The Transformers were created with a mix of computer graphics imagery (from Industrial Light & Magic, and Digital Domain) and props (from KNB Effects). The props built include the miniature AllSpark; Optimus Prime's head, chest and foot; Megatron's legs and claws; Barricade's pop-out sensors; Blackout's feet; Bonecrusher's claw; Scorponok's head and tail; a seventeen-foot model of Bumblebee; and a four-foot model of Frenzy (the latter three in life-size).While ILM designed seventy-five percent of the six hundred thirty effects shots in the film, Digital Domain handled the remaining twenty-five percent, which include the Arctic discovery of Megatron, Frenzy's animated head, the machines mutated by the AllSpark, and the Autobots' protoforms.
Insomnia - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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Harrison Ford was considered for the role of Will Dormer (Al Pacino).
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Just two weeks after the film was released in Bulgaria, it premiered on the Bulgarian HBO.
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The script adaption written by Hilary Seitz had Al Pacino's character, Will Dormer, arriving in Alaska, the film's setting, as a detective from Oregon. Pacino's executive assistant at the time, Tim Judge, suggested to Pacino that Oregon be changed to Los Angeles and further suggested it be added that Pacino's character had planted evidence to get a conviction which put an innocent man in prison back in Los Angeles. Los Angeles Internal Affairs was suspicious and was pursuing Dormer to bring him back to Los Angeles for questioning. Also, Judge suggested that the real criminal in the Los Angeles case was Walter Finch, portrayed by Robin Williams. In fact, it was the similarities in the crimes occurring in Alaska that brought Dormer there in the first place, not so much just to help his friend, the police chief Nyback played by Paul Dooley. Christopher Nolan liked the changes and added them to his director's pass on the script.
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As of 2017, this is the only film directed by Christopher Nolan in which Nolan does not have an official writing credit - even though he wrote the final draft of the screenplay himself.
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According to the script, Dormer was originally supposed to survive at the end and be helped away from the Lake House by Ellie. This ending was filmed but cut as the film's conclusion was ultimately changed.
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The film is a remake of Norwegian film Insomnia (1997), in which Stellan Skarsgård is cast, while the 2002 remake stars Robin Williams. Williams and Skarsgård worked together in the critically acclaimed film Good Will Hunting (1997).
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As of 2019, this is Christopher Nolan's last R-rated film. All of the films he has directed since have been rated PG-13.
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Both Robin Williams and director Christopher Nolan have a connection to the comic book character Batman. Williams was originally slated to play the Joker in Batman (1989) and was later approached to play the Riddler in Batman Forever (1995), while Nolan later directed the Dark Knight Trilogy.
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Martial arts star Loren Avedon has a small uncredited role.
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From this film onward, all of Christopher Nolan's films have been distributed by Warner Bros. in some capacity.
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During the shooting of the film there was an avalanche near the set. Footage of it shot by DOP Wally Pfister is included as an extra in the blu-ray.
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Robin Williams would later say that the isolation of filming on location in Alaska contributed to his falling off the wagon and drinking relapse while shooting this film.
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Insomnia (2002) is director Christopher Nolan's first theatrical movie to be fully exhibited in color. In his previous theatrically released movies, Following (1998) is a full black & white feature while Memento (2000) comprises both black & white and color sequences.
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This film stars three Academy Award winners: Al Pacino, Hilary Swank, and Robin Williams.
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Homer, Alaska is the actual "halibut fishing capital of the world", and not the fictitious Alaska town the movie is set.
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After he saw Memento (2000), producer Steven Soderbergh knew he had found the perfect director for this film.
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Walter Finch uses a 12 gauge double-barreled shotgun at the end.
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Jonathan Demme considered directing.
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At the ending credits, the movie mentions three songs, one called Sparks by Coldplay; but other than David Julyan and his background music, there are no songs with singers in it.
Insomnia - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Insomnia - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Insomnia - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Insomnia - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Insomnia - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Insomnia - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Insomnia - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Insomnia - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Insomnia - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Insomnia - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Insomnia - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Insomnia - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Insomnia - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Insomnia - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Insomnia - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Insomnia - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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Insomnia - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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