A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a "60 Minutes" expose on Big Tobacco. Based on the true story of a 60 Minutes segment about Jeffrey Wigand, a whistleblower in the tobacco industry.
Genre: Biography | Drama | Thriller
Directed by: Michael Mann
Produced by:
Pieter Jan Brugge
Michael Mann
Screenplay by:
Eric Roth
Michael Mann
Based on: The Man Who Knew Too Much by Marie Brenner
Starring:
Al Pacino
Russell Crowe
Christopher Plummer
Diane Venora
Philip Baker Hall
Lindsay Crouse
Debi Mazar
Music by:
Pieter Bourke
Lisa Gerrard
Cinematography: Dante Spinotti
Edited by:
William Goldenberg
David Rosenbloom
Paul Rubell
Production company:
Touchstone Pictures
Spyglass Entertainment
Distributed by: Buena Vista Pictures
Release dates: November 5, 1999
Running time: 157 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Budget: $90 million
Box office: $60,289,912