Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.
Acting
Pacino's unraveling vs. Williams' chilling calm
Cinematography
Blinding daylight as horror, not comfort
Direction
Nolan's most underrated, most human film
Director
Christopher Nolan
Al Pacino
Will Dormer
Robin Williams
Walter Finch
Hilary Swank
Ellie Burr
Martin Donovan
Hap Eckhart
Nicky Katt
Fred Duggar
Maura Tierney
Rachel Clement
Paul Dooley
Chief Nyback
Jonathan Jackson
Randy Stetz
Katharine Isabelle
Tanya Francke
Larry Holden
Farrell
Jay Brazeau
Francis
Kerry Sandomirsky
Trish Eckhart
Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe
Kay Connell
Lorne Cardinal
Rich
Paula Shaw
Coroner
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Nolan filmed the foggy chase scene in real Alaskan mist so thick the crew kept losing actors.
Robin Williams insisted on zero improvisation—his controlled stillness was a deliberate rebellion against his own persona.
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