The Insider
Two men driven to tell the truth … whatever the cost.
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Country
Production
Budget
$68 000 000
Box office
$60 289 912
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Michael Mann, Pieter Jan Brugge
Camera operator
Composer
Lisa Gerrard
Artist
Brian Morris, Steven Schwartz, Erik Olson
Audition
Bonnie Timmermann, Yael Aviv
Editing
Short description
A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.
What's left behind the scenes
- Russell Crowe's character gave testimony in a real courtroom in Mississippi, where the real-life prototype of his character had once actually testified under oath.
- The film is based on the article "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (by Marie Brenner) from Vanity Fair magazine.
- To prepare for the role, Russell Crowe gained over 17 kg (approx. 37 lbs), eating mostly cheeseburgers and washing them down with bourbon. As a result of this diet, the actor's blood pressure and cholesterol levels spiked. It took the actor 6 weeks to put on the weight, and another 5 weeks to lose it.
- Russell Crowe’s character gave testimony in a real courtroom in the state of Mississippi, where the prototype for his character actually testified under oath.
- The makeup artists constantly struggled with Russell's thick hair. At first, they trimmed it, and eventually shaved it off completely and made him wear a wig.
- The psychological drama "The Insider" is highly documentary in nature – its plot is entirely based on real events from the first half of the 1990s. Both director Michael Mann and his inspiration, Dr. Jeffrey S. Wigand, have repeatedly stated publicly that the fictionalization in "The Insider" is limited only to the names of Dr. Wigand’s wife and children, which were changed at his request.
- To prepare for the role, Russell Crowe gained over 37 pounds by eating mostly cheeseburgers and drinking bourbon. The actor’s blood pressure and cholesterol levels rose as a result of this diet. It took the actor 6 weeks to gain the weight, and another 5 weeks to lose it.
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