The Insider

Russell Crowe stars as Jeffrey Wigand, a former executive at Brown & Williamson tobacco company who becomes a whistleblower after discovering the company's intentional manufacturing of addictive cigarettes. Lowell Bergman (Al Pacino), a CBS producer, helps Wigand explain his findings, but their collaboration is threatened by corporate pressure and intimidation. The film tells the true story of Wigand's struggles as he defends his testimony against efforts to discredit and suppress it.