The Insider

It took me eight years to discover it but I just finished watching the movie "The Insider" (1999). Wow! A spectacular presentaion of the influence and power tobacco companies have in our society. It is sad realizing that millions of people are caught up in the addiction of nicotine. (To think that the government benefits from the taxes on the billions of dollars worth of cigarettes sold each year!) This movie focuses in on a former producer of 60 minutes (Al Pacino) and a former tobacco executive (Russell Crowe) who fight to get the truth told. It is a meticulously intense emotional battle that is worth the two and a half hour sit. I recommend "The Insider" to everyone. (Rated "R" due to course language.)