The Insider
The Insider
Premiere: 1999-10-28
Quality:
FHD
Movies
- Director: Michael Mann
- Writer: Jerik Rot, Majkl Mann, Mari Brenner
- Actors: Al Pacino, Russell Crowe, Christopher Plummer, Diane Venora
What is the film "The Insider" about?
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 come out?
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