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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

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

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
Rated 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-
  • 1945-
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
  • Roth, Eric
  • Touchstone Pictures
  • Forward Pass Productions
Runtime
158
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Wigand, Jeffrey S.
  • Bergman, Lowell
  • Whistle blowing
  • Tobacco industry
  • Television journalists
Target audience
adult
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
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Based on the Vanity fair article: The man who knew too much / by Marie Brenner
  • 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
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (approximately 158 min.)
Isbn
9780788820595
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
  • 717951007391
  • 717951007391
  • 717951007391
Other physical details
sound, color
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
10046491
Publisher number
  • 19298
  • 10046491
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocm43844636
  • (Sirsi) o43844636
  • (TMQ) o43844636
  • 14496
  • 14496
System details
DVD, Dolby digital 5.1 surround stereo., NTSC, widescreen 2.35:1 aspect ratio enhanced for 16x9 televisions
Video recording format
DVD
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
Publication
Note
  • Based on the Vanity fair article: The man who knew too much / by Marie Brenner
  • 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
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (approximately 158 min.)
Isbn
9780788820595
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
  • 717951007391
  • 717951007391
  • 717951007391
Other physical details
sound, color
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
10046491
Publisher number
  • 19298
  • 10046491
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocm43844636
  • (Sirsi) o43844636
  • (TMQ) o43844636
  • 14496
  • 14496
System details
DVD, Dolby digital 5.1 surround stereo., NTSC, widescreen 2.35:1 aspect ratio enhanced for 16x9 televisions
Video recording format
DVD

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