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The Insider
Jeffrey Wigand was a scientist employed in research for a tobacco firm, Brown and Williamson. Not long after he was fired by Brown and Williamson, Wigand came into contact with Lowell Bergman, a producer for 60 Minutes who worked closely with journalist Mike Wallace. A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a '60 Minutes' expose on Big Tobacco.
30 May 1951, Dallas, Texas, USA
25 December 1945, Dayton, Ohio, USA
27 September 1960, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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11 July 1950, San Antonio, Texas, USA
12 December 1947, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
10 September 1931, Toledo, Ohio, USA
6 November 1953, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
24 June 1935, Brooklyn, New York, USA
19 October 1940, Cabra, Dublin, Ireland
20 April 1957, Warrensburg, Missouri, USA
13 May 1938, USA
November 29, 2009
A supremely suspenseful and riveting dramatic tour-de-force.
October 29, 2008
A sobering examination of corruption, courage, cowardice, and the sometimes catastrophic costs of telling the truth.
May 08, 2001
Mann turns a moral issue into riveting suspense.
September 24, 2007
It has a buzz of excitement and complexity -- the sense that we're seeing the actual back-room decisions that affect lives.
December 28, 2010
Fascinating whistleblower story for older teens.
January 15, 2008
Despite having no action scenes, a 2.5 hour running time, and based around the tired subject of tobacco, The Insider manages to be one of -- if not the best thriller of the year.
February 09, 2006
The movie reveals Michael Mann's unparalleled ability to fashion taut suspense from unpromising material.
June 24, 2009
Not a single shot could be improved in either lighting or framing; nor is there even a single cut that could be moved by so much as a frame without damaging the exactitude of its placement.
March 21, 2001
Mann, who mastered style in his TV series Miami Vice and previous films like Heat, adds substance to the formula with the intensely dramatic, fiercely principled Insider.
April 25, 2003
Pumped up with sharp editing, vivid performances and a damning true story to tell, it's a morality tale with a hard contemporary punch.
April 27, 2007
What I didn't expect was an intelligently absorbing entertainment that ran for two hours and 40 minutes, during which I didn't once look at my watch -- just about the highest praise I can bestow upon a film these days.
June 18, 2002
It's a good thing Wigand isn't a conventional, come-to-the-rescue hero in The Insider, because, although Michael Mann tries for a victory dance, there's ultimately little cause for cheer.