The Insider 1999

type: Movie

language: Arabic

duration: 157 min

genre: drama

theme: biographical

director: Michael Mann

Score: 8 / 10

The Insider is a 1999 American drama film directed by Michael Mann, from a screenplay adapted by Eric Roth and Mann from Marie Brenner's 1996 Vanity Fair article "The Man Who Knew Too Much". It stars Al Pacino and Russell Crowe, with supporting actors including Christopher Plummer, Bruce McGill, Diane Venora and Michael Gambon.

Plot

During a prologue, a CBS producer, Lowell Bergman, convinces the founder of Hezbollah, Sheikh Fadlallah, to grant an interview to Mike Wallace for 60 Minutes. While preparing for the interview, both Wallace and Bergman firmly stand their ground against the Sheikh's armed and hostile bodyguards' attempted intimidation and disruption.

Awards

National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

Cast

More details

author	Eric Roth Marie Brenner Michael Mann
award	National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
contentLocation	Kentucky New York City
director	Michael Mann
editor	David Rosenbloom Paul Rubell William Goldenberg
genre	drama thriller
keywords	60 minutes abridge betray bow brown & williamson cbs cbs news character assassination confidentiality agreement death threat depose deposition don hewitt fbi federal bureau of investigation front page gag order hezbollah jack palladino jeffrey wigand learn lowell bergman mike wallace mississippi mohammad hussein fadlallah new york times one night phone call question richard scruggs serve severance package sheikh fadlallah the new york times the wall street journal tobacco industry wall street westinghouse westinghouse electric corporation
musicBy	Lisa Gerrard Pieter Bourke
nomination	Academy Award for Best Actor 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 Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
producer	Michael Mann Pieter Jan Brugge
publisher	Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
recordedAt	New York City The Bahamas
theme	biographical legal smoking whistleblowing