Insomnia, the gripping, edge-of-your-seat noir-thriller starring Academy Award® winners Al Pacino, Robin Williams and Hilary Swank, debuts on DVD and VHS October 15 from Warner Home Video (WHV). Directed by Christopher Nolan (Memento), the critically acclaimed $67 million hit will sell for $26.98 SRP on DVD and $22.98 SRP on VHS.
With a $3-billion combined box-office, powerhouses Pacino and Williams have sold nearly 100 million videos to date. Pacino has been nominated for eight Academy Awards® and has taken home a Best Actor Oscar® for his work in Scent of a Woman. His films also include Any Given Sunday, The Insider, Heat, Serpico, The Godfather series and the upcoming Simone.
Academy Award® and five-time Golden Globe® winner Robin Williams’ distinguished movie career includes starring roles in Good Morning Vietnam, Dead Poets Society, Awakenings, The Fisher King, Hook, Aladdin, Mrs.
Doubtfire, Jumanji, The Birdcage, Good Will Hunting and Patch Adams.
Insomnia also stars Hilary Swank (The Affair of the Necklace and The Gift) who won 20 Best Actress awards, including a Best Actress Oscar® for her performance in Boys Don’t Cry.
EYE-OPENING WEB-ENABLED DVD EXTRAS!
* Commentary by director Christopher Nolan presented in the
order the film was shot
* Commentary by Hilary Swank and filmmakers
* 180°: A Conversation with Christopher Nolan and Al Pacino
— an on-camera interview
* In the Fog, an exploration of Insomnia’s cinematography and
the design of the “fog” sequence with two separately selectable
audio tracks; one with director of photography Wally Pfister and the second
with production designer Nathan Crowley
* Day For Night: The Making of Insomnia
* Eyes Wide Open featurette on insomnia the sleep disorder
* Extended scene with optional director’s commentary
* From the Evidence Room, a gallery of theatrical posters,
stills and production designs
* Theatrical trailer
* Web-enabled with Web site/web event links
The DVD also includes Dolby Digital 5.1 audio, English and French languages (dubbed in Quebec) and subtitles in English, French and Spanish. The DVD is available in both widescreen and fullscreen versions. SYNOPSIS Sent from the city to investigate the murder of a teenage girl in a small Alaska town, a veteran LAPD detective (Pacino) accidentally shoots his partner while trying to apprehend a suspect (Williams). Instead of admitting his guilt, the detective is given an unexpected alibi, but as an ever-shining Midnight Sun wreaks sleep-depriving havoc on his body clock — and multiplies the emotional complexity and guilt over his partner’s death
— his investigation begins to falter. Meanwhile, a local detective (Swank) conducts her own personal investigation… of the partner’s death.