Insomnia is a 2002 big-budget American remake of the 1997 Erik Skjoldbj\u00e6rg film of the same title. The film was directed by Christopher Nolan and stars Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Maura Tierney, Martin Donovan and Hilary Swank. Insomnia was produced by Broderick Johnson, Paul Junger Witt and Andrew A. Kosove.
The movie is about two city police detectives ( Al Pacino and Martin Donovan) dispatched to investigate a murder in a small Alaska town. An accident forces the detective into a psychological game with a suspect (Robin Williams). Hilary Swank plays a local detective trying to make sense of Pacino's erratic behavior. Insomnia was released by Warner Bros. on November 5, 2002. The film's budget was $46 million and it grossed over $67 million at the box office.