The Insider (Original title)The Faculty (Working title)
Date: 1999 (Copyright)Country: USADirector: Michael Mann
Synopsis: Drama. In a story based on true events, Jeffrey Wigand, a scientific researcher at a large US tobacco corporation, comes into contact with Lowell Bergman, producer of a hardhitting widely syndicated news programme. Bergman has some documents relating to the tobacco industry which he wishes to have explained; at first Wigand demurs, since he has signed confidentiality agreements enabling him to keep his job and the accompanying benefits. As time goes on however, it becomes clear to Bergman that Wigand could be a major `whistleblower', capable of blowing the lid off the tobacco industry and the heads of those corporations who have insisted before Congressional committees that smoking poses no health risk.Synopsis: Based on a true story, about a scientific researcher at a large US tobacco corporation, who appears on the CBS-TV News show `60 minutes' and reveals that the industry was not only aware that cigarettes are addictive and harmful to health, but it deliberately worked on increasing their addictiveness.
Genre: Drama
Releases
Date: 05 November 1999Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - Dolby Digital / SDDS / DTS (sound)Runtime: 157 mins Length: 14219 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 10 March 2000Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 157 mins 59 secs - Length: 14219 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Buena Vista International (UK)
Date: 1999 (Copyright)Country: USADirector: Michael Mann
Synopsis: Drama. In a story based on true events, Jeffrey Wigand, a scientific researcher at a large US tobacco corporation, comes into contact with Lowell Bergman, producer of a hardhitting widely syndicated news programme. Bergman has some documents relating to the tobacco industry which he wishes to have explained; at first Wigand demurs, since he has signed confidentiality agreements enabling him to keep his job and the accompanying benefits. As time goes on however, it becomes clear to Bergman that Wigand could be a major `whistleblower', capable of blowing the lid off the tobacco industry and the heads of those corporations who have insisted before Congressional committees that smoking poses no health risk.Synopsis: Based on a true story, about a scientific researcher at a large US tobacco corporation, who appears on the CBS-TV News show `60 minutes' and reveals that the industry was not only aware that cigarettes are addictive and harmful to health, but it deliberately worked on increasing their addictiveness.
Genre: Drama
Releases
Date: 05 November 1999Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - Dolby Digital / SDDS / DTS (sound)Runtime: 157 mins Length: 14219 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 10 March 2000Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 157 mins 59 secs - Length: 14219 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Buena Vista International (UK)