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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…

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Box office
$184.4 million
Budget
$45–60 million
Cinematography
Matthew Libatique
Country
United States
Directed by
Spike Lee
Distributed by
Universal Pictures

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Sequel

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Inside Man

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related to Cast · 56
Inside Man → All, Appearing, Arthur Case, Broadway, Brooklyn, Brutus, Captain John Darius, Case, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Christopher Plummer, Clive Owen, Dafoe, Dalton Russell, Denzel Washington, Detective Bill Mitchell, Detective First Grade, Detective Keith Frazier, Ejiofor's, Enron, For
related to Critical response · 38
Inside Man → As, Audiences, But, Chiwetel Ejiofor, CinemaScore, David Ansen, Denzel Washington, Empire, Entertainment, Entertainment Weekly, Gewirtz, Giving, It's, Lee, Lisa Schwarzbaum, Manohla Dargis, Metacritic, Mr, New York, Newsweek
related to Development · 35
Inside Man → After, After Howard, Brian Grazer, Cinderella Man, Daniel, Dog Day Afternoon, Donna Langley, Easter, Gewirtz, Gewirtz's, Grazer, His, Howard's Imagine, Imagine, Imagine Entertainment, Lee, Lionel Pina, Los Angeles, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Menno Meyjes
related to Sequel · 26
Inside Man → And, Brian Grazer, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Clive Owen, Dalton Russell, Daniel, Denzel Washington, Gewirtz, He, Hollywood, In, In November, It's, Jodie Foster, Keith Frazier, Lee, NYPD, Owen, Rosenberg, Russell Gewirtz
related to Box office · 18
Inside Man → By, Canada, Denzel Washington, Fire, Ice Age, In, It, July, Lee's, Malcolm, Man, North America, North American, On, The, The Meltdown, Top, United States
related to Release · 17
Inside Man → August, Blu-ray, DVD, HD DVD, Lee's, March, May, New York, North America, October, On March, Sam, Spike Lee, Summer, The, Universal Pictures, Ziegfeld Theatre
related to Music · 16
Inside Man → CD, Chaiyya, Chaiyya Bollywood Joint, Chaiyya Chaiyya, Dil Se, Hindi, Jazz, Lee, March, North America, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Panjabi MC's, Rahman, Terence Blanchard, The, Varèse Sarabande
Starring · 6
Inside Man → Chiwetel Ejiofor, Christopher Plummer, Clive Owen, Denzel Washington, Jodie Foster, Willem Dafoe
related to External links · 5
Inside Man → Box Office MojoInside Man, IMDbInside Man, Man, Official, Rotten Tomatoes
Production companies · 3
Inside Man → 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, Imagine Entertainment, Universal Pictures

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Inside ManBox office$184.4 million1.00infobox
Inside ManBudget$45–60 million1.00infobox
Inside ManCinematographyMatthew Libatique1.00infobox
Inside ManCountryUnited States1.00infobox
Inside ManDirected bySpike Lee1.00infobox
Inside ManDistributed byUniversal Pictures1.00infobox
Inside ManEdited byBarry Alexander Brown1.00infobox
Inside ManLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
Inside ManMusic byTerence Blanchard1.00infobox
Inside ManProduced byBrian Grazer1.00infobox
Inside ManProduction companiesUniversal Pictures1.00infobox
Inside ManProduction companiesImagine Entertainment1.00infobox
Inside ManProduction companies40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks1.00infobox
Inside ManRelease datesMarch 16, 2006 (2006-03-16) (Netherlands)1.00infobox
Inside ManRelease datesMarch 24, 2006 (2006-03-24) (United States)1.00infobox
Inside ManRunning time129 minutes1.00infobox
Inside ManStarringDenzel Washington1.00infobox
Inside ManStarringClive Owen1.00infobox
Inside ManStarringJodie Foster1.00infobox
Inside ManStarringChristopher Plummer1.00infobox
Inside ManStarringWillem Dafoe1.00infobox
Inside ManStarringChiwetel Ejiofor1.00infobox
Inside ManWritten byRussell Gewirtz1.00infobox
Inside Manis a2006 American crime thriller film directed by Spike Lee and written by Russell Gewirtz0.90text

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