The Insider

19991999
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2h 37m

Russell Crowe and Al Pacino in The Insider (1999)

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A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.

Director
- Michael Mann
Writers
- Marie Brenner(based on the Vanity Fair article "The Man Who Knew Too Much" by)
- Eric Roth
- Michael Mann
Stars

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Nominated for 7 Oscars
- 23 wins & 58 nominations total

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Russell Crowe and Al Pacino in The Insider (1999)

Al Pacino, Philip Baker Hall, and Christopher Plummer in The Insider (1999)

Al Pacino in The Insider (1999)

Russell Crowe in The Insider (1999)

Russell Crowe, Al Pacino, and Hallie Eisenberg in The Insider (1999)

Lowell Bergman and Dr. Jeffrey Wigand

Lowell Bergman and Dr. Jeffrey Wigand

Al Pacino stars as 60 Minutes producer Lowell Bergman

Russell Crowe stars as Dr. Jeffrey Wigand

L to R - Don Hewitt (Philip Baker Hall), Lowell Bergman (Al Pacino) and Mike Wallace (Christopher Plummer)

Russell Crowe stars as Dr. Jeffrey Wigand

L to R - Debbie De Luca (Debi Mazar), Lowell Bergman (Al Pacino), Don Hewitt (Philip Baker Hall) and Mike Wallace (Christopher Plummer)

Director
- Michael Mann
Writers
- Marie Brenner(based on the Vanity Fair article "The Man Who Knew Too Much" by)
- Eric Roth
- Michael Mann
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Balls-out 60 Minutes (1968) Producer Lowell Bergman (Al Pacino) sniffs a story when a former research biologist for Brown & Williamson, Jeff Wigand (Russell Crowe), 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 (Christopher Plummer) 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 (1968) 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? —<jhailey@hotmail.com>

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Taglines
- Warning: Exposing the Truth May Be Hazardous
Genres
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for language
Parents guide

Trivia
Mike Moore, the Attorney General of Mississippi, played himself for the scenes involving the lawsuit.

Goofs
In the beginning of the film when Mike Wallace refuses to move his chair away from the Sheik, the translator translates Mike's English into Farsi to the Arabic-speaking Hezbollah. Farsi and Arabic are not the same language and usually Persians and Arabs do not understand each other's languages, unless they studied them.

Quotes
Mike Wallace: Who are these people?
Lowell Bergman: Ordinary people under extraordinary pressure, Mike. What the hell do you expect? Grace and consistency?

Alternate versions
The TV version is actually longer than the theatrical version and was extended over two nights. The edit was supervised by director Michael Mann.

Connections
Featured in At the Movies: The Best Films of 1999 (2000)

Soundtracks
Tempest
Written by Lisa Gerrard, Madjid Khaladj and Pieter Bourke
Performed by Lisa Gerrard and Pieter Bourke
Courtesy of 4 AD Limited/Warner Bros. Records Inc.

Top review

Crowe and Pacino together

Forget Russell Crowe's performance by numbers in 'Gladiator' (good though that film was), and enjoy his acting talent here alongside Al Pacino. Both men give inspired and classy masterclasses in how to put a character across. 'The Insider' is unusual, it is long and wordy (not often the case in modern movies), it has a superb soundtrack - 'Sacrifice', in particular - and it makes you involved, makes you care.

Curious, then, that a Roman epic outshone it. A good epic, but not in the same class.

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Release date
- November 5, 1999 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Official site
- Official site
Languages
Also known as
- 60 Minutes
Filming locations
- Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Production companies
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Budget
- $90,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $29,089,912
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $6,712,361
- Nov 7, 1999
Gross worldwide
- $60,289,912

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Runtime
2 hours 37 minutes
Color
- Color
Sound mix
Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1

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