The Insider (film)

The Insider is a 1999 American drama film directed by Michael Mann, based on the true story of a 60 Minutes segment about Jeffrey Wigand, a whistleblower in the tobacco industry. The 60 Minutes story originally aired in November 1995 in an altered form because of objections by CBS thenowner, Laurence Tisch, who also controlled the Lorillard Tobacco Company. The story later aired in a complete and uncensored form on February 4, 1996.

During a prologue that is not directly related to the main plot, CBS producer Lowell Bergman Pacino convinces the founder of Hezbollah, Sheikh Fadlallah, to grant an interview to Mike Wallace Plummer for 60 Minutes. While preparing for the interview, both Wallace and Bergman firmly stand their ground against the Sheikhs armed and hostile bodyguards attempted intimidation and disruption.In Louisville, Kentucky, Dr. Jeffrey Wigand Crowe leaves his office at the Brown amp Williamson Tobacco Company and returns home to his wife, Liane Venora, and their two daughters. When Liane finds boxes in the back of Jeffreys car, he distantly admits to her that Thomas Sandefur Gambon, the CEO of the firm, has fired him. ........

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