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  2. The Insider. (film) 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". The film stars Al Pacino, Russell Crowe, Christopher Plummer, Bruce McGill, Diane Venora, and Michael Gambon .

  3. This movie tells the true story of Jeffrey Wigand (Russell Crowe), a former tobacco executive, who decided to appear on 60 Minutes (1968). As a matter of conscience partially prodded by Producer Lowell Bergman (Al Pacino), he revealed that, the tobacco industry was not only aware that cigarettes are addictive and harmful, but deliberately worked on increasing that addictiveness.

  4. The Insider is a movie based on a true story about a big lawsuit against the tobacco industry. The story follows CBS producer Lowell Bergman, who is in charge of interviewing those involved in the lawsuit for a segment called 60 Minutes. Bergman eventually approaches Jeffrey Wigand, who was formerly an executive for a tobacco company, in order ...

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  6. 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.

    • (180K)
    • Biography, Drama, Thriller
    • Michael Mann
    • 1999-11-05
  7. Apr 29, 2024 · The Insider is a quiet movie in concept, a story mostly told among men in rooms talking about legal documents and nicotine chemistry. Yet Mann's masterful direction makes it feel as tense as the ...

    • Daniel Cruse
    • 3 min
    • Michael Mann
  8. Al Pacino stars as veteran 60 Minutes producer Lowell Bergman and Russell Crowe co-stars as the ultimate insider, former tobacco executive Dr. Jeffrey Wigand. When Wigand is fired by his employer -- one of the largest tobacco companies in America -- he agrees to become a paid consultant for a story Bergman is working on regarding alleged ...

  9. www.pluggedin.com › movie-reviews › insiderThe Insider - Plugged In

    Movie Review. 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.

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