Wigand, having wagered so much and now unable to deliver his testimony to the American people, and Bergman, trying to defeat the smear campaign and force CBS to air the interview, are two ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. They find themselves in a fight from which no one will emerge as he entered and nothing will be the same again. The other critics who saw it with us seemed to like it as much as we did. It was a great discussion. What makes the film even more compelling is the fact that it is a true story.
Money is truly the god of our day.
I strongly suggest that you take friends or your group to this film and then afterwards meet to discuss it over coffee. The issues this brings up are mind blowing. The cinematography is interesting. Dante Spinotti used high contrast color film to give the film a sense of contrasting good and evil. Note the use of shadows and darkness with small patches of light.