Sleepers (1996) The film follows four childhood friends from Hell’s Kitchen—Shakes, Michael, John, and Tommy—whose lives take a tragic turn after a prank goes horribly wrong, landing them in a reform school. There, they suffer abuse at the hands of the guards, an experience that scars them deeply. Years later, as adults, they reunite and plot a carefully orchestrated plan for justice and revenge against those who wronged them. In the hotdog stand scene, one of the friends buys a hotdog sandwich

On this day 29 years ago, Sleepers (1996), directed by Barry Levinson, was released in the United States | History of Cinema