Insomnia - insomniacs

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Movie
German title Insomnia - insomniacs
Original title Insomnia
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2002
length 114 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Christopher Nolan
script Hillary Seitz
production Broderick Johnson ,
Paul Junge Witt ,
Andrew A. Kosove ,
Edward McDonnell
music David Julyan
camera Wally Pfister
cut Dody thorn
occupation
synchronization

Insomnia - Schlaflos (original title: Insomnia ; dt .: insomnia ) is an American thriller by director Christopher Nolan from 2002 and a remake of the 1997 Norwegian film Death Sleep by director Erik Skjoldbjærg . Police officer Will Dormer ( Al Pacino ) is supposed to solve a murder in Alaska. Since the nights are bright as day there, he can hardly sleep, to which an internal investigation against him is also contributing. Robin Williams and Hilary Swank can also be seen in the other leading roles .

action

Los Angeles investigator Will Dormer travels with his partner Hap Eckhart to Nightmute in Alaska to investigate the murder of a 17-year-old schoolgirl named Kay. At the inquest, Dormer finds that the victim's fingernails and toenails were carefully trimmed. From this he concludes that the victim must have known his killer, and that there will be new murders.

The business trip gives Dormer the opportunity to distance himself from internal police investigations against him. However, due to the midnight sun , which ensures permanent brightness, he cannot sleep for days. Eckhart told him on the first evening that he was going to get involved in a deal with internal investigators at home and wanted to testify against himself and Dormer. Dormer interrogates Randy, the ex-boyfriend of the murdered man. He has doubts about Randy's fault. The investigators eventually find Kay's backpack and try to use it to set a trap for the suspect, which ultimately gives Randy relief. The investigation then goes in a different direction. Soon a hut by a river can be identified as the whereabouts of the possible perpetrator. The policemen move with a larger task force to where they meet a man who is initially only vaguely recognizable and who shoots one of the policemen in the leg. The suspect is able to flee, the police take up the pursuit. Over time, thick fog comes in, making people difficult to spot. When Dormer sees a man appear in front of him, he thinks he is the suspect and shoots him. As he gets closer, he notices that he accidentally shot his partner Eckhart, who is dying in his arms. Dormer claims to his colleagues that the suspect shot Eckhart. Then he phoned his wife and told her about Eckhart's death. He also does not tell her that he was the shooter himself, but promises to do everything possible to find her husband's killer.

Dormer visits his leg injured colleague at the bedside and explains to him that the fault for all of this lies with the person who murdered Kay. The situation in which Eckhart died is then recreated by Ellie Burr (another policewoman) and Dormer. Burr gets doubts about Dormer's description, since Eckhart was lying on the ground in a way that cannot be explained by the direction of the suspect's shot. Eventually the sphere is found, but Dormer can swap it before it is transported to the laboratory. He receives a call and clears the caller because he thinks he's a reporter looking for a story.

In fact, the hitherto unknown crime writer Finch has observed Dormer in action and is now putting him under pressure, which leads to a grueling game of cat and mouse between the two. Shortly before the final skirmish with the murderer, Dormer confesses his deeds to his young colleague Burr, who has already come very close to the truth. Dormer is dying after the argument in which he killed Finch and was seriously injured himself. When Burr suggests that he cover up his guilt, he begs her not to do so, and then closes his eyes to finally sleep or die.

It remains open why Dormer shot his partner Hap Eckhart. In the end, the completely sleepy Dormer says that he doesn't know whether this was done on purpose or by accident.

synchronization

The German synchronization was for a dialogue book and the dialogue director of Marianne United on behalf of Film & TV sync .

role actor German speaker
Will Dormer Al Pacino Frank Glaubrecht
Walter Finch Robin Williams Peer Augustinski
Ellie Burr Hilary Swank Sandra Schwittau
Rachel Clement Maura Tierney Bettina White
Hap Eckhart Martin Donovan Thomas Nero Wolff
Fred Doggar Nicky Katt Simon hunter
Tanya Francke Katharine Isabelle Giuliana Jakobeit

reception

The $ 46 million film premiered on May 3, 2002 at the Tribeca Film Festival . It was released in US cinemas on May 24, where it grossed over $ 67 million on September 22, making it number 40 on the list of the most successful films of 2002 in the US.

Outside the US, it added over $ 46 million in grossing. Up to February 28, 2003, a total of 340,480 cinema-goers in Germany saw the film.

Reviews

“Nolan masterfully shows the escalating derailments caused by the persistent insomnia, which range from short interruptions to downright hallucinations. Pacino does a brilliant job in depicting the gradual disintegration of his figure - every look, every gesture, every intonation is just perfect. Williams, who visibly wants to get rid of his tarnished image with his current roles in Death To Smoochie and the upcoming One Hour Photo , convinces as the effeminate, immature crime writer Walter Finch, who reacts to rejection with deadly anger. Hilary Swank, on the other hand, has to be content with a role on the sidelines: She plays the inexperienced new cop Ellie Burr, whom Dormer idealizes at first, but becomes increasingly skeptical as the plot progresses. The moral tale about a good cop who uses evil means alternates deliberate, persistent stretches with character studies with whipping action moments (the underwater scene with the tree trunks is gigantic in its sheer force). This keeps the suspense reins taut: no one will fall asleep on this cinematic tour de force. "

- Focus: film

“A police story cleverly Americanized based on the template of the Norwegian film 'Death Sleep', which develops into an ambiguous existential drama. The equally spectacular and symbolic inclusion of the landscape and living conditions in the land of the never setting sun effectively supports the psychological and moral components of the film. "

- Lexicon of international film

Awards

Christopher Nolan won the ALFS Award for Best British Director at the London Critics Circle Film Awards . The film was also nominated in the Best Editing category for the Satellite Award and in the Best American Film category for the Edgar Allan Poe Award and the Robert .

Hilary Swank was nominated for the Empire Award in 2003 , but had to admit defeat to Kirsten Dunst ( Spider-Man ) . The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films nominated Robin Williams for Best Supporting Actor and Hillary Seitz for Best Screenplay.

The German Film and Media Assessment FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the rating "valuable".

production

Even before Memento , Christopher Nolan wanted to stage Insomnia. His screenplay for the remake of the Norwegian thriller Death Sleep (1997) was rejected by Warner Bros. , the commission was given to screenwriter Hillary Seitz . After Nolan's fellow director Steven Soderbergh had campaigned for him at Warner Bros., however, he was only allowed to take over the film direction on the project. Nolan liked Seitz's script, which resembled his ideas for the film. He accepted the offer. and both worked together on several script drafts. During production, Nolan had a large film budget and famous actors such as Al Pacino , Robin Williams and Hilary Swank for the first time.

The film was shot in Squamish , British Columbia, Canada .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Insomnia. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on September 18, 2019 .
  2. ^ Business Data for Insomnia
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  4. ^ Awards for Insomnia
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  6. ↑ a b Christopher Nolan interview. In: Contactmusic.com. January 7, 2009, accessed August 13, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Peter Sciretta: 15 Things We Learned About Christopher Nolan. In: / film. October 31, 2014, accessed August 13, 2017 .
  8. ↑ Dean Kish: Interview: Christopher Nolan talks about Insomnia and other future projects. In: ShowbizMonkeys. May 7, 2002, accessed on January 17, 2018 : "" [...] When I finally finished Memento, I came back to Warner Bros. and showed them the film and was able to get on to the Insomnia project as the director. I then collaborated with Hillary Seitz on several drafts, ""
  9. ↑ Filming locations for Insomnia