The Insider (1999)

Quality: HD

Genre:Biography, Drama, Thriller

Country: United States

Release Date: 05 Nov 1999

Staring:Russell Crowe, Al Pacino, Christopher Plummer

Director:Michael Mann

Rating: 7.8 (IMDb)

Runtime: 157 min

Storyline:

The Insider (1999) 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?