Sleepers - the movie

[nanny dawn]

Iknow it is meant to be based on fact - but seem to emember reading that someone tried to check out the facts and could not.

Does anyone know if it really is fact based?

[marwel7]

The book was originally marketed as a true story.I think I'm right in saying that the author came clean about it being fiction within a year of publication.There was at least one documentary questioning it's claim to be a true story.

[LeMarchand]

From the "Trivia" for the movie on IMDb:

"Author Lorenzo Carcaterra has claimed that his book on which the film is based was a true story of his childhood. When the New York legal community went on record stating that no cases resembling the events of his book could be found in any court records, Carcaterra refused to discuss the discrepancy. His claims have since been dismissed as a mere publicity stunt and discredited."