The Insider (film)

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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

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