Inception

United Kingdom and United States of America, 2010

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Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: “inception”, the implantation of another person’s idea into a target’s subconscious.

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Credits

producer

Christopher Nolan

Emma Thomas

Kanjirô Sakura

Yoshikuni Taki

visual effects

Ian Hunter

Scott Schneider

Duration

02:28:00

Production dates
2010

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

tmdb-movie-27205

Language

English

Subject categories

Action

Adventure

Science Fiction

TMDB-Movie

27205

Wikidata

Q25188

Collected

395 times

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