The Insider (DVD)

Academy Award Winner Al Pacino, gives a powerful performance as veteran 60 minutes producer Lowell Bergman, and Russell Crowe co-stars as the ultimate insider, former tobacco executive Dr. Jeffery Wigand. When Wigand is fired by his employer - one of the largest tobacco companies in America - he agrees to become a paid consultant for a story Bergman is working on regarding alleged unethical practices within the tobacco industry. But what begins as a temporary alliance leads to a lengthy battle for both men to save their reputations, and much, much more.As they soon find out, Corporate America will use all legal means at their disposal to save a billion dollar a year habit. And as the corporate giants soon find out, Bergman and Wigand are honorable men, driven to smoke out the evidence. Also starring Christopher Plummer as anchor Mike Wallace and Gina Gershon, The Insider will chill you with its cold, hard edge and thrill you with its unbelievable twists and turns.

General

Studio:	Touchstone Home Entertainment
Release date:	2001
Movie released:	1999
Actors:	Al Pacino • Russell Crowe • Christopher Plummer • Diane Venora • Philip Baker Hall • Lindsay Crouse • Debi Mazar • Stephen Tobolowsky • Colm Feore • Bruce McGill • Gina Gershon • Michael Gambon • Rip Torn • Lynne Thigpen • Hallie Kate Eisenberg • Michael Paul Chan • Linda Hart • Robert Harper • Nestor Serrano • Pete Hamill • Wings Hauser • Gary Sandy • Willie C. Carpenter • Paul Butler
Contributors:	Pieter Jan Brugge • Eric Roth • Michael Mann • Lisa Gerrard • Pieter Bourke
Directors:	Michael Mann
Dimensions:	192 x 137 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:
Running time:	2 hours, 31 minutes
Region encoding:	Region 2. This DVD will play in all South African DVD players.
Audio format:	Dolby Digital 5.0
Video format:	Widescreen 2.35:1
Languages:	English
Age restriction:	15
Categories:	DVD > Drama DVD > Thriller DVD > Feature Film
LSN:	XWS-BDC-8KE-3
Barcode:	5017188882866

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The Insider

Wed, 2 Apr 2014 | Review by: Micky B

Nominated for no less than <i>seven</i> Academy Awards, Al Pacino is is teamed up with Russell Crowe and Christopher Plummer in this true story that makes for good dramatic viewing. We, in South Africa, are not as familiar with the TV show <i>60 Minutes</i> as our Amerian counterparts are, but appareently it enjoys immense popularity right across the USA. Story: Dr Jeffrey Wigand (Russell Crowe,) who holds a PhD in both biochemestry and endochrinal biology, is fired by a large tobacco company. He susequently receives a package from an unknown sender. The doctor agrees to interpret these documents for TV reporters Mike Wallace (Christopher Plumber) and Lowell Bergman (Al Pacino) subject to certain conditions, and blows the whistle on the fact that CBS – the channel on which "60 Minutes is aired – is owned the same person who controls the Lorriland Tobacco company! Noting the conflicting-of-interests situation, Bergman confronts the seven CEOs (whom he calls the seven dwarfs) of "Big Tobacco" who, he maintains, all committed perjury before the Congress of the USA by virtue of their sworn testimony that tobacco is not harmful to smokers...while knowing full well that this is not true! After attempts to bribe Dr Wigand fail, the seven dwarfs go further to try to silence – or discredit – his testimony. All in all, its a great movie: one that deserved far better that it received from its Big Screen showings.

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