The Insider

Thriller

Al Pacino	Lowell Bergman
Russell Crowe	Dr. 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
Michael Paul Chan
Michael Gambon	Thomas Sandefur
Gina Gershon	Helen Caperelli
Rip Torn	John Scanlon
Lynne Thigpen	Mrs. Williams
Hallie Kate Eisenberg	Barbara Wigand

Director	Michael Mann
Producer	Michael Mann; Pieter Jan Brugge; Gusmano Cesaretti
Writer	Michael Mann; Eric Roth; Marie Brenner
Cinematography	Dante Spinotti
Musician	Lisa Gerrard

Based on a true story. Lowell Bergman (Al Pacino) works for "60 Minutes." He realizes that Jeff Wigand (Russell Crowe), former tobacco executive, has a story to tell. Wigand wants to talk because the truth weighs on his conscience, but he had signed a confidentiality agreement and is pressured from his company to remain silent. He evenutally agrees to an on-camera interview with Mike Wallace for CBS' "60 Minutes." The interview reveals that the tobacco industry was indeed aware of the addictive and harmful nature of cigarettes and that they were working on making them even more addictive. There is a struggle between the tobacco companies trying to keep Wigand quiet and the network being afraid to broadcast such a story at fear of being sued.