A Tobacco Giant Fired Their Top Scientist, Unaware He’d Cost The Industry $246 Billion

Hey there! I'm The Just Sranger! Today, I'm gonna recap the movie, The Insider (1999) - A respected scientist working for one of America's largest tobacco companies suddenly loses his job. But the corporation has made one enormous mistake: the man they fired knows exactly what is hidden behind closed doors. Dr. Jeffrey Wigand possesses confidential information about the tobacco industry, including what company executives knew about nicotine and addiction. After being pushed out, pressured into silence and threatened with legal consequences, he faces a choice between protecting himself and exposing what he knows. His path eventually crosses with veteran 60 Minutes producer Lowell Bergman, who realizes that Wigand's testimony could become one of the biggest corporate stories in America. But getting that story to the public means taking on powerful executives, lawyers, confidentiality agreements and even pressure from inside the television network itself. What begins with one scientist losing his job grows into a confrontation involving corporate secrecy, journalism, billions of dollars and an industry determined to keep its secrets buried. Based on the true story of whistleblower Jeffrey Wigand and the events surrounding his historic 60 Minutes interview. Director: MichaelMann Cast: RussellCrowe AlPacino ChristopherPlummer DianeVenora PhilipBakerHall LindsayCrouse DebiMazar StephenTobolowsky ColmFeore BruceMcGill ______________________________________________________________________ Here you can find: movie recaps, movie reviews, movie recap, story recap, story recapped, recap, movie recap, movie recaps, movie recaps The Insider movie recap, The Insider true story, Jeffrey Wigand true story, Jeffrey Wigand whistleblower, tobacco industry whistleblower, tobacco company scientist, Russell Crowe The Insider, Al Pacino The Insider, 60 Minutes Jeffrey Wigand, tobacco industry lawsuit, tobacco industry settlement, corporate whistleblower movie, corporate scandal movie, movie recap, film recap, true story movie recap, movie summary #movierecap #storyrecapped #movierecaps