Sleepers (Also Known As: Los hijos de la calle ) is a Crime Drama Thriller film directed by Barry Levinson and written by Lorenzo Carcaterra (book), Barry Levinson (screenplay). It released on 18 October 1996 (USA). The film stars Robert De Niro, Kevin Bacon, Brad Pitt . After a prank goes disastrously wrong, a group of boys are sent to a detention center where they are brutalized; over 10 years later, they get their chance for revenge.