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The Insider

The Insider

1999Movie⏱️ 2h 37mR🏆 #610 Top Rated
BiographyDramaHistoryThriller
7.8
IMDB Rating
190,677 votes

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

Director
Michael Mann
Writers
Marie Brenner, Eric Roth, Michael Mann
Stars
Russell Crowe, Al Pacino, Christopher Plummer
Release Date
November 5, 1999
Language
English, Japanese, Arabic, Persian
Country
United States
🏆 23
Wins
🎯 58
Nominations
💬 603
Reviews
📋 212K
Watchlists
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🎭 Top Cast

Russell Crowe
Russell Crowe
as Jeffrey Wigand
Al Pacino
Al Pacino
as Lowell Bergman
Christopher Plummer
Christopher Plummer
as Mike Wallace
Diane Venora
Diane Venora
as Liane Wigand
Philip Baker Hall
Philip Baker Hall
as Don Hewitt
Lindsay Crouse
Lindsay Crouse
as Sharon Tiller
Debi Mazar
Debi Mazar
as Debbie De Luca
Stephen Tobolowsky
Stephen Tobolowsky
as Eric Kluster
Colm Feore
Colm Feore
as Richard Scruggs
Bruce McGill
Bruce McGill
as Ron Motley

💰 Box Office

$60,289,912
Worldwide Gross
$29,089,912
Domestic Gross
$6,712,361
Opening Weekend

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
2.39 : 1
Sound
DTS
Sound
Dolby Digital
Sound
SDDS
Color
Color
Filming Location
Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Production
Touchstone Pictures, Forward Pass, Blue Lion Entertainment

🏷️ Keywords

whistleblower1990stobacco industrybroadcast journalismtobacco

🎯 Categories

Conspiracy ThrillerDocudramaLegal ThrillerWorkplace DramaBiographyDramaHistoryThriller

⭐ Featured Review

Intensity beyond intensity
by Surecure2005-03-29
10/10

"The Insider is the only film I remember having seen where I walked out of the theatre with a headache because of the intensity of the story. Michael Mann is one of few directors who has such an in-depth understanding of both the subject of his film and the nature of that subject, that he is able to portray a realism that is nearly impossible to match. There is real skill displayed in the way in which the Insider weaves through the aspects of both Bergmann and Wigand's lives. Whereas a lesser director would have thrown the characters at each other in an artificial collision, Mann introduc..."

💡 Did You Know?

Mike Moore, the Attorney General of Mississippi, played himself for the scenes involving the lawsuit.

📖 Synopsis

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