Insomnia [DVD] [2002] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

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  • Actor : Al Pacino
  • Actor : Robin Williams
  • Actor : Martin Donovan (II)
  • Actor : Oliver 'Ole' Zemen
  • Actor : Hilary Swank
  • Aspect Ratio : 4:3 - 1.33:1
  • Binding : DVD
  • Creator : Al Pacino
  • Creator : Robin Williams
  • Director : Christopher Nolan
  • EAN : 9780790771267
  • Format : Closed-captioned
  • Format : Colour
  • Format : DVD-Video
  • Format : Full Screen
  • Format : NTSC
  • ISBN : 0790771268
  • Label : Warner Home Video
  • Languages : Subtitled: English, Subtitled: Spanish, Subtitled: French, Original Language: English, Original Language: French
  • Manufacturer : Warner Home Video
  • MPN : WARD22828D
  • Number Of Discs : 1
  • Number Of Items : 1
  • Package Dimensions : 0.50 inches (Height) x 7.40 inches (Length) x 0.20 pounds (Weight) x 5.60 inches (Width)
  • Package Quantity : 1
  • Part Number : WARD22828D
  • Product Group : DVD
  • Publisher : Warner Home Video
  • Region Code : 1
  • Release Date : 2002-10-15
  • Running Time : 118
  • SKU : Q-000.003.091
  • Studio : Warner Home Video
  • UPC : 085392282821

A fairly close remake of an outstanding Norwegian movie of the same name, Insomnia is director Christopher Nolan's follow-up to his breakthrough movie Memento. It's very much the sort of project that seems designed to be a stepping-stone from independent glory to the Hollywood A-list status. It has the right subject matter, stars (Al Pacino, Robin Williams), supporting cast (Hilary Swank, Martin Donovan), an audience-friendly intellectual thriller format and enough bizarre cinematic ideas to allow for directorial bravura. Evading the heat of an Internal Affairs investigation, Los Angeles hotshot homicide cop Dormer (Pacino) flies north to Alaska to dig into the murder of a local girl--but a botched trap for the killer leads to a foggy shoot-out that goes wrong. This leads to an alliance between the cop and the killer, who offers Dorma a nasty bargain. Making the situation worse is the fact that Dormer can't sleep, his body clock thrown off by the 24-hour thin sunlight of the town of Nightmute, which affords Pacino a chance to crawl deeply inside a flawed hero on the point of cracking up. There's one terrific chase scene, with two clumsy middle-aged guys, leading to an intense and memorable peril. It slightly over-eggs the original story, with a Hollywooden tinge, but it's still compelling, grown-up drama. --Kim Newman

- Amazon.co.uk Review

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