The Insider (film)

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biographical film drama film film legal drama film

The Insider is a 1999 drama film directed by Michael Mann that dramatizes tobacco industry whistleblower Jeffrey Wigand’s revelations and their broadcast on CBS’s 60 Minutes.

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instanceOf	biographical film ⓘ drama film ⓘ film ⓘ legal drama film ⓘ
awardNominated	Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ Academy Award for Best Film Editing ⓘ Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
basedOn	Jeffrey Wigand tobacco industry whistleblowing ⓘ The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934 film) ⓘ surface form: “The Man Who Knew Too Much”
castMember	Al Pacino ⓘ Bruce McGill ⓘ Christopher Plummer ⓘ Colm Feore ⓘ Debi Mazar ⓘ Diane Venora ⓘ Gina Gershon ⓘ Hallie Kate Eisenberg ⓘ Lindsay Crouse ⓘ Lynne Thigpen ⓘ Michael Gambon ⓘ Philip Baker Hall ⓘ Rip Torn ⓘ Russell Crowe ⓘ Stephen Tobolowsky ⓘ
cinematographer	Dante Spinotti ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
depicts	60 Minutes ⓘ surface form: CBS News program 60 Minutes Jeffrey Wigand ⓘ
director	Michael Mann ⓘ
distributor	Buena Vista International ⓘ surface form: Buena Vista Pictures
editor	Paul Rubell ⓘ William Goldenberg ⓘ
genre	biographical drama ⓘ drama ⓘ legal drama ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainCharacter	Jeffrey Wigand ⓘ Lowell Bergman ⓘ Mike Wallace ⓘ
musicBy	Gustavo Santaolalla ⓘ Lisa Gerrard ⓘ Pieter Bourke ⓘ
narrativeFocus	investigative journalism ⓘ tobacco industry whistleblowing ⓘ
originalNetworkDepicted	CBS ⓘ
producer	Michael Mann ⓘ Pieter Jan Brugge ⓘ
productionCompany	Blue Lion Entertainment ⓘ Touchstone Pictures ⓘ
publicationDate	1999 ⓘ
releaseEvent	Venice Film Festival ⓘ surface form: 1999 Venice Film Festival
runtime	157 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter	Eric Roth ⓘ Michael Mann ⓘ
setting	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
subjectMatter	corporate malfeasance ⓘ media ethics ⓘ