Insomnia
Crime, Thriller
Warner Bros.  (2002) 118 mins R

7.2 (51,757 votes)
"A perfect thriller!" -USA Today

Invited to Nightmute, Alaska, to head a murder case, veteran LAPD detective Will Dormer finds his investigation interrupted by an ever-shining midnight sun that wreaks sleep-depriving havoc on him- and by personal guilt over a second crime that may be real… or a figment of his increasingly unstable consciousness.

Director Christopher Nolan (Memento) crafts another jolting psychological thriller to remember, guiding Academy Award winners Al Pacino, Robin Williams, and Hilary Swank in Insomnia. In the season of the midnight sun, no one- and no secret -can hide forever....

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Cast and Crew
Al Pacino  ......  Detective Will Dormer
Hilary Swank  ......  Detective Ellie Burr
Robin Williams  ......  Walter Finch
Maura Tierney  ...... 
Martin Donovan  ......  Detective Hap Eckhart
Paul Dooley  ......  Chief Charlie Nyback
Director  .....  Christopher Nolan
Producer  .....  Andrew A. Kosove; Broderick Johnson; George Clooney; Ben Cosgrove; Paul Junger Witt
Writer  .....  Hillary Seitz; Nikolaj Frobenius; Erik Skjoldbjærg
Notes
Goofs:
Anachronisms: During the flashback, where it's shown how the two boys stalked their victim, the scenes are shown in the dark. Throughout the movie, we're told that it never gets dark at that time of the year in Alaska. The murder happened sufficiently recently that it would not be pitch black in these scenes. (more)

Trivia:
H. Ford was considered for the role of Will Dormer (Al Pacino). (more)

Filming Locations:
Alaska, USA (more)

Quotes:
Dormer: You shouldn't knock misdemeanors.
Det. Ellie Burr: Oh, but it's small stuff. It gets so boring.
Dormer: It's all about small stuff. You know, small lies, small mistakes. People give themselves away, same in misdemeanors as they do on murder cases. It's just human nature. Aren't you gonna write that down?
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Awards:
1 win & 7 nominations (more)