Nominated for 7 Oscars.Another 28 wins & 34 nominations
Director » Michael Mann
Stars »Russell Crowe,
Al Pacino,
Christopher Plummer
Genres » Biography, Drama, Thriller
PLOT » Balls-out "60 Minutes" producer Lowell Bergman sniffs a story when a
former research biologist for Brown & Williamson, Jeff Wigand, won't
talk to him. When the company leans hard on Wigand to honor a
confidentiality agreement, he gets his back up. Trusting Bergman and
despite a crumbling marriage, he goes on camera for a Mike Wallace
interview and risks arrest for contempt of court. Westinghouse is
negotiating to buy CBS, so CBS attorneys advise CBS News to shelve the
interview and avoid a lawsuit. "60 Minutes" and CBS News bosses cave,
Wigand is hung out to dry, Bergman is compromised, and the CEOs of Big
Tobacco may get away with perjury. Will the truth out?
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