The Insider

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-11-05

Languages:

English, Japanese, Arabic, Persian

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

157 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (125768 Reviews)

Director:

Michael Mann

Genres:

Biography Drama Thriller

Cast:

Al Pacino Russell Crowe Christopher Plummer Diane Venora

Writer:

Marie Brenner (article)

Eric Roth

Michael Mann

Fullplot:

Balls-out "60 Minutes" producer Lowell Bergman sniffs a story when a former research biologist for Brown & Williamson, Jeff Wigand, won't talk to him. When the company leans hard on Wigand to honor a confidentiality agreement, he gets his back up. Trusting Bergman and despite a crumbling marriage, he goes on camera for a Mike Wallace interview and risks arrest for contempt of court. Westinghouse is negotiating to buy CBS, so CBS attorneys advise CBS News to shelve the interview and avoid a lawsuit. "60 Minutes" and CBS News bosses cave, Wigand is hung out to dry, Bergman is compromised, and the CEOs of Big Tobacco may get away with perjury. Will the truth out?

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