The Insider

About The Insider

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

The Insider is a 1999 thriller film directed by Michael Mann. Al Pacino takes the lead as Lowell Bergman, Russell Crowe as Jeffrey Wigand, Christopher Plummer as Mike Wallace, and Diane Venora as Liane Wigand.

Released in October 1999, it runs 158 minutes. Written by Eric Roth and Michael Mann. It was produced by Forward Pass.

Members will find intimate, reporter, journalism, and newspaper in it. It scores 7.5 out of 10 from 2,178 TMDB voters and it carries a R rating.

Thank You for Smoking, The Assassin(s), and The Post make useful companions to The Insider, all filed under politics, research, and tobacco.