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Academy Award winners Al Pacino, Robin Williams and Hilary Swank lead an astounding cast and turn in powerful performances for the riveting psychological thriller from the acclaimed director of Memento. When two LAPD detectives are sent to a remote Alaskan town to aid in the investigation of an horrific teen murder, they find themselves under the glare of the region’s perpetual daylight. While closing in on the murderer, veteran officer Will Dormer’s (Pacino) partner is killed, and the jaded cop is compromised by the calculated mind games of the primary suspect – a reclusive writer, Walter Finch (Williams). Sleep-deprived and guilt ridden over his role in his partner’s death, Dormer must outmaneuver a brilliantly idealistic local cop (Swank), a brilliantly twisted killer and the brilliance of the Midnight Sun.
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I am not a Hollywood fan and watch more sub-titled film than English, but Al Pacinos acting of a tired and stressed detective was superlative. I had seen the Norwegian original (produced 1997) without knowing there had been a remake and found it to be a good plot but rather under-acted. It felt like a fairly average TV detective series. This remake is proper cinema. This is no TV dinner fodder. If you don't feel sick with a feeling of sleep-deprivation by the end, you have no soul.
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BFI Classification:
Suitable only for persons of 15 years and over
Release Date: 07/07/2003
Production Year: 2002
Run Time: 113 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Widescreen 2.35:1
Format: Pal
Colour: Colour

Special Features:

  • Commentary Track with director Christopher Nolan
  • Commentary Track with Cast and Crew
  • 180 degrees: A conversation with Christopher Nolan and Al Pacino
  • Day & Night: The Making of Insomnia
  • In the Fog: With Wally Pfister
  • In the fog: With Nathan Crawley
  • Eyes Wide Open Featurette
  • Stills Gallery
  • Cinematography & Production Design Featurettes
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