Light Sleeper
He was a good man in a deadly business. She was his only way out.
John LeTour is a recovering drug user who suffers insomnia and still deals to a high-end New York clientele, even though he’s trying to move on from the business.John’s professional midlife crisis becomes something more acute — and dangerous — when he re-encounters an old flame while a string of seemingly drug-related murders rocks the city.
- Director
- Paul Schrader
- Worldwide
- $1M
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Cast
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What It's About
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John LeTour is a recovering drug user who suffers insomnia and still deals to a high-end New York clientele, even though he’s trying to move on from the business. John’s professional midlife crisis becomes something more acute — and dangerous — when he re-encounters an old flame while a string of seemingly drug-related murders rocks the city.
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Box Office & Release
Light Sleeper returned 0.2× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $5M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $1M
- Release date
- Aug 21, 1992
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- German, English
- Country
- United States of America
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