---
title: 'Wide Awake (1998)'
type: 'film'
director: 'M. Night Shyamalan'
released: '1998-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 84
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/wide-awake-1998'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120510/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Wide Awake (1998)

1998 · 84 min · Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

Wide Awake is a 1998 American comedy-drama film written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan and produced by Cathy Konrad and Cary Woods. Starring Denis Leary, Dana Delany, Joseph Cross, and Rosie O'Donnell, the film follows Cross as a ten-year-old boy who struggles with his grief and Christian faith after the recent loss of his grandfather.

## Credits

- **Director:** [M. Night Shyamalan](https://cinepixo.com/people/m-night-shyamalan)
- **Screenplay:** [M. Night Shyamalan](https://cinepixo.com/people/m-night-shyamalan)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Edmund Choi](https://cinepixo.com/people/edmund-choi)
- **Producer:** [Cary Woods](https://cinepixo.com/people/cary-woods), [Cathy Konrad](https://cinepixo.com/people/cathy-konrad)
- **Director of Photography:** [Adam Holender](https://cinepixo.com/people/adam-holender)
- **Editor:** [Andrew Mondshein](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-mondshein)

## Cast

- [Rosie O'Donnell](https://cinepixo.com/people/rosie-o-donnell)
- [Joseph Cross](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-cross)
- [Denis Leary](https://cinepixo.com/people/denis-leary)
- [Camryn Manheim](https://cinepixo.com/people/camryn-manheim)
- [Dana Delany](https://cinepixo.com/people/dana-delany)
- [Robert Loggia](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-loggia)
- [Julia Stiles](https://cinepixo.com/people/julia-stiles)
- [Dan Lauria](https://cinepixo.com/people/dan-lauria)

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