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Every now and again a film comes along that captures a pivotal moment in America. Like a panoramic snapshot, it shows us where we are at a precise moment in the unfolding of the American experiment. Such a film is The Insider. It tells the story of the struggles inside CBS¡¯ Sixty Minutes television news show when they uncover duplicity and mendacity in the tobacco industry. In pursuit of a story a veteran news editor, played remarkably sincerely by Al Pacino, comes across a tobacco executive who has been fired by one of the tobacco giants. Russell Crowe gives a brilliant performance of this man, who is angered by his treatment at the hands of his former bosses and troubled by his role in the cover-up of one of the biggest frauds perpetrated against the American consumer, namely that "Big Tobacco" knew nothing of the dangers of addiction and disease inherent in their product. In fact, what Crowe is able to demonstrate is that his company not only knew, but developed processes to make tobacco even more addictive. Pacino brings the story to Mike Wallace, played with chilling accuracy by Canadian Christopher Plummer (sometimes others see us more clearly than we see ourselves).
Approximate Word count = 774
Approximate Pages = 3.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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