Two men driven to tell the truth … whatever the cost.
A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.
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Character
Earnest, grave, classical in form and contemporary.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- rawmeticulous
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“Is this Michael Mann's best work?”
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“Is Al Pacino the best thing in The Insider?”
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“Is The Insider a masterpiece, not merely a very good film?”
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Cast
- Al PacinoLowell Bergman
- Russell CroweJeffrey Wigand
- Christopher PlummerMike Wallace
- Diane VenoraLiane Wigand
- Philip Baker HallDon Hewitt
- Lindsay CrouseSharon Tiller
- Debi MazarDebbie De Luca
- Stephen TobolowskyEric Kluster
- Colm FeoreRichard Scruggs
- Bruce McGillRon Motley
Crew
- Michael MannDirector
- Eric RothWriter
- Michael MannWriter
- Dante SpinottiDirector of Photography
- Pieter BourkeOriginal Music Composer
- Lisa GerrardOriginal Music Composer
- William GoldenbergEditor
- David RosenbloomEditor
- Paul RubellEditor
- Pieter Jan BruggeProducer
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