Doctor Sleep (2002)
The deeper the sleep. The darker the fear.
While treating a policewoman for smoking, hypnotherapist Michael Strother has a telepathic vision of a young girl floating beneath the surface of a stream. The escaped victim of a ritualistic serial killer, the girl has become mute, and Michael is called upon by Scotland Yard to unlock the secrets she holds in order to catch a man who believes he has discovered the key to immortality.
- Date of release
- 2002-08-16
- TMDB
- 5.3 / 10 (68)
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Genres
- Crime, Horror, Thriller, Mystery
- Director
- Nick Willing
Casting
- Goran Višnjić — Michael Strother
- Paddy Considine — Elliot Spruggs
- Shirley Henderson — Janet Losey
- Miranda Otto — Clara Strother
- Sophie Stuckey — Heather
- Josh Richards — Keith
- John Rogan — Francis Paladine
- Claire Rushbrook — Grace
- Lauren Gabrielle Volpert — Martha Strother
- Sarah Woodward — Police Inspector Hilary Ash
- Corin Redgrave — Chief Inspector Clements
- Fiona Shaw — Catherine Lebourg
Interesting facts
Doctor Sleep, also known as Close Your Eyes and Hypnotic, is a 2002 British thriller film directed by Nick Willing, based on the novel of the same name written by American Madison Smartt Bell. The film stars Goran Višnjić as Michael Strother, Shirley Henderson as Detective Janet Losey, and Paddy Considine as Elliot Spruggs.
Production
The 2006 edition of Screen World listed Close Your Eyes as the lead title, with the alternative titles of Doctor Sleep and Hypnotic, noting it was "a BBC Films, the Film Consortium presentation in association with the Film Council of a Kismet Film Co. production".
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