Paranoia beyond compare

Rating: 8/10 (24 April 2000)

Russel Crowe plays Jeffrey Wiegand, a scientist working for a tobacco company. Al Pacino plays Lowell Bergman producer of 60
minutes (obviously a VERY YOUNG Lowell Bergman). After Weigand is fired from his high position in the company he later meets up with Lowell to blow the roof off of Big Tobacco.
Russel Crowe plays Weigand to PARANOID Perfection. You get a real sense of how far outreaching the tobacco companies have by watching this film, as Weigand who's atempts to tell the truth, has people following him, threatning his family, and eventualy even threatned to be sent to jail. It's also a great portayal of how the media machine works to get a story out amongst competing news interests.
Very Good Film
Rating 8 out of 10.