Summary:
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's hung out to dry, Bergman is compromised, and the CEOs of Big Tobacco may get away with perjury. Can the truth will out?
| Runtime: | 157 min |
|---|---|
| Rating: | Rated R for language. |
| Production: | Spyglass Entertainment |
| Genres: | Biography, Drama, Thriller |
| Country: | USA |
| Languages: | English, Arabic, Japanese |
| Home Release Date: | Apr 11, 2000 |
| Director | Credit |
|---|---|
| Michael Mann | Director |
| Writer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Eric Roth | Written By |
| Marie Brenner | Article The Man Who Knew Too Much |
| Michael Mann | Written By |
| Principal Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Al Pacino | Lowell Bergman |
| Russell Crowe | Jeffrey Wigand |
| Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Bruce McGill | Ron Motley |
| Christopher Plummer | Mike Wallace |
| Colm Feore | Richard Scruggs |
| Debi Mazar | Debbie De Luca |
| Diane Venora | Liane Wigand |
| Gina Gershon | Helen Caperelli |
| Hallie Kate Eisenberg | Barbara Wigand |
| Lindsay Crouse | Sharon Tiller |
| Lynne Thigpen | Mrs. Williams |
| Michael Gambon | Thomas Sandefur |
| Philip Baker Hall | Don Hewitt |
| Rip Torn | John Scanlon |
| Stephen Tobolowsky | Eric Kluster |
| Producer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Avi Kleinberger | Line Producer: Israel |
| Gusmano Cesaretti | Associate Producer |
| Kathleen M. Shea | Associate Producer |
| Michael Mann | Producer |
| Michael Waxman | Co-Producer |
| Pieter Jan Brugge | Producer |
| Shlomo Urbach | Line Producer: Israel |
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