The Insider

Jeffrey Wiegand is fired from his position as vice president of a major tobacco company for speaking out against the use of an addictive substance in tobacco products. Lowell Bergman, a producer of a popular TV show, finds out about this and convinces Wiegand to give a revealing interview on television. Naturally, this greatly displeases the leaders of the tobacco industry, who insist that their products are harmless. The oligarchs take the most drastic measures to prevent the information from being disclosed to the public. Wiegand's wife leaves him, and Lowell Bergman is sent on vacation. When it comes to big money, it's useless to...