Product: The Insider [VHS] (1999)
Rating: 5.0
worth the time it takes to get through the whole story
Yes, this has a running time in excess of two hours, but it is worth it to watch this incendiary story unfold. A man who used to work for a tobacco company suffers professionally and personally after blowing the whistle on their fraud and deception of the public regarding nicotine. Journalists from CBS' 60 Minutes pick up the story and then become tangled up in the threat of lawsuits and more. Pacino, Crowe, and Mike Wallace (yes, the one from CBS) give excellent performances. Great soundtrack too.