Waking Life
Dreams. What are they? An escape from reality or reality itself?
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
- Worldwide
- $3M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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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.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Waking Life returned 1.6× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $2M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $3M
- Release date
- Oct 19, 2001
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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