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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.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Rivera, Alex, 1973- film director, screenwriter, film editor.
Riker, David, 1963- screenwriter.
Bregman, Anthony, film producer.
Naggar, Guy, film producer.
Klimt, Peter, film producer.
Peña, Luis Fernando, 1984- actor.
Varela, Leonor, 1972- actor.
Vargas, Jacob, actor.
Huerta Mejía, Tenoch, actor.
Ríos, Guillermo (Actor), actor.
Valencia, Carlos, actor.
Guerrero, Emilio, 1956- actor.
Zacarías, Giovanna, 1976- actor.
Rinzler, Lisa, director of photography.
Alvarez, Miguel Angel, production designer.
Cortazar, Adela, costume designer.
Gavin, Madeleine, film editor.
Carr, Julie (Film editor), film editor.
Werner, Jeffrey M., film editor.
Tomandandy (Musical group), composer (expression).
Starlight Film Finance (Firm), presenter, production company.
Likely Story (Firm), production company.
This is That (Firm), production company.
Futuro Films, production company.
Maya Entertainment (Firm), film distributor.
Language:
English
Spanish
Subjects (All):
Virtual reality--Drama.
Virtual reality.
Border security--Mexico--Drama.
Border security.
Corporate state--Mexico--Drama.
Corporate state.
Business networks--Mexico--Drama.
Business networks.
Technology and civilization.
Mexican-American Border Region--Drama.
Mexican-American Border Region.
Technology and civilization--Drama.
Mexico.
North America--Mexican-American Border Region.
Genre:
Action and adventure films.
Drama.
Dystopian films.
Fantasy films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Science fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 video file (90 minutes)) : sound, color
Other Title:
Also known as: Traficante de sueños
Place of Publication:
[Los Angeles?] : Maya Entertainment, [2008]
Language Note:
In Spanish and English, with subtitles in English.
System Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
digital
video file
Summary:
SLEEP DEALER depicts a dystopian future to explore ways in which technology both oppresses and connects migrants. A fortified wall has ended unauthorized Mexico-US immigration, but migrant workers are replaced by robots, remotely controlled by the same class of would-be emigrants. Their life force is inevitably used up, and they are discarded without medical compensation.
Participant:
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.
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.
Notes:
Originally released as a motion picture in 2008.
OCLC:
1227306286
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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