Inside Man (2006)
Crime, Drama, Mystery |
Inside Man is a 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.
Gewirtz spent five years developing the premise before working on what became his first original screenplay. After he completed the script in 2002, Imagine Entertainment purchased it to be made by Universal Pictures, with the former company’s co-founder Ron Howard attached to direct. After Howard stepped down, his Imagine partner Brian Grazer began looking for a new director for the project and ultimately hired Lee.
A man named Dalton Russell sits in an unidentified cell and narrates how he has committed the perfect robbery. In New York, masked robbers, dressed as painters and using variants of the name “Steve” as aliases, seize control of a Manhattan bank and take the patrons and employees hostage. They divide the hostages into groups and hold them in different rooms, forcing them to don painters clothes identical to their own. The robbers rotate the hostages among various rooms and occasionally insert themselves covertly into the groups. They also take turns working on an unspecified project involving demolishing the floor in one of the bank’s storage rooms.
Director: Spike Lee
Writer: Russell Gewirtz
Stars: Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster, Christopher Plummer, Willem Dafoe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Carlos Andrés Gómez
Cast:
| Denzel Washington | … | Detective Keith Frazier |
| Clive Owen | … | Dalton Russell |
| Jodie Foster | … | Madeleine White |
| Christopher Plummer | … | Arthur Case |
| Willem Dafoe | … | Captain John Darius |
| Chiwetel Ejiofor | … | Detective Bill Mitchell |
| Carlos Andrés Gómez | … | Steve |
| Kim Director | … | Stevie |
| James Ransone | … | Steve-O |
| Bernie Rachelle | … | Chaim (as Bernard Rachelle) |
| Peter Gerety | … | Captain Coughlin |
| Victor Colicchio | … | Sergeant Collins |
| Cassandra Freeman | … | Sylvia |
| Peter Frechette | … | Peter Hammond |
| Gerry Vichi | … | Herman Gluck |
| Waris Ahluwalia | … | Vikram Walia |
| Rafael Osorio | … | Bank Guard |
| Rodney ‘Bear’ Jackson | … | Bank Guard |
| Daryl Mitchell | … | Mobile Command Officer Rourke (as Daryl ‘Chill’ Mitchell) |
| Ashlie Atkinson | … | Mobile Command Officer Berk |
| David Brown | … | Mobile Command Officer Carnow |
| Robert C. Kirk | … | Mobile Command Officer Borinsky |
| Frank Stellato | … | Mobile Command Detective |
| Ken Leung | … | Wing |
| Marcia Jean Kurtz | … | Miriam Douglas |
| Ed Onipede Blunt | … | Ray Robinson |
| Amir Ali Said | … | Brian Robinson |
| Lemon Andersen | … | Paul Guitierez |
| Samantha Ivers | … | Nancy Mann |
| Peter Kybart | … | Mayor |
| Jason Manuel Olazabal | … | ESU Officer Hernandez |
| Jeff Ward | … | ESU Officer Jesus |
| Anthony Mangano | … | ESU Officer |
| Michael Devine | … | ESU Officer |
| Ed Bogdanowicz | … | ESU Officer |
| Aaron Vexler | … | ESU Officer |
| Anthony Borowiec | … | ESU Officer |
| Joe Coots | … | ESU Officer |
| Lionel Pina | … | Cop with Pizzas |
| Ken Ferrigni | … | Redheaded Detective |
| Frank Hopf | … | Barricade Officer |
| Robert Testut | … | Barricade Officer |
| Craig M. Spitzer | … | Seth Greenblatt (as Craig Marcus Spitzer) |
| Limary Agosto | … | Gladys Perez (as Lily Agosto) |
| Patrick Illig | … | Brad Stone |
| Frank Composto | … | Eric Dodge |
| Rozanne Sher | … | Hostage Woman |
| Rachel Black | … | Katherine (as Rachel Matthews Black) |
| Gregory Dann | … | Case’s Bodyguard |
| Ben Crowley | … | White’s Assistant |
| Shon Gables | … | CBS News Reporter |
| Dominic Carter | … | NY1 News Anchor |
| Sandra Endo | … | NY1 News Reporter |
| Kandiss Edmundson | … | Madge |
| Al Palagonia | … | Kevin |
| Florina Petcu | … | Ilina |
| Agim Coma | … | Borova |
| John Speredakos | … | Officer Porcario |
| Zee Richard | … | Zahir (as Baktash Khadem Zaher) |
| Ernest Rayford | … | Men’s Club Attendant |
| Vincent DiMartino | … | Barber |
| Julian Niccolini | … | Four Seasons Maitre d’ |
| Ed Crescimanni | … | Edwin |
| Brad Leland | … | Ronnie (as Bradley Williams) |
| Tiffany Adams | … | Hostage (uncredited) |
| Kisha Batista | … | Hostage (uncredited) |
| Robert Bizik | … | Business Executive (uncredited) |
| Cherise Boothe | … | Jeanette Davis – Bank Employee (uncredited) |
| John Borras | … | ESU Cop (uncredited) |
| Rebecca Brillhart | … | Four Seasons Server (uncredited) |
| Jay Charan | … | Teller (uncredited) |
| Stany Coppet | … | Businessman (uncredited) |
| Ed Cuffe | … | NYPD Detective (uncredited) |
| Rue DeBona | … | Bank Employee – Hostage (uncredited) |
| Michael Den Dekker | … | Judge Pasqua (uncredited) |
| Kathryne Isabelle Easton | … | Lawyer (uncredited) |
| Joanie Ellen | … | Faye Spencer (uncredited) |
| Doug Ferony | … | Leo (uncredited) |
| Edwin Freeman | … | ESU Officer (uncredited) |
| Chuck Gerena | … | ESU Officer / Ambulance Driver (uncredited) |
| Rashaad Ernesto Green | … | Matthew Jones (Hostage) (uncredited) |
| Carla Greene | … | Maria Luna (uncredited) |
| Turi Haim | … | Cop (uncredited) |
| Frank Harts | … | Hostage (uncredited) |
| James Hook | … | Security Guard (uncredited) |
| Enver Hoxha | … | Self (archive sound) (uncredited) |
| Van Hughes | … | James Curran (uncredited) |
| Matt Jade | … | ESU Officer (uncredited) |
| Julie Jei | … | Wall Street Business Woman (uncredited) |
| Russ Klein | … | Defense Attorney (uncredited) |
| Amanda Renee Knox | … | Bank Employee (uncredited) |
| Steve Lord | … | ESU Officer (uncredited) |
| Heather Male | … | Katarina Anderson (uncredited) |
| Dominick Mancino | … | Locksmith (uncredited) |
| Francis Mateo | … | Bystander (uncredited) |
| Rachel McDermott | … | Tourist (uncredited) |
| Sean Mulcahy | … | ESU Officer (uncredited) |
| John B. Nelson Jr. | … | Pedestrian (uncredited) |
| Nancy Otero | … | Wall Street Business Woman (uncredited) |
| James Donnell Quinn | … | Hostage Irving Levine (uncredited) |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia