Wide Awake (1998)
Meeting your best friend. Finding your favorite teacher. Having your first crush. Remember what it felt like to be...
The tale of a ten-year-old boy in a Catholic school who, following the death of his beloved grandfather, embarks on a quest to discover the meaning of life.
- Date of release
- 1998-03-20
- TMDB
- 5.5 / 10 (99)
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Family
- Director
- M. Night Shyamalan
Casting
- Denis Leary — Mr. Beal
- Joseph Cross — Joshua Beal
- Rosie O'Donnell — Sister Terry
- Dana Delany — Mrs. Beal
- Timothy Reifsnyder — Dave O'Hara
- Camryn Manheim — Sister Sophia
- Julia Stiles — Neena Beal
- Dan Lauria — Father Peters
- Robert Loggia — Grandpa Beal
- Stefan Niemczyk — Frank Benton
- Michael Shulman — Robert Brickman
- Marc H. Glick — Father Sebastian
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: Philadelphia
Wide Awake is a 1998 American comedy-drama film written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan and produced by Cathy Konrad and Cary Woods. Starring Denis Leary, Dana Delany, Joseph Cross, and Rosie O'Donnell, the film follows Cross as a ten-year-old boy who struggles with his grief and Christian faith after the recent loss of his grandfather.
Production and release
The script was written in 1991. Shyamalan has described Wide Awake as a comedy that he hoped would also make people cry. While the shooting was completed in 1995, problems arose upon Shyamalan's submission of his final cut with Harvey Weinstein voicing his intentions to recut the film.
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