Thursday Matinee Movie Film Series: "Sleeper" (1973)

Comedy on Film:  Time to Laugh

Screwball comedy, visual gags, slapstick, one-liners.  Let's give ourselves permission to laugh this autumn with our popular film series moderated by educator Victor Messick as we present a range of American comedy featuring classic films and selected film clips.

"Sleeper" stars Diane Keaton & Woody Allen, who also wrote (with Marshall Brickman) and directed.  A nerdish store owner is revived out of cryostasis into a future world to fight an oppressive government.  A classic using early comedic influences in a "modern" screwball comedy.  (89 min.)