Directed by:
Richard LinklaterScreenplay:
Richard LinklaterCinematography:
Tommy PallottaCast:
Wiley Wiggins, Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Alex Jones, Kierstin Cunnington, Caveh Zahedi, Adam Goldberg, Nicky Katt, Steven Soderbergh, Richard Linklater (more)VOD (3)
Plots(1)
Dreams. What are they? An escape from reality or reality itself? Waking Life follows the dream(s) of one man and his attempt to find and discern the absolute difference between waking life and the dreamworld. While trying to figure out a way to wake up, he runs into many people on his way; some of which offer one sentence asides on life, others delving deeply into existential questions and life's mysteries. We become the main character. It becomes our dream and our questions being asked and answered. Can we control our dreams? What are they telling us about life? About death? About ourselves and where we come from and where we are going? (Arrow Films)
(more)Cast
![Wiley Wiggins](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/046/576/46576524_1c80e3.jpg)
Wiley Wiggins
USA
Best movies:
Waking Life (2001)
Dazed and Confused (1993)
The Faculty (1998)
![Ethan Hawke](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/971/163971464_837bda.jpg)
Ethan Hawke
USA
Best movies:
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Lord of War (2005)
Gattaca (1997)
![Julie Delpy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/730/160730610_6bcb3d.png)
Julie Delpy
France
Best movies:
Three Colours: Red (1994)
Europa Europa (1990)
Three Colors: Blue (1993)
![Alex Jones](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/376/376978_5d957a.jpg)
Alex Jones
USA
Best movies:
Waking Life (2001)
A Scanner Darkly (2006)
Kierstin Cunnington
USA
Best movies:
Felon (2008)
Waking Life (2001)
Ghost Month (2009)
Caveh Zahedi
USA
Best movies:
Waking Life (2001)
Citizen Ruth (1996)
The Devil's Muse (2007)
![Adam Goldberg](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/110/166110275_9673cd.jpg)
Adam Goldberg
USA
Best movies:
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Before Sunrise (1995)
![Nicky Katt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269128_ac4346.jpg)
Nicky Katt
USA
Best movies:
The Dark Knight (2008)
Sin City (2005)
The Cure (1995)
![Steven Soderbergh](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269740_9d6f35.jpg)
Steven Soderbergh
USA
Best movies:
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
Waking Life (2001)
Contagion (2011)
![Richard Linklater](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270013_04e604.jpg)
Richard Linklater
USA
Best movies:
Before Sunrise (1995)
Waking Life (2001)
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996)
Kim Krizan
USA
Best movies:
Waking Life (2001)
Dazed and Confused (1993)
Slacker (1990)
Steven Prince
Best movies:
Taxi Driver (1976)
New York, New York (1977)
Waking Life (2001)
![Lorelei Linklater](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/630/161630519_5ca47d.jpg)
Lorelei Linklater
Mexico
Best movies:
Boyhood (2014)
Waking Life (2001)
Bomb City (2017)
Mona Lee Fultz
Best movies:
What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
Boyhood (2014)
Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood (2022)
Jason Liebrecht
USA
Best movies:
Waking Life (2001)
True Stories (1986)
Everybody Wants Some!! (2016)
Bill Wise
Best movies:
Boyhood (2014)
Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood (2022)
Waking Life (2001)