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   Is 'the Insider' based on a true story?

   • Based on real events that transpired in the mid-1990s, The Insider follows 60 Minutes producer Lowell Bergman (played by Al Pacino) as he tries to convince ex-tobacco industry scientist Jeffrey Wigand (Russell Crowe) to reveal that his former employer, Brown & Williamson, suppressed research about the addictive powers of nicotine.

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   What is the Insider about?

   • The Insider starts off as a movie about the lies of Big Tobacco, but then transforms, halfway through, into a whole other movie about the corporate control of media.

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   Who wrote 'The Insider'?

   • The Insider, cowritten by Mann and Eric Roth ( Forrest Gump, Munich, The Good Shepherd, and Mann’s Ali ), turns 20 this week, and it’s as alive with style and possibility as it ever was.

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   Is the Insider a good movie?

   • The Insider received some of the best reviews of 1999 and of Michael Mann's career. On Rotten Tomatoes it has a 96% rating based on 137 reviews, with an average rating of 8.10/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Intelligent, compelling, and packed with strong performances, The Insider is a potent corporate thriller."

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   Is '60 Minutes' based on a true story?

   • A fictionalized account of a true story, it centers on the controversial 60 Minutes segment about Jeffrey Wigand, a whistleblower in the tobacco industry, covering his and CBS producer Lowell Bergman 's struggles as they defend his testimony against efforts to discredit and suppress it by CBS and Wigand's former employer.

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   Is the Insider a good book?

   • The Insider is one of Mann's true masterpieces, and deserves to rank among his best works. The Insider is available to rent or buy on Apple TV+ in the U.S. Watch on Apple TV+

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   A fictionalized account of a true story, it centers on the controversial 60 Minutes segment about Jeffrey Wigand, a whistleblower in the tobacco industry, [3] covering his and CBS producer Lowell Bergman's struggles as they defend his testimony against efforts to discredit and suppress it by CBS and Wigand's former employer.

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   Oct 30, 2019 · Based on real events that transpired in the mid-1990s, The Insider follows 60 Minutes producer Lowell Bergman (played by Al Pacino) as he tries to convince ex-tobacco industry scientist Jeffrey...

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   Sep 7, 2024 · Uncover the true story of Jeffrey Wigand, the whistleblower who inspired 'The Insider'. Learn how this former tobacco executive risked everything to expose Big Tobacco's deception about cigarette addictiveness in 1995.

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   Based on a true story about a CBS 60 Minutes-episode in 1994 on malpractices in the tobacco industry, that was not aired because CBS parent company Westinghouse objected. Pacino plays the 60 Minutes Producer.

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   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.

   • 7.8/10 (182K)
   • Genre: Biography, Drama, History

   • Director: Michael Mann
   • Release Date: 1999-11-05

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   Apr 29, 2024 · The film is The Insider, starring Russell Crowe and Al Pacino. Written by Mann alongside Eric Roth, the film is based on a 1996 Vanity Fair article penned by Marie Brenner.

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   Nov 8, 2019 · The Insider is based on a 1996 Vanity Fair article by Marie Brenner and stands out for being recognizably adherent to the truth of what happened, even if—as noted by Ebert, by way of the...