Waking Life Dreams. What are they? An escape from reality or reality itself? Release date: 2001-10-19 Genres: Animation, Drama, Fantasy Actors: Nicky Katt, Lorelei Linklater, Bill Wise, Ethan Hawke, Adam Goldberg, Julie Delpy, Alex E. Jones, Steve Brudniak, Charles Gunning, Wiley Wiggins, Mona Lee Fultz, Jason Liebrecht, Timothy "Speed" Levitch, Steven Prince, Louis Mackey, Ken Webster, Kierstin Cunnington, Sara Nelson, David Martinez, David Jewell, Guy Forsyth, Alex Nixon, Leigh Mahoney, Robert C. Solomon, Ryan Power, Hymie Samuelson, Jason T. Hodge, Carol Dawson, Eamonn Healy, Bess Cox, Brent Green, Trevor Jack Brooks, Aklilu Gebrewold, Charles Murdock, Erik Grostick, Tiana Hux, Lara Hicks, Otto Hofmann, Kregg A. Foote, Mary McBay, Ames Asbell, David Sosa, John Christensen, Jeanine Attaway, J.C. Shakespeare, RC Whittaker, Lisa Moore, Steve Fitch, Marta Banda, Edith Mannix Direction: Caveh Zahedi, Steven Soderbergh, Richard Linklater Production: Louis Black, Kelly Rebecca Nichols Budget: $2,000,000Revenue: $3,176,880 Runtime: 1 h. 41 min. Score: 7.5/10 Votes: 902 Countries: United States of America Companies: IFC Productions, Thousand Words, Detour Filmproduction Available* : Overview: Waking Life is about a young man in a persistent lucid dream-like state. The film follows its protagonist as he initially observes and later participates in philosophical discussions that weave together issues like reality, free will, our relationships with others, and the meaning of life.