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Who Needs Sleep?
  • Release Date: Aug 11, 2006
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  • Summary: Ahhh... the glamorous life in Hollywood. Or is it? Film crews routinely work sweatshop hours, often clocking 15 to 18 hour days at the expense of their families, their health, their well-being, and even their lives. In 1997, after a 19-hour day on the set, assistant cameraman Brent Hershman fell asleep behind the wheel, crashed his car, and died. Deeply disturbed by Hershman's preventable death, filmmaker and multiple-Oscar-winning cinematographer Haskell Wexler shows how sleep deprivation and long work hours are a lethal combination. Who Needs Sleep? is a commentary on our quality of life. (The Institute for Cinema Studies) … Expand

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  1. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Scott Foundas
    70
    The result is (no pun intended) a powerful wake-up call, not just for Hollywood but for a nation that once fought passionately for the eight-hour workday and now, ever more willingly, works itself to death.
  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Todd McCarthy
    60
    A comprehensive, personal and surprisingly engaging look at how film crews routinely work hours far beyond anything that can be considered safe, healthy or conducive to a balanced life.
  3. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Eric Campos
    20
    In the end, Who Needs Sleep is a great sleeping aid, but a horribly dull and uninspiring documentary.

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