Waking Life

Dreams. What are they? An escape from reality or reality itself?

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.

Animation Drama

Ethan Hawke

(Jesse)

Julie Delpy

(Celine)

Wiley Wiggins

(Main Character)

Bill Wise

(Boat Car Guy)

Alex Jones

(Man in Car with P.A.)

Steven Soderbergh

(Interviewed on Television)

Ken Webster

(Bartender)

Charles Gunning

(Angry Man in Jail)

Lorelei Linklater

(Young Girl Playing Paper Game)

Trevor Jack Brooks

(Young Boy Playing Paper Game)

Glover Gill

(Accordion Player)

Lara Hicks

(Violin Player)

Ames Asbell

(Viola Player)

Leigh Mahoney

(Viola Player)

Sara Nelson

(Cello Player)

Jeanine Attaway

(Piano Player)

Erik Grostick

(Bass Player)

Robert C. Solomon

(Philosophy Professor)

Kim Krizan

(Self)

Eamonn Healy

(Shape-Shifting Man)

J.C. Shakespeare

(Burning Man)

David Sosa

(Self)

Otto Hofmann

(Self)

Aklilu Gebrewold

(Self)

Carol Dawson

(Coffee Shop Chatter)

Lisa Moore

(Coffee Shop Chatter)

Steve Fitch

(Chimpanzee)

Louis Mackey

(Self)

Alex Nixon

(Man Writing a Novel at the Bar)

Kelly Rebecca Nichols

(Woman Talking to the Novel Writer (as Violet Nichols))

Steven Prince

(Man Talking to the Bartender)

Mary McBay

(Woman on TV)

Kregg A. Foote

(Man on TV)

Jason T. Hodge

(Man with the Long Hair)

Guy Forsyth

(Self)

John Christensen

(Guy Talking about Turning the Light on in Dreams)

Caveh Zahedi

(Self)

David Jewell

(Man Talking to Caveh)

Adam Goldberg

(One of Four Men)

Nicky Katt

(One of Four Men)

Jason Liebrecht

(One of Four Men)

Brent Green

(One of Four Men)

RC Whittaker

(Man on the Lamppost)

Hymie Samuelson

(Mr. Debord)

David Martinez

(Man on the Train)

Ryan Power

(Self / Young Disappearing Guy)

Tiana Hux

(Soap Opera Woman)

Timothy "Speed" Levitch

(Self)

Steve Brudniak

(Goatee Man)

Marta Banda

(Friendly Girl)

Charles Murdock

(Old Man)

Mona Lee Fultz

(Quiet Woman at Restaurant)

Edith Mannix

(Older Artist in the Park)

Bess Cox

(Old Woman Sitting for a Portrait)

Louis Black

(Kierkegaard Disciple)

Richard Linklater

(Pinball Playing Man / Man on Back of Boat)

Kierstin Cunnington

(Goth Girl (uncredited))