) is a futuristic comedy loosely based on the classic science fiction novel When The Sleeper Wakes by H.
In the movie, health food store owner Miles Monroe (Woody Allen) is hospitalized for an ulcer operation but ends up in the liquid nitrogen tanks of an immortality institution.
This early Allen movie features some memorable concepts, such as Orgasmatron booths and a related orgasmic orb (passed around at parties), confessional robots, bioengeneered hydroponic vegetables (without any other part of the plant) such as hose-fed carrots as large as a canoe, and the cloning of vital organs and entire persons.
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