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Insomnia
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Insomnia is a 2002 American crime, neo-noir, thriller, and drama film directed by Christopher Nolan. The cast includes Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Hilary Swank, and Maura Tierney. The film was produced by Broderick Johnson, Paul Junger Witt, and Andrew Kosove, with production companies including Alcon Entertainment, Section Eight Productions, and Touchstone Pictures. Wally Pfister served as director of photography, Dody Dorn as film editor, Nathan Crowley as production designer, and David Julyan as composer. The narrative is set in Alaska, while filming took place in Vancouver.
The movie has a runtime of 118 minutes and was distributed by Netflix. It was released on May 24, 2002, with a budget of 46,000,000 and a box office revenue of 113,714,830. The film received an R rating. Critical reception included an IMDb rating of 7.2 based on 343,633 votes, a Metascore of 78, and a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 92%. It has received 1 win and 11 nominations. The original motion picture soundtrack was released in 2002.
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7.0Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.
Cast
- Al Pacino as Will Dormer
- Robin Williams as Walter Finch
- Hilary Swank as Ellie Burr
- Maura Tierney as Rachel Clement
- Martin Donovan as Hap Eckhart
- Nicky Katt as Fred Duggar
Themes
- hotel
- small town
- homicide
- confession
- blackmail
- detective
- fbi
- investigation
- hallucination
- insomnia
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Ratings
IMDb
7.2/10
340,021 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
92%
Metacritic
78/100
- Year
- 2002
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 1 win & 11 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Christopher Nolan
- Screenplay by
- Hillary Seitz
- Based on
- Insomnia , by Nikolaj Frobenius Erik Skjoldbjærg
- Produced by
- Paul Junger Witt Edward L. McDonnell Broderick Johnson Andrew A. Kosove
- Starring
- Al Pacino Robin Williams Hilary Swank Maura Tierney Martin Donovan Nicky Katt Paul Dooley
- Cinematography
- Wally Pfister
- Edited by
- Dody Dorn
- Music by
- David Julyan
- Production companies
- Alcon Entertainment Witt/Thomas Productions Section Eight Productions
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros. Pictures (United States, Canada, France and Germany) Summit Entertainment (International)
- Release dates
- May 3, 2002 ( 2002-05-03 ) ( Tribeca ) May 24, 2002 ( 2002-05-24 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 118 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $46 million
- Box office
- $113.8 million
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Official website
WarnerBros.com | Insomnia | Movies
Academy Award winners Robin Williams, Al Pacino and Hilary Swank star in a thriller set in the land of the midnight sun, where a the mind of eve
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Encyclopedic overview
Insomnia is a 2002 American neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by Christopher Nolan and written by Hillary Seitz; it is the only film directed by Nolan that he is not credited with writing. A remake of the 1997 Norwegian film, it stars Al Pacino, Robin Williams, and Hilary Swank, with Maura Tierney, Martin Donovan, Nicky Katt, and Paul Dooley in supporting roles.
The film follows two Los Angeles homicide detectives investigating a murder in Nightmute, Alaska. After the killer witnesses an accidental shooting committed by one of the detectives, they create a plan for both parties to mutually avoid prosecution.
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