The Insider
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Michael Mann
Michael Paul Chan
Paula Bisbikos
Christopher Plummer
Hallie Kate Eisenberg
Roger Bart
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
The true story of tobacco industry whistle-blower Jeffrey Wigand, the former head of development at the Brown & Williamson Tobacco Co. who went public on CBS-TV's "60 Minutes" as an industry informant. "60 Minutes" producer Lowell Bergman championed Wigand's cause and after many obstacles managed to have the segment aired. The relationship between the two men developed around their struggle to reveal the truth despite personal and professional hardships.
Director
Michael Mann
Cast
Michael Paul Chan
Paula Bisbikos
Christopher Plummer
Hallie Kate Eisenberg
Roger Bart
Charlene Bosarge
Colm Feore
Rip Torn
Linda Hart
Ann Reskin
Gina Gershon
Gary Sandy
Diane Venora
Sayed Badreya
Gregg E Muravchick
Bruce Mcgill
Wanda De Jesús
David Roberson
Eyal Podell
Robert Ragno
Claire Slemmer
Alan Desatti
Tim Grimm
Pete Hamill
Bill Sage
Donald F Burbrink
Lynne Thigpen
Willie C Carpenter
Ronal G Yokley
Michael Gambon
Paul Butler
James Harper
Al Pacino
Jonathan Bobbitt
William P Bradford
George R Parsons
Wings Hauser
Doug Mcgrath
Christi Evans
Derrick Jones
Russell Crowe
David Carr
Renee Olstead
Chris Ufland
Cliff Curtis
Vyto Ruginis
Michael Moore
Chris Nelson
Stephen Tobolowsky
Steve Salge
Robert Brink
Paul Perri
Breckin Meyer
Nathan Lewis Hill
V.j. Foster
Nestor Serrano
Saemi Nakamura
Philip B. Hall
Debi Mazar
Megan Odabash
Dennis Garber
Amy L Caudill
Mark Weissenfluh
Jack Palladino
Isodine Loury
Alvin L Welch
Robert Harper
Joseph Hindy
Bob Lazarus
Knox Grantham White
Lindsay Crouse
Crew
Trish Adlesic
Nicholas Allen
Mark Aller
Michel Aller
Gil Alon
Richard Anderson
James Apted
Itzik Ben Aroya
James Ashwill
Ehab Assal
Paige Augustine
Yael Aviv
Anat Avivi
Avi Avivi
Bob Badami
J Baird
B Bargeld
Don Barrett
Craig Barron
Travis Baumann
Gregg Baxter
Chea Beckley
Lowell Bergman
Carlo Bernard
Thomas Bianco
James P. Bittl
Robert A. Blackburn
Christopher Boddy
Walter Bogdanich
Troy Borisy
Pieter Bourke
Pieter Bourke
Bill Bowling
Steve Bozeman
Marie Brenner
Marie Brenner
Daniel Briggs
Neville Brody
Glenn Brown
Leah Brown
Ricou Browning
Pieter Jan Brugge
Jeffrey Burks
Erika Wangberg Burton
Eva Z. Cabrera
J Caffery
John Caglione Jr.
