Insomnia

  • Theatrical - Wide 2002-05-24
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Sent to a small Alaska town to investigate the murder of a teenage girl, a veteran police officer (Al Pacino) is forced into a game of psychological cat-and-mouse by a primary suspect (Robin Williams) after his partner is killed. The stakes escalate as he contends with an idealistic detective (Hilary Swank) and finds his own stability dangerously threatened.

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Review Date: Director: Christopher Nolan Writer: Hilary Seitz Producers: Paul Junger Witt, Broderick Johnson Actors: Al Pacino as Will Dormer, Robin Williams as Walter Finch, Hilary Swank as Ellie Burr Plot: A veteran L.A. detective and his partner are called...

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