The Insider  [videorecording] / 
Touchstone Pictures presents ; a Mann/Roth production ; a Forward Pass picture; produced by Michael Mann, Pieter Jan Brugge ; written by Eric Roth & Michael Mann ; directed by Michael Mann. 
 - Burbank, Calif. :  Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment,  c1999. 
 - 1 videodisc (158 min.) :  sd., col. ;  4 3/4 in. 
<br/><br/> Based on the Vanity fair article "The man who knew too much" by Marie Brenner. 
<br/><br/>Al Pacino, Russell Crowe, Christopher Plummer, Diane Venora, Philip Baker Hall, Lindsay Crouse. 
<br/><br/> When former executive Jeffrey Wigand is fired by his employer, one of the largest tobacco companies in America, Wigand agrees to become a paid consultant for a story by veteran 60 minutes producer Lowell Bergman, regarding alleged unethical practices within the tobacco industry. But what begins as a temporary alliance leads to a lengthy battle for both men to save their reputations and more. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0788820591 (DVD) 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>717951007391 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Wigand, Jeffrey S.--Drama.<br/>Bergman, Lowell--Drama.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Whistle blowing--United States--Drama.<br/>Tobacco industry--United States--Drama.<br/>Television journalists--United States--Drama.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>791.43  / INS 1999