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Synopsis. In Lebanon, Hezbollah militants escort producer Lowell Bergman (Pacino) to Hezbollah founder Sheikh Fadlallah, where Lowell convinces him to be interviewed by Mike Wallace (Plummer) for CBS show 60 Minutes.
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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 · 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: 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.
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Oct 30, 2019 · The Insider is a 1999 movie based on the true story of a whistle-blower who exposed the lies of Big Tobacco and a journalist who fought to air his interview on 60 Minutes. The film captures the tension between corporate power, journalistic integrity and personal morality in a way that still resonates today.
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Synopsis After seeking the expertise of former "Big Tobacco" executive Jeffrey Wigand (Russell Crowe), seasoned TV producer Lowell Bergman (Al Pacino) suspects a story lies...
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Based on a true story, The Insider chronicles the personal and professional trials of Jeffrey Wigand, a top scientist and tobacco industry insider possessing knowledge that, if made public, would devastate “big tobacco.” He’s a family man with a wife and two young girls.