The Insomniac

The Insomniac (2013)

When you don't know who to trust, sleep with both eyes open.

John Figg has a great career and a gorgeous fiancée. When he inherits a nice house in a quiet neighborhood, he finally starts to feel like his life is coming together. Trouble arises, however, when John's house is burglarized, and the thieves steal one of his most prized possessions.

Date of release
2013-12-27
TMDB
4.3 / 10 (13)
Runtime
1h 34m
Genres
Mystery, Drama, Crime, Thriller
Director
Monty Miranda

Casting

Interesting facts

The Insomniac is a 2013 American whodunit psychological thriller written by Eddy Salazar and Peter Kenneth Jones, and directed by Monty Miranda. The feature film stars Salazar in the title role, Clare Grant, Keith Szarabajka, John Heard, and Danny Trejo. The Insomniac centers around John Figg (Salazar), a financial adviser who develops a severe case of self-induced insomnia after the house he recently inherited from his deceased father gets brutally ransacked and robbed. While the movie's most noticeable source of inspiration came from Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window, there are a number of references to other past insomnia-themed movies, such as The Machinist, and Insomnia.

Production

The Insomniac is the second feature film directed by Monty Miranda. His first film, Skills Like This (which stars Spencer Berger, who plays Andrew Booker in The Insomniac), won the award for Best Narrative Feature at the South by Southwest film festival.

Salazar came up with the idea for the script when he caught someone breaking into his house after a scheduled meeting was canceled. Although nothing happened to him or his house, Salazar didn't sleep at all, thinking about what could've happened if he went to the meeting.

Principal photography took only 18 days, with two extra days for pick-ups.

Romina, who plays Amy Clover, produced the film. Salazar's Welcome Home Productions, LLC. was the production company behind the film and Grand Entertainment Group is distributing.

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