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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".
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.
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...
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In Louisville, Kentucky, Jeffrey Wigand (Crowe) packs his belongings and leaves his Brown and Williamson office, returning home to his wife Liane (Venora) and two children, one of whom suffers from acute asthma. When Liane asks about the boxes in Wigand's car, he reveals that he was fired from his job that morning.
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 tells the true story of tobacco company scientist and corporate whistle-blower Jeffery Wigand (Russell Crowe) and his decision to 'tell the truth', thereby unleashing the full force of corporate spite against him and his unsuspecting family.
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Gripping and powerful, 'The Insider' is based on the story of tobacco executive turned whistle-blower, Jeffrey Wigand. This edge of your seat thriller recounts the chain of events that saw an ordinary man up against a corporate giant in the fight of his life.
