The Insider

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

Director(s)

Michael Mann

Julie Pitkanen

Eva Z. Cabrera

Jody Spilkoman

Julie Herrin

Patrick Mangan

Daniel Oron

Itai Tamir

Michael Waxman

Basti Van Der Woude

Revital Zimering

Louis Guerra

Tamar Ichilov

Cast & crew

Stephen Tobolowsky

Eric Kluster

Breckin Meyer

Sharon's Son

Philip Baker Hall

Don Hewitt

Julie Pitkanen

Russell Crowe

Jeffrey Wigand

Bill Sage

Intense Young Intern

Christopher Plummer

Mike Wallace

Dennis Garber

FBI Agent #1

Bruce McGill

Ron Motley

Debi Mazar

Debbie De Luca

Michael Waxman

Michael Mann

Spencer Kayden

Woman at Airport (uncredited)

Julie Herrin

Vyto Ruginis

Junior Lawyer

Al Pacino

Lowell Bergman

Michael Gambon

Thomas Sandefur

Diane Venora

Liane Wigand

Paul Perri

Geologist / FBI Man

Renee Olstead

Deborah Wigand

Basti Van Der Woude

Cliff Curtis

Sheikh Fadlallah

Nestor Serrano

FBI Agent Robertson

Colm Feore

Richard Scruggs

Jody Spilkoman

Vincent Foster

Bill Felling

Sayed Badreya

Hezbollah Head Gunman

Eva Z. Cabrera

Paul Butler

Charlie Phillips

Eyal Podell

Lowell's Son

Lindsay Crouse

Sharon Tiller

Rip Torn

John Scanlon

Phil Hawn

Businessman at Airport (uncredited)

Willie C. Carpenter

John Harris

Gina Gershon

Helen Caperelli

Wanda De Jesus

Geologist / FBI Woman

Saemi Nakamura

Japanese Waitress

Wings Hauser

Tobacco Lawyer

Pete Hamill

NY Times Reporter

Michael Paul Chan

Norman the Cameraman

Lynne Thigpen

Mrs. Williams

Hallie Eisenberg

Barbara Wigand

Linda Hart

Mrs. Wigand

Robert Harper

Mark Stern

Michael Moore

Gary Sandy

Sandefur's Lawyer

Jack Palladino

Megan Odebash

Sandra Sutherland

Roger Bart

Seelbach Hotel Manager

Alan Desatti

Hezbollah Interpreter

Chris Ufland

Doug Oliver - FDA

Douglas McGrath

Private Investigator

Joseph Hindy

Baldo the Editor

Tim Grimm

FBI Agent #2

Robert Patrick Brink

Policeman

James Harper

FBI Agent #3

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

George R. Parsons

B & W Uniformed Security Officer

Isodine Loury

Mississippi Court Stenographer

Charlene Bosarge

Mr. Scruggs' Assistant

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)

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)

Patrick Mangan

Daniel Oron

Itai Tamir

Revital Zimering

Louis Guerra

Tamar Ichilov

Details

GenresDrama, Thriller

Runtime2h 38 mins

Released on28 Oct 1999

Languageen

Produced inUnited States of America

Reviews

Eky

/10

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

10/10

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.

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