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Insomnia
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Insomnia is a 2002 American crime thriller film directed by Christopher Nolan. The movie stars Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Hilary Swank, and Maura Tierney. It was produced by Broderick Johnson, Paul Junger Witt, and Andrew Kosove through Alcon Entertainment, Section Eight Productions, and Touchstone Pictures. The screenplay is based on the work *Insomnia*.
Filmed in Vancouver with a narrative setting in Alaska, the film has a runtime of 118 minutes. David Julyan composed the score, while Wally Pfister served as director of photography. Nathan Crowley designed the production, and Dody Dorn edited the film. It was distributed by Netflix in video on demand format. The production had a budget of 46,000,000 and grossed 113,714,830 at the box office.
The film received an R rating. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.2 from 340,021 votes and a Metascore of 78. The Rotten Tomatoes rating is 92%. The movie won one award and received eleven nominations. Its tagline describes a tough cop, a brilliant killer, and an unspeakable crime. Keywords associated with the plot include hotel, small town, homicide, confession, and blackmail.
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Film · TMDB
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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- mystery film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Insomnia
- Director
- Christopher Nolan
- Cast member
- Lorne Cardinal
- Composer
- David Julyan
- Producer
- Andrew Kosove
- Production company
- Touchstone Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Wally Pfister
- Narrative location
- Alaska
- Filming location
- Vancouver
- Duration
- 118
- FilmAffinity ID
- 329292
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- dontcloseyoureyes.warnerbros.com
- Image
- Insomnia.png
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- publication date
- 2002-10-10
- title
- Insomnia
- film editor
- Dody Dorn
- distributed by
- Netflix
- production designer
- Nathan Crowley
- box office
- 113714830
- capital cost
- 46000000
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 7.2/10
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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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