The Insider

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Overview : A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.
Budget : 90000000USD
language : en
Runtime : 158 min
Release Date : 1999-10-28
Imdb ID : tt0140352
Status : Released

Cast

Al Pacino
Lowell Bergman

Russell Crowe
Jeffrey Wigand

Christopher Plummer
Mike Wallace

Diane Venora
Liane Wigand

Philip Baker Hall
Don Hewitt

Lindsay Crouse
Sharon Tiller

Debi Mazar
Debbie De Luca

Stephen Tobolowsky
Eric Kluster

Colm Feore
Richard Scruggs

Bruce McGill
Ron Motley

Gina Gershon
Helen Caperelli

Michael Gambon
Thomas Sandefur

Rip Torn
John Scanlon

Lynne Thigpen
Mrs. Williams

Hallie Eisenberg
Barbara Wigand

Michael Paul Chan
Norman the Cameraman

Linda Hart
Mrs. Wigand

Robert Harper
Mark Stern

Nestor Serrano
FBI Agent Robertson

Pete Hamill
NY Times Reporter

Wings Hauser
Tobacco Lawyer

Cliff Curtis
Sheikh Fadlallah

Renee Olstead
Deborah Wigand

Michael Moore
Michael Moore

Gary Sandy
Sandefur's Lawyer

Willie C. Carpenter
John Harris

Paul Butler
Charlie Phillips

Jack Palladino
Jack Palladino

Megan Odebash
Sandra Sutherland

Roger Bart
Seelbach Hotel Manager

Alan Desatti
Hezbollah Interpreter

Sayed Badreya
Hezbollah Head Gunman

Chris Ufland
Doug Oliver - FDA

Douglas McGrath
Private Investigator

Bill Sage
Intense Young Intern

Joseph Hindy
Baldo the Editor

Dennis Garber
FBI Agent #1

Tim Grimm
FBI Agent #2

Paul Perri
Geologist / FBI Man

Wanda De Jesus
Geologist / FBI Woman

Robert Patrick Brink
Policeman

Vincent Foster
Bill Felling

James Harper
FBI Agent #3

Eyal Podell
Lowell's Son

Breckin Meyer
Sharon's Son

David Roberson
John Telefarro

Gregg E. Muravchick
Private Security Guard

William P. Bradford
Subpoena Man

David Clyde Carr
Local Newscaster

Ann Reskin
Seelbach Hotel Desk Clerk

Claire Slemmer
Edie Magnus

Steve Salge
Dan Rather

Derrick Jones
Mississippi Reporter

Donald F. Burbrink
B & W Male Security Officer

Vyto Ruginis
Junior Lawyer

George R. Parsons
B & W Uniformed Security Officer

Isodine Loury
Mississippi Court Stenographer

Charlene Bosarge
Mr. Scruggs' Assistant

Saemi Nakamura
Japanese Waitress

Ronal G. Yokley
Police Detective

Bob Lazarus
Stage Manager

Robert J. Ragno Jr.
Photographer - New Media

Alvin L. Welch
Judge

Nathan Lewis Hill
Production Assistant

Paula Bisbikos
Mike Wallace's Assistant

Christi Evans
CBS News Producer

Knox White
Soundman

Amy L. Caudill
A Student

Cara Briese
Student (uncredited)

Phil Hawn
Businessman at Airport (uncredited)

Spencer Kayden
Woman at Airport (uncredited)

Zane Lamprey
Man at Airport (uncredited)

Don Langley
Patron (uncredited)

Clyde Lee
Clyde Lee (uncredited)

Robert D. Parham
Lawyer (uncredited)

Roger Phenix
TV Camera Crew at Trial (uncredited)

Scott Ritcher
Courthouse Press Member (uncredited)

Brian Canberg
Attorney on Street (uncredited)

J.B. Flinn
Man with Drink (uncredited)

Tom Jones
Teenager in Cafeteria (uncredited)

Ted Speaker
New Orleans Murder Scene Onlooker (uncredited)

Robbie G. Tomlin
Courthouse Press Member (uncredited)

Susan Wagner
CBS Reporter (uncredited)

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Reviews

Eky
What if Michael Mann, Russell Crowe and Al Pacino ensemble in a film all together? Well, The Insider, with the above clever formula does exist and it is definitely an earthly paradise. Russell Crowe is a tobacco industry researcher named Jeffrey Wigand who accidentally revealed a addictive substance abuse in a famous tobacco company named Big Tobacco. He appeared in a CBS program “60 Minutes” based on an invitation by its presenter, Mike Wallace. His fate changed drastically, he had no choice but to sacrifice his reputation, job and family. In contrast to his heroic role in Gladiator, Crowe here plays excellently as a hero who tries to fight for his freedom as it is taken away when he has to deal with corporate criminals. Al Pacino performs well as usual in his role as an investigating journalist named Lowell Bergman. Mann attractively packed this 2,5 hour long crime drama with a variety of careful analysis so that this film is away from boring.
GenerationofSwine
I was drooling when I saw the first preview. the talent involved in this...aaaaahhhhhhh. You just know it's going to be good. And Crowe, who thinks he's the best actor who ever lived actually acted in this. Seeing him actually act is worth it. Many of us believed it was only a legend, but here it is, proof he does have talent somewhere beneath the brass. Pacino, Mann, Plummer, Gabon and you turn around and low and behold Gershon is doing a good job too. It's like a dream cast with a B-Team that rises up to the challenge. I'd give it a 10 if...wait, I can 10 of 10 just because it is a privilege to watch everyone in this film...who cares about the plot even? It could have been the worst story ever written and the cast and director would have saved it. It was like they were doing Richard III. that quality of awesome.