The Insider

“Two men driven to tell the truth … whatever the cost.”

Why would a former tobacco executive sit down with a 60 Minutes producer, and what does it cost him once he does? Producer Lowell Bergman (Al Pacino) coaxes Jeffrey Wigand (Russell Crowe), a research chemist, toward an interview that puts his job, his marriage to Liane (Diane Venora) and his safety under attack. Michael Mann sets the story at the point where telling the truth costs a man his livelihood, his family and his name.