Inside Man
Overview
2006 in film
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crime
Crime
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-drama
Drama
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film
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directed by Spike Lee
Spike Lee
Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor. His production company, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, has produced over 35 films since 1983....
. It stars Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington
Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. is an American actor, screenwriter, director, and film producer. He first rose to prominence when he joined the cast of the medical drama, St. Elsewhere, playing Dr...
, Clive Owen
Clive Owen
Clive Owen is an English actor, who has worked on television, stage and film. He first gained recognition in the United Kingdom for portraying the lead in the ITV series Chancer from 1990 to 1991...
, Willem Dafoe
Willem Dafoe
Willem Dafoe is an American film, stage, and voice actor, and a founding member of the experimental theatre company The Wooster Group...
and Jodie Foster
Jodie Foster
Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster is an American actress, film director, producer as well as a former child actress....
. The film's screenplay
Screenplay
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was written by Russell Gewirtz
Russell Gewirtz
Russell Gewirtz is an American screenwriter, best known for writing the screenplay for Spike Lee's Inside Man.- Biography :...
and produced by Brian Grazer
Brian Grazer
Brian Thomas Grazer is an Academy Award-winning American film and television producer who co-founded Imagine Entertainment in 1986 with Ron Howard. Together they have produced many acclaimed films, including Apollo 13 and A Beautiful Mind .- Career :Brian Grazer began his career as a producer...
. It was released in North America
North America
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and several Europe
Europe
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an markets on March 23 and 24, 2006.
The film was shot on location
Filming location
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in New York City
New York City
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and features an expansive and diverse ensemble cast
Ensemble cast
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. In addition to being a cerebral crime thriller, the film handles issues of good and evil in unexpected sources, corruption
Political corruption
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, prejudice
Prejudice
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, multiculturalism
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in United States
United States
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(and New York City in particular), and leaves several interpretations of right and wrong open to the audience.
The film begins in medias res
In medias res
In medias res or medias in res is a Latin phrase denoting the literary and artistic narrative technique wherein the relation of a story begins either at the mid-point or at the conclusion, rather than at the beginning In medias res or medias in res (into the middle of things) is a Latin phrase...
with Dalton Russell (Clive Owen
Clive Owen
Clive Owen is an English actor, who has worked on television, stage and film. He first gained recognition in the United Kingdom for portraying the lead in the ITV series Chancer from 1990 to 1991...
) narrating his plight in the confines of an undisclosed cell, musing about the difference between a cell and a prison.
Quotations
When I said that I planned the perfect bank robbery, I meant precisely that.
You have four seconds. Anyone still standing gets shot.
My friends and I are making a very large withdrawal from this bank. Anybody gets in our way, gets a bullet in the brain.
Peter, think very carefully about how you answer the next question, because if you get it wrong, your headstone will read: "Here lies Peter Hammond, hero who valiantly attempted to prevent a brilliant bank robbery by trying to hide his cellular phone, but wound up getting shot in the fucking head."
Anyone else here smarter than me?
Respect is the ultimate currency.
Or am I just whistling "Dixie (song)|Dixie" out of my ass?
When I'm good and ready, I'm gonna walk right through the front door.
Fact is, all lies, all evil deeds, they stink. You can cover them up for a while, but they don't go away.