Filmmaker Protects The Insider from Spy

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‘The Insider’ at 25: Michael Mann Recalls Fending Off Possible Spies and Clashing With Mike Wallace

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Michael Mann's 1999 movie The Insider was based on a true-life story that exposed corporate lies, media cowardice, and a conspiracy to deceive the public.

The film dramatized the real life story of tobacco industry whistleblower Jeffrey Wigand , played by an aged-up and dowdy Russell Crowe .

Mann believes a mole might have been involved in the production of The Insider .

Brown & Williamson was among the handful of major tobacco distributors that agreed in 1997 to a landmark $368.5 billion settlement with 46 states.

The movie depicts Mike Wallace siding with longtime 60 Minutes producer Don Hewitt , who died in 2009 , and bowing to concerns from CBS leadership over the Wigand report.

Michael Mann says he had many conversations with Mike Wallace about The Insider.

Wallace says he wasn't consulted by the film's producer.

Mann says Wallace overreacted, but he says he did get his story straightened up.

Mann believes there are fewer Lowell Bergmans today risking everything to tell the truth.

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