The Insider.

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No, not the Clearaudio cartridge and I'm not posting this in the wrong forum.
I finally got to see this fine film yesterday. It really hooked me for the duration (almost three hours) and I thought Russell Crowe and Al Pacino were both excellent. The tobacco industry and CBS were portrayed mostly as faceless demons, but Mike Wallace (played by Christopher Plummer) was portrayed as an egotistical sellout who waffled between his principles and saving his career. No wonder he protested the film's version of the story. I feel for the whistleblower, Dr. Weigand, who lost his career and family, but I as surprised that he currently lives and teaches high school chemistry IN South Carolina. I would think that he would continue to receive death threats in that state after what he ended up costing the tobacco industry (over $200 billion in settlement).

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Topic - The Insider. - TAFKA Steve 09:08:12 03/05/00 (4)

Re: The Insider. - gregM 12:57:26 03/06/00 (3)

"Devil's Advocate" was the Keanu Reeves film. - TAFKA Steve 15:11:53 03/06/00 (1)

GGR--that was a great one - gregM 16:19:01 03/06/00 (0)

LOL! - Victor Khomenko 13:33:24 03/06/00 (0)

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