The Insider tells the true story of a man who decided to tell the world what the seven major tobacco companies knew (and concealed) about the dangers of their product. Jeffrey Wigand ( Russell Crowe ) was a scientist employed in research for a tobacco firm, Brown and Williamson. Not long after he was fired by Brown and Williamson, Wigand came into contact with Lowell Bergman ( Al Pacino ), a producer for 60 Minutes who worked closely with journalist Mike Wallace (played here by Christopher Plummer ). Bergman arranged for Wigand to be interviewed by Wallace for a 60 Minutes expose on the cigarette industry, though Wigand was still bound by a confidentiality agreement not to discuss his employment with the company. Despite Wigand's willingness to talk, CBS pulled his interview from at the last minute after Brown and Williamson threatened a multi-billion dollar lawsuit. The staff of 60 Minutes and CBS News were soon embroiled in an internal struggle over the killing of the story, and Wigand found himself the subject of lawsuits and a smear campaign, without his full story reaching the public. The Insider was directed by Michael Mann and also features Diane Venora , Philip Baker Hall , Debi Mazar , Colm Feore , and Rip Torn . — Mark Deming
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Al Pacino | Lowell Bergman |
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Russell Crowe | Jeffrey Wigand |
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Christopher Plummer | Mike Wallace |
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Diane Venora | Liane Wigand |
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Philip Baker Hall | Don Hewitt |
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Lindsay Crouse | Sharon Tiller |
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Debi Mazar | Debbie De Luca |
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Stephen Tobolowsky | Eric Kluster |
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Colm Feore | Richard Scruggs |
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Bruce McGill | Ron Motley |
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Gina Gershon | Helen Caperelli |
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Michael Gambon | Thomas Sandefur |
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Rip Torn | John Scanlon |
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Lynne Thigpen | Mrs. Williams |
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Hallie Kate Eisenberg | Barbara Wigand |
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Michael Paul Chan | Norman the Cameraman |
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Linda Hart | Mrs. Wigand |
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Robert Harper | Mark Stern |
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Nestor Serrano | FBI Agent Robertson |
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Pete Hamill | NY Times Reporter |
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Wings Hauser | Tobacco Lawyer |
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Cliff Curtis | Sheikh Fadlallah |
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Renee Olstead | Deborah Wigand |
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Mike Moore | Michael Moore |
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Gary Sandy | Lawyer (Sandefur's) |
| Director | Michael Mann |
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| Writer | Marie Brenner, Eric Roth, Michael Mann | |
| Producer | Pieter Jan Brugge, Gusmano Cesaretti, Avi Kleinberger, Michael Mann, Kathleen M. Shea, Shlomo Urbach, Michael Waxman | |
| Musician | Pieter Bourke, Lisa Gerrard | |
| Photography | Dante Spinotti | |
| Edition | Koop |
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| Packaging | Keep Case |
| Nr Discs | 1 |
| Screen Ratios | Anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1) |
| Audio Tracks | ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Subtitles | Dutch | English | English (Closed Captioned) |
| Distributor | Walt Disney Video |
| Layers | Single side, Dual layer |
| Edition Release Date | Apr 11, 2000 |
| Regions | 1 |