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The Insider (1999)
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Ratings: 8.0/10 from 87,312 users
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Reviews: 492 user | 181 critic | 34 from Metacritic.com A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a "60 Minutes" expose on Big Tobacco. Director:Michael Mann |
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Nominated for 7 Oscars.
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| Al Pacino | ... | ||
| Russell Crowe | ... | ||
| Christopher Plummer | ... | ||
| Diane Venora | ... | ||
| Philip Baker Hall | ... | ||
| Lindsay Crouse | ... | ||
| Debi Mazar | ... | ||
| Stephen Tobolowsky | ... | ||
| Colm Feore | ... | ||
| Bruce McGill | ... | ||
| Gina Gershon | ... | ||
| Michael Gambon | ... | ||
| Rip Torn | ... | ||
| Lynne Thigpen | ... | ||
| Hallie Kate Eisenberg | ... | ||
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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? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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Two men driven to tell the truth... whatever the cost. See more »Parents Guide:
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El informante See more »Box Office
Budget:
$90,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$6,712,361 (USA) (7 November 1999) (1809 Screens)Gross:
$60,289,912 (Worldwide) (2000)Company Credits
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Ron Motley: Oh you have rights, and lefts, ups, downs and middles. So what?
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Written and Performed by Gustavo Santaolalla
Courtesy of Nonesuch Records
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In a scene in Bergman's office, Mike Wallace tells Lowell Bergman, "I don't plan to spend the end of my days wandering in the wilderness of National Public Radio." In reality, Bergman left CBS in 1998 (not right after the Jeffrey Wigand piece, as depicted in the movie) to work for Public Television. See more »Goofs
Continuity: When Bergman first calls Scruggs (as he's flying his Lear jet), Scruggs calls in to air traffic control saying he's "Lear November 643", yet the external shot of the jet shows the registration number to be N[ovember] 6100". Then shortly after returning Bergman's call Scruggs walks out to the runway and the jet now has a registration number of "N550M". See more »Quotes
Tobacco Lawyer: Mr Motley, we have rights here.Ron Motley: Oh you have rights, and lefts, ups, downs and middles. So what?
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"Iguazu"Written and Performed by Gustavo Santaolalla
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