CAST AND CREW

DIRECTOR
Michael Mann

WRITING CREDITS
Marie Brenner
Eric Roth
Michael Mann

CAST
Al Pacino Lowell Bergman
Russell Crowe Dr. Jeffrey Wigand
Christopher Plummer Mike Wallace
Diane Venora Liane Wigand
Philip Baker Hall Don Hewitt
Lindsay Crouse Sharon Tiller
Debi Mazar Debbie De Luca
Stephen Tobolowsky Eric Kluster
Colm Feore Richard Scruggs
Bruce McGill Ron Motley
Gina Gershon Helen Caperelli
Michael Gambon Thomas Sandefur
Rip Torn John Scanlon
Lynne Thigpen Mrs. Williams
Hallie Kate Eisenberg Barbara Wigand

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Based on the true story of Jeff Wigand, a former tobacco exec turned whistleblower, and 60 minutes producer Lowell Bergman. Pacino will play Bergman, with LA Confidential's Russell Crowe on board as Wigand. Pacino's Heat director will helm the pic which will focus on how Bergman helped convince Wigand, a former head of research and development at Brown and Williamson, to reveal the truth about what the tobacco companies knew about the dangers of smoking. The film is based on a 1996 Vanity Fair article by Marie Brenner titled, "The Man Who Knew Too Much" Mr.

Al Pacino:"The wonderful thing about playing these roles, the opportunity to play them, you see, you get to see what it is like then, to go up against this kind of stuff. What it's like to suddenly be thrown into this kind of a world where the stakes are as high and you're dealing with this kind of a thing. It's exciting because in a way you say, finally say, well, what would I do in that situation?"

Pacino says he hopes The Insider "has solid entertainment value. I hope we move people with this story. We all took liberties in telling the story to make it more dramatic, but we never tampered with the facts."