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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9780790771977
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0790771977
Label: Warner Home Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 5.1FrenchOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 5.1EnglishSubtitledSpanishSubtitledFrenchSubtitled
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
MPN: WARD23307D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 15, 2002
Running Time: 118 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: May 24, 2002
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Product Description:
CRIME NEVER SLEEPS. NEITHER DOES WILL DORMER, A VETERAN LAPD HOMICIDE DETECTIVE SENT NORTH TO ALASKA TO HEAD A MURDER CASE. THERE HIS INVESTIGATION IS DISRUPTED BY AN EVER-SHINING MIDNIGHT SUN THAT WREAKS SLEEP-DEPRIVING HAVOC ON HIS BODY CLOCK & BRINGS DORMER'S SHADY, GUILT-PLAGUED PAST INTO THE OPEN.
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As a more conventional follow-up to his innovative thriller Memento, Christopher Nolan's Insomnia offers ample proof that his skills are genuine. A superbly crafted remake of the 1997 Norwegian thriller, this moody police procedural is transplanted to a remote Alaskan town, where a veteran Los Angeles detective (Al Pacino) arrives to investigate the murder of a teenaged girl. Professional tragedy collides with psychological turmoil as the detective suffers from sleeplessness under the region's perpetual daylight, and a local rookie cop (Hilary Swank) begins to suspect that truths are being hidden as the disturbing case unfolds. While the Alaskan setting intensifies the atmospheric mystery, Pacino's bleary-eyed disorientation adds a rich layer to his character's erratic behavior, and the casting of Robin Williams as the killer was a risk that pays off nicely. In many respects better than the original, Insomnia is a Hollywood remake that's refreshingly free of compromise. --Jeff Shannon
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I should say that the fact that the sun doesn't set for months becomes a major theme in the film, coupled with the question of just what is the behavior that a good cop will expect of him-or herself. Al Pacino gives a bravura performance as the cop who suffers from insomnia due to the sun and whose actions in the past and present lead him to question his self-conception as a good cop. He is ably abetted by Swank and Williams, with the supporting roles being filled well. There is some action, some ... Read More
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Insomnia is oftentimes engaging, sharply photographed, and nicely acted despite its genre conventions. It reminds one of the old film-noir movies, and even has a trace of Hitchcock in the subtle way most of the movie proceeds with its psychological-thriller concepts (the sense of quiet creepiness reminds one of Shadow of a Doubt.) Although the simplistic plot concerning a web of lies and murder wrecking psychological sleep deprivation on a homicide detective that is working to find a killer in a Alaskan ... Read More
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I know alot of you out there will disagree with me, but 2002 was probably Robin Williams's best year for movies. Mind you I say this without having watched "Death To Smootchy" yet. However, this, and "One Hour Photo" are definitely his finest hours. This is a complex movie, and I have to thank my wife for suggesting we go see this on our 1st anniversary. It's about a murder in Alaska that the locals can't seem to solve, and they bring in a legendary police officer from Los Angeles played equally good by ... Read More
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Again, I love Al Pacino but I have never been all that crazy about Robin Williams however, this is an excellent movie and Williams gives a creepy, kind of sicko appearance that helps make this mystery so good.
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INSOMNIA is a fantastic thriller, full of twists, turns, and arctic-cold atmosphere. Al Pacino (The Godfather 1 and 2, Scarface, Heat, etc.) is LA homicide detective Will Dormer, sent to Nightmute, Alaska to investigate a murder. Will has a lot of professional / personal baggage that complicates matters, causing him to hide his own secrets while trying to solve the crime. Add to this the fact that he's arrived in northern Alaska during it's season of perpetual daylight, and he's got major sleeping problems ... Read More
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