This isn't a review as such. Well, the film is fantastic. Tense, thrilling and you'll be kept interested the whole way. Beautiful camera work too. But what I really came here to say. The wife! What an insufferable weak willed unsupportive bitch. Grow a spine woman. I'd highly recommend watching this even though she'll grind your gears.
The Insider
1999
Action / Biography / Drama / Thriller
The Insider
1999
Action / Biography / Drama / Thriller
Synopsis
Balls-out 60 Minutes (1968) Producer Lowell Bergman (Al Pacino) sniffs a story when a former research biologist for Brown & Williamson, Jeff Wigand (Russell Crowe), won't talk to him. When the company leans hard on Wigand to honor a confidentiality agreement, he gets his back up. Trusting Bergman, and despite a crumbling marriage, he goes on camera for a Mike Wallace (Christopher Plummer) interview and risks arrest for contempt of court. Westinghouse is negotiating to buy CBS, so CBS attorneys advise CBS News to shelve the interview and avoid a lawsuit. 60 Minutes (1968) and CBS News bosses cave, Wigand is hung out to dry, Bergman is compromised, and the CEOs of Big Tobacco may get away with perjury. Will the truth come out?
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August 05, 2011 at 02:00 AM
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Cast
Al Pacino as Lowell Bergman
Russell Crowe as Jeffrey Wigand
Gina Gershon as Helen Caperelli
Michael Gambon as Thomas Sandefur
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Pure Hollywood - Political Propaganda
Was this movie funded by the State Dept. or by the Pentagon? Either way watching this snail-fest of a yawn inducing story exudes typical signatures of State sponsored propaganda that anyone born before 1980 will recognise immediately. Sad to see such great acting names roped in by either money or CIA influence.
Avoid like Ebola.
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A masterpiece!
It's rare to find a movie of this stature. Brilliant performances by Pacino and Crowe, especially the former. The pace is intense, the direction brilliant! Not a flaw in this one. Go watch it! Your every minute will be well spent.
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