A Insider occurs as 1999 film which tells the true story of the 60 Minutes television series exposé of the tobacco industry, as seen through the eyes of the really tobacco executive, Jeffrey Wigand. Around realistic, a story was non aired because Sixty Minutes' parent company, Westinghouse, objected.

It stars Al Pacino (as Lowell Bergman), Russell Crowe (as Jeffrey Wigand), Christopher Plummer (as Mike Wallace), Diane Venora, Philip Baker Hall (as Don Hewitt), Lindsay Crouse, Debi Mazar, Stephen Tobolowsky, Colm Feore and Bruce McGill.

A motion picture was adapted by Eric Roth and Michael Mann from the Vanity Fair magazine article The Man Who Knew Too Much by Marie Brenner. It was directed by Mann.

It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Russell Crowe), Best Cinematography, Best Director, Best Editing, Best Picture, Best Sound and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published.