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Nov 5, 1999 · A film based on a true story of a former tobacco executive who exposes the industry's secrets to a 60 Minutes producer. Starring Russell Crowe, Al Pacino, Christopher Plummer and directed by Michael Mann.
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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". The film stars Al Pacino, Russell Crowe, Christopher Plummer, Bruce McGill, Diane Venora, and Michael Gambon .
- $68–90 million
- Michael Mann, Pieter Jan Brugge
- November 5, 1999
A movie based on a true story of a former tobacco executive who reveals the industry's secrets to a 60 Minutes producer and faces legal and personal consequences. The plot summary includes the main characters, events, themes and conflicts of the film.
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The Insider is a docudrama about how investigative journalism exposed the tobacco industry's lies and a producer for "60 Minutes" became a hero. The film is accurate in its broad strokes, but misleading in some details, according to a helpful article in Brill's Content. Read Ebert's review of the film and its message, and its power to absorb, entertain and anger.
IMDb provides the full list of cast and crew members, as well as the production details, of the 1999 film The Insider, directed by Michael Mann. The film is based on a true story of a tobacco executive who blew the whistle on his company and faced legal and media challenges.
The Insider is a 1999 drama film about a former tobacco executive who exposes industry secrets to a TV producer. The film has a high Tomatometer score of 138 and a mixed audience score of 50,000+, based on critic and user reviews.
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