Marco Campos
Greg Cannom
Dan Carter
Michael Castellano
Patricia Castellanos
Gusmano Cesaretti
Maria K. Chavez
Lynn Christopher
A Chudy
M Chung
Billy Cobham
Eric Cochran
Meredith Collins
Frank Connor
Judith A. Cory
Deidre Costa
Willard J Crawford
Lou Crisa
Darcey Crownshaw
Shirley Fulton Crumley
John Cucci
David Darling
David Darling
Debbi Datz-pyle
Holly Davis
Shirley Davis
Buddy De Vingo
Jason Dean
Robert Del Naja
Yann Delpuech
Michael D Desantis
Alan Desilva
Matt Dessero
Carolyn Dessert
Robert A Destolfe
Robert Di Grigoli
Judi Dickerson
Thomas Dickson
Meredith Dixon
Dan Dobson
Tom Dolan
Dan Duggan
Robert Duggan
Shane Durazo
Liz Dykehouse
Harvey Edinoff
Alex Edlin
Edward James Egan
Manfred Eicher
Jennifer Emrick
Jeffrey Enneking
Kelly Erin
Sylvia Fay
Robert Fernandez
Javier Ferrer
Pat Fitzpatrick
Stephanie Flack
Linda Folk
Alan Forbes
Jay Fortune
Fortunato Frattasio
Alix M Freedman
David Galbraith
Jan Garbarek
Jan Garbarek
F Gari
Lisa Gerrard
Lisa Gerrard
Richard Gilks
Richard Gilks
Thomas Gilligan
Dr. Stanton Glantz
Julie Glick
William Goldenberg
Ildefonso Goris
John E Gray
Kurt Greufe
Barbara Gutman
A Hacke
Nancy Haigh
Ted Haigh
Roger Hanna
Kelly Hannafin
Julie Hannum
Michael Hansen
Philip Harrelson
Tim Healey
Hollywood Heard
Craig 'pup' Heath
D. M. Hemphill
Julie Herrin
Sean M. Higgins
Brian Hillburn
Erica L Hiller
Tod Holcomb
Tom Holcomb
John Holcombe
Joel Holland
Susan Hollander
Josiah Hooper
Mark Howard
Jason Hudak
Cindia Huppeler
Dream Quest Images
Eitan Ivgy
Teresa Jaime
Gary Jay
Robert Jepsen
Jennifer Jew
Tim Judge
John Kasarda
Barbara Kastner
Boaz Katzenelson
Ian C Kelly
Carole Ann Kenneally
David A Kessler
Madjid Khaladj
Cheryl Kilbourne-kimpton
Darren King
Gregory King
Pat King
Terry W King
C Jonas Kirk
Avi Kleinberger
Jay Kleinhesselink
Selma Kora
Nicholas Vincent Korda
Lori Korngiebel
Gary B Krakoff
John Kurlander
Beth Kushnick
Paul Kuzmich
Jennifer Lagura
Bryan Lamoureux
Jack Laspada
Christopher B Lawrence
J Kelly Letter
Myron Levin
Monica Levinson
Linda Lew
Stephen Lim
Marc Linquist
Leslie Linville
Susan Linville
Jeremy Logan
Robert Long
Wes Long
Emily Loreto
Todd Lubin
David Lucarelli
Orna Lusternic
Farkad Mahamid
James Malone
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Nominations
Best Actor
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Cinematography
Best Director
Best Editing
Best Picture
Best Sound
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Dante Spinotti was nominated in the feature film category for the 1999 Outstanding Achievement Award sponsored by the American Society of Cinematographers.
Michael Mann was nominated for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in 1999 by the Directors Guild of America.
Nominated for the 1999 award for Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published (Eric Roth and Michael Mann) from the Writers Guild of America.
Winner of four 1999 awards for Best Picture, Best Cinematography, Best Actor (Russell Crowe) and Best Supporting Actor (Christopher Plummer) from the Los Angeles Critics Association.
Winner of the 1999 award for Best Actor (Russell Crowe) from the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award.
Winner of the 1999 award for Best Actor (Russell Crowe) from the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.
Winner of the 1999 award for Best Supporting Actor (Christopher Plummer) from the Boston Society of Film Critics.
Winner of the 1999 Paul Selvin Award (Eric Roth and Michael Mann) from the Writer's Guild of America.
Winner of two 1999 awards, including Best Actor (Russell Crowe) and Best Supporting Actor (Christopher Plummer) from the National Society of Film Critics.
Winner of two 1999 Golden Satellites, including Best Picture (Drama) and Best Director, from the International Press Academy.
Expanded Release in United States February 25, 2000
Released in United States 2000
Released in United States Fall November 5, 1999
Released in United States on Video April 11, 2000
Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (Opening Night) January 26 - February 6, 2000.
Began shooting May 20, 1998.
Completed shooting October 9, 1998.
Marie Brenner's article "The Man Who Knew Too Much" appeared in the May 1996 issue of Vanity Fair.
The soundtrack is available October 26, 1999 through Columbia Records/Music Soundtrax.
Released in United States 2000 (Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (Opening Night) January 26 - February 6, 2000.)
Expanded Release in United States February 25, 2000
Released in United States on Video April 11, 2000
Released in United States Fall November 5, 1999
