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Nov 5, 1999 · The Insider: Directed by Michael Mann. With Al Pacino, Russell Crowe, Christopher Plummer, Diane Venora. A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.
The Insider is a 1999 American biographical drama film directed by Michael Mann, from a screenplay adapted by Eric Roth and Mann based on Marie Brenner's 1996 Vanity Fair article "The Man Who Knew Too Much".
A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco. Balls-out 60 Minutes Producer Lowell Bergman sniffs a story when a former research biologist for Brown and Williamson, Jeff Wigand, won't talk to him. When the company leans hard on Wigand to honor a confidentiality ...
Nov 5, 1999 · Academy Award®-winner Al Pacino gives a powerful performance as producer Lowell Bergman and Academy Award® Winner Russell Crowe co-stars as the ultimate insider, former tobacco executive Dr. Jeffrey Wigand.
Nov 5, 1999 · Michael Mann's "The Insider" makes a thriller and expose out of how big tobacco's long-running tissue of lies was finally exposed by investigative journalism. At its center stands Lowell Bergman, a producer for "60 Minutes," the CBS News program where a former tobacco scientist named Jeffrey Wigand spilled the beans.
The Insider. A former tobacco executive, fired by his employer, becomes a paid consultant for a story regarding unethical practices within that controversial industry. 1,601 IMDb 7.8 2 h 37 min 1999.
After seeking the expertise of former "Big Tobacco" executive Jeffrey Wigand (Russell Crowe), seasoned TV producer Lowell Bergman (Al Pacino) suspects a story lies behind Wigand's reluctance...
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Overview. A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco. Michael Mann. Director, Screenplay.
Nov 5, 1999 · The Insider - Metacritic. Summary This is the true story of Jeffrey Wigand (Crowe), the tobacco executive-turned-whistleblower and his relationship with "60 Minutes" producer Lowell Bergman (Pacino). Biography. Drama.
