Insomnia (Widescreen Edition)
by Christopher Nolan
List Price:
Our Price: $5.99
You Save: $8.97 (60%)
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Buy Used: from $0.20 (click here)
Category: DVD
See more DVD releases
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
DVD Cover Information
Actor: Al Pacino, Hilary Swank, Martin Donovan, Oliver 'Ole' Zemen, Robin WilliamsDirector: Christopher Nolan
Brand: Warner Brothers
Producer: Andrew A. Kosove
Producer: Ben Cosgrove
Producer: Broderick Johnson
Producer: Charles J.D. Schlissel
Writer: Erik Skjoldbj?rg
Writer: Hillary Seitz
Writer: Nikolaj Frobenius
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 118 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-10-15
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Movie Reviews of Insomnia (Widescreen Edition)
Movie Review: Enter Sandman... ASAP!...
Summary: 5 Stars
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 as well! Between the murder case, the eternal daylight, and Will's own conscience, he quickly becomes a mess! It's amazing that he can still function at all, let alone, well. Hilary Swank (The Gift, 11:14) is a young officer who assists Dormer, only to find her own loyalties and sense of justice challenged. Robin Williams (One Hour Photo, The Night Listener) plays a seemingly mild-mannered sociopath whose one frantic desire is to cover / save his own a$$! INSOMNIA succeeds at building tension while showing Will Dormer's mental disintegration. A classic crime drama w/ something extra. Loaded w/ memorable scenes like the chase-in-the-fog, chase-across-the-floating-logs, and invisible-oncoming-truck sequences, INSOMNIA holds up well after many repeat viewings. Highly recommended... P.S.- Watch for both Katherine Isabelle and Emily Perkins from the GINGER SNAPS movies, as the victim's best friend and the eulogizer at her funeral respectively...
Summary of Insomnia (Widescreen Edition)
Crime never sleeps. Neither does Will Dormer (AL PACINO), 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 and brings Dormer's shady, guilt-plagued past into the light of day.DVD Features:
Audio Commentary
Biographies
Documentaries
Featurette
Filmographies
Interviews
Photo gallery
Theatrical Trailer
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
Horror DVD Video
DVD Video
- Action & Adventure
- African American Cinema
- Animation
- Anime & Manga
- Art House & International
- Classics
- Comedy
- Cult Movies
- Documentary
- Drama
- Educational
- Fitness & Yoga
- Gay & Lesbian
- Horror
- Kids & Family
- Military & War
- Music Video & Concerts
- Musicals & Performing Arts
- Mystery & Suspense
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Special Interests
- Sports
- Television
- Westerns
Movies most talked about in Christopher Nolan, one of the Greatest Directors
The Dark Knight (Two-Disc Special Edition + Digital Copy)Warner Brothers; Release date: 2008-12-09; DVD
Best price: $5.68
Price in other shops:
The PrestigePrestige; Release date: 2007-02-20; DVD
Best price: $4.76
Price in other shops:
Batman Begins (Two-Disc Special Edition)Warner Brothers; Release date: 2005-10-18; DVD
Best price: $7.27
Price in other shops:
Insomnia (Widescreen Edition)Warner Brothers; Release date: 2002-10-15; DVD
Best price: $3.56
Price in other shops:
Memento (Widescreen Two-Disc Limited Edition)Sony; Release date: 2002-05-21; DVD
Best price: $6.98
Price in other shops:
FollowingSony; Release date: 2001-12-11; DVD
Best price: $4.46
Price in other shops:
Similar DVD Movies
No Country for Old MenRelease date: 2008-03-11; DVD
Best price: $6.98
Price in other shops:
Donnie Brasco (Special Edition)Sony; Release date: 2000-11-07; DVD
Best price: $4.29
Price in other shops:
Devil's AdvocateWarner Brothers; Release date: 1998-12-01; DVD
Best price: $2.30
Price in other shops:
The RecruitPACINO,AL; Release date: 2003-05-27; DVD
Best price: $4.47
Price in other shops:
Seven (New Line Platinum Series)Release date: 2000-12-19; DVD
Best price: $5.47
Price in other shops:
The PrestigePrestige; Release date: 2007-02-20; DVD
Best price: $4.76
Price in other shops:
HeatWarner Brothers; Release date: 2007-05-15; DVD
Best price: $5.14
Price in other shops:
One Hour Photo (Widescreen Edition)Twentieth Century Fox; Release date: 2003-02-18; DVD
Best price: $2.98
Price in other shops:
MementoRelease date: 2001-09-04; DVD
Best price: $5.84
Price in other shops:
FollowingSony; Release date: 2001-12-11; DVD
Best price: $4.46
Price in other shops: