Very Cool!!!

Simply A Masterpiece

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

This isn't a review as such. Well, the film is fantastic. Tense, thrilling and you'll be kept interested the whole way. Beautiful camera work too. But what I really came here to say. The wife! What an insufferable weak willed unsupportive bitch. Grow a spine woman. I'd highly recommend watching this even though she'll grind your gears.

The Insider (1999) Plot In A Paragraph: Based on a true story about a CBS 60 Minutes-episode in 1994 on malpractices in the tobacco industry, that was not aired because CBS parent company Westinghouse objected. This is a much better movie than I Remembered, but it's still long and slow at times, and I do still think it could use a bit of trimming here and there. But Mann does a good job of building suspense and frustration.Al Pacino and Russell Crowe are both superb. (I personally think Pacino should have been nominated alongside Crowe.) They are ably backed up by great supporting actors Christopher Plumber, Phillip Baker Hall and Bruce McGill.As always in a Mann movie we get strong female characters. Diane Vernora (who previously started in Heat) What was dramatised Hollywood invention and what was real I guess we won't know!! The Insider grossed $29 million at the domestic Box Office to end the year the 69th highest grossing movie of 1999.

The Insider (1999): Dir: Michael Mann / Cast: Russell Crowe, Al Pacino, Diane Venora, Christopher Plummer, Philip Baker Hall: Based on a true story regarding toxic elements in cigarettes and the inside man with crucial information that would break the tobacco company and perhaps jeopardize himself and his family. Aired on 60 Minutes in 1994 with Al Pacino as a journalist unable to protect the one person with information. Russell Crowe is fired from his job when the incident becomes public, but Pacino wishes to break the story wide open despite negative reactions from co-workers. Apparently the story cannot be aired because it tells the truth. Tremendous film directed by Michael Mann who previously made The Last of the Mohicans. Crowe brings integrity as a man who stands by truth yet possibly gambling a big loss and severe consequences in the process. Pacino is commanding as a journalist out to expose the tobacco industry yet stands by the truth even at the cost of his own job. Diane Venora plays Crowe's frustrated wife who leaves him and thus becomes more or less expendable to the movie. Christopher Plummer steals scenes as another journalist doing daring interviews and agreeing to one with Crowe. Philip Baker Hall plays Dan Hewitt, creator and producer behind 60 Minutes. Insightful film about overcoming corruption despite the odds. Score: 10 / 10

pre 911 film dealing w s.o.b.'s of the world. the powerful. elite. the world's changed so much since this film which is filled w such brilliance in most every aspect of production. i wish the same cast and crew and director of course would make a film about the financial meltdown of 2008.we're all too aware of the dark parts of humanity in 2015. seems like the internet has homogenized thought opinion and expression. i remember more diversity out there a decade and more ago. it's as if citizens, journalists, are afraid of original opinion, thought, instincts. watched interviews lately, Ethan Hawke on Sam Jones' show, Colin Farrell on Charlie Rose, and others, where adults, at least perhaps the more sensitive artistic ( read, aware) have some deep questions about the world, maturity privacy and identity as the brave new world turns.what is it about the dark aspect of man, especially at the top, that makes the world increasingly uneasy and suspect? why isn't it about righteousness and equity etc. about dignity, humanity, the spirit and awe of creation and all in it?is it simply the nature of the lions bringing down the lambs? or maybe they've just never had the opportunity or environment for emotional, spiritual or IQ maturation.whatever the case, there's always a pendulum swing. truly noble acts. even in the retelling of a true story such as this. movies like The Insider, Michael Clayton, etc. show us that nobility in the face of such raw indifference. idk.