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The Insider is a 1999 film which tells the true story of a 60 Minutes television series exposé of the tobacco industry, as seen through the eyes of a real tobacco executive, Jeffrey Wigand. In real life, the story was initially not aired because 60 Minutes' parent company, Westinghouse, objected. The story was later aired on February 4, 1996.

It stars Al Pacino (as Lowell Bergman), Russell Crowe (as Jeffrey Wigand), Christopher Plummer (as Mike Wallace), Bruce McGill (as attorney Ron Motley), Diane Venora, Philip Baker Hall (as Don Hewitt), Lindsay Crouse, Debi Mazar, Stephen Tobolowsky, and Colm Feore

The movie was adapted by Eric Roth and Michael Mann from the Vanity Fair magazine article The Man Who Knew Too Much by Marie Brenner. It was directed by Mann.

It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Russell Crowe), Best Cinematography, Best Director, Best Editing, Best Picture, Best Sound and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published.

Trivia

The phone number that Lowell Bergman gives to Jeff Wigand is 555-0199, which is the same number that Lester Burnham gives to his interlocutor at work in American Beauty.

Val Kilmer
was considered by Michael Mann for the role of Jeffrey Wigand. Producer Pieter Jan Brugge suggested Russell Crowe.

Jeffrey Wigand, the anti-smoking subject of this movie, requested a ban on cigarettes in the film.

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