Sleep dealer / Starlight Film Finance presents a Likely Story production ; in association with This is That ; an Alex Rivera film ; directed by Alex Rivera ; screenplay by Alex Rivera & David Riker ; based on a story by Alex Rivera ; produced by Anthony Bregman ; executive producers, Guy Naggar, Peter Klimt ; Futuro Films.

Format
Video/Projected medium
Language
  • Spanish
  • English
Published/​Created
  • [Los Angeles?] : Maya Entertainment, [2009?]
  • ©2009
Description
1 videodisc (90 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

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    • plastic rdamat http://rdaregistry.info/termList/RDAMaterial/1029
    • DVD video 4 3/4 in.
    Summary note
    • Set in the future, a young man looks for a better life outside his small rural village in Mexico-- but finds himself facing a technological dystopia when he attempts to cross the border.
    • Memo Cruz siempre ha soñado con dejar su pequeño y huir a las grandes ciudades fronterizas del Norte. Pero cuando ocurre una tragedia imprevista y se ve obligado a huir, Memo descubre un nuevo mundo mucho más salvaje de lo que había soñado. El futuro próximo de Sleep Dealer es un mundo lleno de drones asesinos, fábricas de tecnología de punta, vendedores de memorias y una salvaje batalla contra los 'aqua-terroristas' emitada por televisión.
    Notes
    • Originally released as a motion picture in 2008.
    • Includes 5 previews of other motion pictures.
    • Special features: optional audio commentary by director and crew; before-the-making-of documentary (13 min.).
    Creation/​Production credits
    Director of photography, Lisa Rinzler ; production designer, Miguel Ángel Álvarez ; original music by Tomandandy ; costume designer, Adela Cortazar ; editors, Alex Rivera, Madeleine Gavin, Julie Carr, Jeff Werner.
    Target audience
    MPAA rating: PG-13; for some violence and sexuality.
    System details
    DVD, NTSC; Dolby digital 5.1 surround stereo, Dolby digital 2.0 stereo.
    Awards
    • 2008 Sundance Film Festival: Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize and Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award.
    • 2008 Neuchâtel International Fantasy Film Festival: Narcisse Award.
    • Amnesty International Award, Berlin International Film Festival.
    Participant(s)/​Performer(s)
    Luis Fernando Peña, Leonor Varela, Jacob Vargas, Metztli Adamina, Jose Concepción Macías, Tenoch Huerta, Gregg Lucas, Martín Palomares, Sean Garnhart, Guillermo Rios, Montserrat Revah, Miguel Ángel Saldańa, Sergio Limón, José Luis Méndez, Carlos Valencia, Polo Torres, Luis Romero, Meche Navarro, Maria Paniagua, Israel Torres, Emilio Guerrero, Roberto Reyes, Jake Koening, Guillermo Meyer, Norma Pablo, Giovanna Zacarías, Vicente Huezo, Jorge Zepeda, Andaluz Russell, Francisco Valdez.
    Language note
    In Spanish and English, with optional subtitles in English (for spoken Spanish only) or Spanish (for spoken English only).
    Also known as
    • Traficante de sueños
    Publisher no.
    • MA1091
    • MA10914
    • P10912
    • P10915
    OCLC
    434932552
    Universal Product Code
    • 812034010913
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