The Insider

The Insider1999

Stars: Al Pacino, Russell Crowe, Christopher Plummer, Diane Venora
Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Rating: R
Runtime: 157 minutes

After seeking the expertise of former "Big Tobacco" executive Jeffrey Wigand (Russell Crowe), seasoned TV producer Lowell Bergman (Al Pacino) suspects a story lies behind Wigand's reluctance to speak. As Bergman persuades Wigand to share h… more »



Mike Wallace:
[after watching a preview of the "60 Minutes" Wigand interview that has been edited] Where's the rest? Where the hell's the rest?

[we see Lowell turning to see Mike shouting at the monitors in disbelief]

Mike Wallace:
[to Eric Kluster] You cut it! You cut the guts out of what I said!

Eric Kluster:
It was a time consideration, Mike.

Mike Wallace:
Time? BULLSHIT! You corporate LACKEY! Who told you your incompetent little fingers had the requisite skills to edit me! I'm trying to band-aid a situation here, and you're too dim to...

[Mike is suddenly interrupted by Helen Caperelli, who walks up to him and Kluster]

Helen Caperelli:
Mike... Mike... Mike...

Mike Wallace:
[to Helen Caperelli] Mike? "Mike." Try "Mr. Wallace". We work in the same corporation doesn't mean we work in the same profession. What are you going to do now? You're gonna finesse me, lawyer me some more? I've been in this profession 50 F***ING YEARS! You, and the people you work for, are destroying the most-respected, the highest-rated, the most-profitable show on this network!

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