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The Resource The insider, Touchstone Pictures ; a Mann/Roth production ; a Forward Pass picture ; produced by Michael Mann, Pieter Ian Brugge ; written by Eric Roth & Michael Mann ; directed by Michael Mann, (videorecording)

The insider, Touchstone Pictures ; a Mann/Roth production ; a Forward Pass picture ; produced by Michael Mann, Pieter Ian Brugge ; written by Eric Roth & Michael Mann ; directed by Michael Mann, (videorecording)

Label
The insider
Title
The insider
Statement of responsibility
Touchstone Pictures ; a Mann/Roth production ; a Forward Pass picture ; produced by Michael Mann, Pieter Ian Brugge ; written by Eric Roth & Michael Mann ; directed by Michael Mann
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • fre
  • eng
Summary
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
Cataloging source
JBL
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, Dante Spinotti ; editors, William Goldenberg, Paul Rubell, David Rosembloom ; music, Lisa Gerrard, Pieter Bourke
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R
Language note
  • Closed-captioned
  • In English with optional French dialogue
PerformerNote
Al Pacino, Russell Crowe, Christopher Plummer, Diane Venora, Philip Baker Hall, Lindsay Crouse, Debi Mazar, Stephen Tobolowsky, Colm Feore, Bruce McGill, Gina Gershon, Michael Gambon, Rip Torn
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1943-
  • 1940-
  • 1964-
  • 1931-2022
  • 1951-
  • 1958-
  • 1950-
  • 1931-2019
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Mann, Michael
  • Pacino, Al
  • Crowe, Russell
  • Plummer, Christopher
  • Venora, Diane
  • Hall, Philip Baker
  • Crouse, Lindsay
  • Mazar, Debi
  • Tobolowsky, Stephen
  • Feore, Colm
  • McGill, Bruce
  • Gershon, Gina
  • Gambon, Michael
  • Torn, Rip
  • Touchstone Pictures
  • Forward Pass Productions
  • Touchstone Home Video (Firm)
  • Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
Runtime
158
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Historical films
  • Feature films
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
Label
The insider, Touchstone Pictures ; a Mann/Roth production ; a Forward Pass picture ; produced by Michael Mann, Pieter Ian Brugge ; written by Eric Roth & Michael Mann ; directed by Michael Mann, (videorecording)
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Based on the Vanity fair article: The man who knew too much / by Marie Brenner
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1999
  • Special features: theatrical trailer, production featurette with audio commentary with Al Pacino and Russell Crowe, "inside a scene," which contains notes to actors, the script, and the actual scene
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
  • stereophonic
  • quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
  • unknown
  • other
Extent
1 videodisc (ca. 158 min.)
Isbn
9780788820595
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
717951007391
Other physical details
sd., col.
Publisher number
19298
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
ocm43844636
System details
DVD, Dolby digital 5.1 surround stereo., NTSC, widescreen 2.35:1 aspect ratio enhanced for 16x9 televisions
Video recording format
  • DVD
  • laserdisc
Label
The insider, Touchstone Pictures ; a Mann/Roth production ; a Forward Pass picture ; produced by Michael Mann, Pieter Ian Brugge ; written by Eric Roth & Michael Mann ; directed by Michael Mann, (videorecording)
Publication
Note
  • Based on the Vanity fair article: The man who knew too much / by Marie Brenner
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1999
  • Special features: theatrical trailer, production featurette with audio commentary with Al Pacino and Russell Crowe, "inside a scene," which contains notes to actors, the script, and the actual scene
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
  • stereophonic
  • quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
  • unknown
  • other
Extent
1 videodisc (ca. 158 min.)
Isbn
9780788820595
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
717951007391
Other physical details
sd., col.
Publisher number
19298
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
ocm43844636
System details
DVD, Dolby digital 5.1 surround stereo., NTSC, widescreen 2.35:1 aspect ratio enhanced for 16x9 televisions
Video recording format
  • DVD
  • laserdisc

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