The Insider

 

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Year of Release: 1999

MPAA Rating: R

Director: Michael Mann

Distributor: Buena Vista

The film was reviewed by Dr. Barry Hummel on 2/26/2008

 

Additional Comments: This is an excellent film about Jeffrey Wigand, the tobacco-industry whistleblower whose testimony and interview with 60 Minutes ultimately led to the Master Settlement Agreement in 1998. The film included three brief scenes in which background extras were seen smoking outside. Unfortunately, this film focusing on the negative depiction of tobacco and the tobacco industry included a Kool sign in one scene, an unecessary touch for such an anti-tobacco film.