114 mins |
Rated
R16 (Violence & content that may disturb)
Directed by Christopher Nolan
Starring Maura Tierney, Robin Williams, Hilary Swank, Al Pacino, Martin Donovan
Playing as part of Academy's FROSTY FLICKS Film Series of wintery, ice-cold classics September 08-24.
When a teenager is murdered in Nightmute, Alaska, L.A. detectives Will Dormer (Al Pacino) and Hap Eckhart are sent to aid local police. The case quickly becomes complicated however when a shootout in thick-fog goes massively wrong. Dormer is also plagued by the unending Alaskan daylight, contributing to a pronounced insomnia.
Also starring Robin Williams playing against type as a violent killer, INSOMNIA was the first studio movie from Christopher Nolan, bridging low-budget indies like MEMENTO and the massive spectacle of THE DARK KNIGHT trilogy.
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Playing as part of Academy's FROSTY FLICKS Film Series of wintery, ice-cold classics September 08-24.
When a teenager is murdered in Nightmute, Alaska, L.A. detectives Will Dormer (Al Pacino) and Hap Eckhart are sent to aid local police. The case quickly becomes complicated however when a shootout in thick-fog goes massively wrong. Dormer is also plagued by the unending Alaskan daylight, contributing to a pronounced insomnia.
Also starring Robin Williams playing against type as a violent killer, INSOMNIA was the first studio movie from Christopher Nolan, bridging low-budget indies like MEMENTO and the massive spectacle of THE DARK KNIGHT trilogy.