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Alaska

Insomnia (2002)

Although Christopher Nolan's Insomnia was filmed on location in Alaska, the actual town of Nightmute, Alaska, is several hundred miles south of the Arctic Circle—meaning that 24/7 daylight would have been impossible. Robin Williams later claimed that the isolation of shooting in Alaska contributed to his drinking relapse.

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