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The Insider (1999)  link to The Insider on IMDb  link to trailer on IMDb

Number: 1588

poster The Insider

IMDb Rating:
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7.9/10 (141543 votes)

Country: USA, 157 minutes

Spoken Languages: English, Japanese, Arabic, Persian

Genre(s): Biography, Drama, Thriller

Director(s): George Marshall

Video Codec: Unknown

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 come out?

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Cast:

photo Al Pacino Al Pacino Lowell Bergman
photo Russell Crowe Russell Crowe Jeffrey Wigand
photo Christopher Plummer Christopher Plummer Mike Wallace
photo Diane Venora Diane Venora Liane Wigand
photo Philip Baker Hall Philip Baker Hall Don Hewitt

Medium: Digital Copy,

Location: F:\Films\The Insider\The Insider.mkv

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 2.35:1