Inside Man
Inside Man is a 2006 American crime thriller film directed by Spike Lee and written by Russell Gewirtz. It centers on an elaborate bank heist-turned-hostage situation on Wall Street. The film stars Denzel Washington as Detective Keith Frazier, the NYPD's hostage negotiator, Clive Owen as Dalton Russell, the mastermind who orchestrates the heist, and Jodie Foster as Madeleine White, a Manhattan fixer who becomes involved at the request of the bank's founder Arthur Case (Christopher Plummer) to keep something in his safe deposit box protected from the robbers.
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| Running time | 129 minutes
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| Country | United States
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| Language | English
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| Budget | $45 million
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| Box office | $186 million
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Dalton Russell: Thanks but I'm trying to stay away from bars right now if you know what I mean.
- The ringtone on P. Hammond's mobile at the start of the movie is Kanye West's "Gold Digger".
- The line: "Detective First Grade Keith Frazier.....Yesss!!!" is a tribute to New York Knicks former long-time announcer Marv Albert. After a made basket by 1970's New York Knicks star 'Walter Frazier', Albert would say: "Walt Frazier shoots....Yesss!!!"
- In the shot of the bus leaving with the hostages, we can see Steve, Stevie, Chaim, and Steve-O sitting in a sequence, mixed with the rest of the hostages.
- Spike Lee decided to cast Amir Ali Said after watching him perform in a Chappelle's Show (2003) skit.
- The scene in the coffee shop was improvised. On the DVD commentary, Spike Lee states that when Denzel Washington ad-libbed the line, "I'll bet you can get a cab though," he nearly ruined the take by laughing so loud at Washington's line.
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