The Insider

Theatrical - Wide 1999-11-05

Cast Al Pacino Russell Crowe Christopher Plummer Diane Venora Philip Hall Lindsay Crouse
Directed by Michael Mann
Written by Eric Roth Michael Mann

Genres: Drama

Synopsis

Based on a 1995 Vanity Fair article, the film recounts how 60 Minutes commentator Mike Wallace (Christopher Plummer) and his producer Lowell Bergman (Al Pacino) were blackballed into dumping a segment on tobacco-industry defector Jeffrey Wigand (Russell Crowe) because CBS execs were in the midst of a multibillion dollar merger with the corporation that owned Wigand.

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6/10

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The Insider

Posted 26 years ago

Review Date: Director: Michael Mann Writer: Michael Mann and Eric Roth Producers: Michael Mann and Pieter Jan Brugge Actors: Al Pacino as Lowell Bergman, Russell Crowe as Jeffrey Wigand, Christopher Plummer as Mike Wallace Plot: Cigarette company Vice-President gets fired...

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