The Insider (1999)
poster The Insider
IMDb Rating:
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7.9/10 (124.9K votes)

Country:United States, 157 minutes

Spoken languages:English, Japanese, Arabic, Persian

Genres:Biography, Drama, Thriller

Director(s):Michael Mann

Number: 359

Storyline:
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 out?

Cast:
Al Pacino (as Lowell Bergman), Russell Crowe (as Jeffrey Wigand), Christopher Plummer (as Mike Wallace), Diane Venora (as Liane Wigand), Philip Baker Hall (as Don Hewitt)