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Inside Man (2006)

Movie"It looked like the perfect bank robbery. But you can’t judge a crime by its cover."
Audience Score
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R 2 hr 9 minMar 24th, 2006Thriller, Crime, DramaInside Man Collection PosterPart of Inside Man Collection
When an armed, masked gang enter a Manhattan bank, lock the doors and take hostages, the detective assigned to effect their release enters negotiations preoccupied with corruption charges he is facing.
StarringDenzel WashingtonClive OwenJodie Foster
DirectorSpike Lee
WriterRussell Gewirtz

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:March 24th, 2006 - Buy Tickets
On DVD & Blu-ray:August 8th, 2006 - Buy DVD
Movie Budget:$45,000,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$186,003,591 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Karen Kehela Sherwood, Jon Kilik, Kim Roth, Daniel M. Rosenberg
Production Companies:40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, Imagine Entertainment, Universal Pictures
Inside Man on the Web:Official Website
Movie Tags:
new york citykidnappingnaziheistbank robberyhostagemanhattan, new york citybankpolice detectivecourt case

Inside Man Collection

Inside Man is a 2006 American heist thriller film directed by Spike Lee and written by Russell Gewirtz. It centers on an elaborate bank heist on Wall Street over a 24-hour period. 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 power broker 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. In 2019, a sequel titled Inside Man: Most Wanted was released direct-to-video and streaming on Netflix.