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A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appearin a 60 Minutes (1968) exposé on Big Tobacco.

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StorylineBalls-out 60 Minutes (1968) Producer Lowell Bergman (Al Pacino) sniffs a story when a formerresearch biologist for Brown & Williamson, Jeff Wigand (Russell Crowe), won't talk to him.When the company leans hard on Wigand to honor a confidentiality agreement, he gets hisback up. Trusting Bergman, and despite a crumbling marriage, he goes on camera for a MikeWallace (Christopher Plummer) interview and risks arrest for contempt of court. Westinghouseis negotiating to buy CBS, so CBS attorneys advise CBS News to shelve the interview andavoid a lawsuit. 60 Minutes (1968) and CBS News bosses cave, Wigand is hung out to dry,Bergman is compromised, and the CEOs of Big Tobacco may get away with perjury. Will thetruth come out? Written by

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Plot Keywords: whistleblower | tortuous interference | 1990s | tobacco | cbs news| See All (276) »

Taglines: Warning: Exposing the Truth May Be Hazardous See more »

Genres: Biography | Drama | Thriller

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)Rated R for language | See all certifications »Parents Guide: View content advisory »

DetailsCountry: USALanguage: English | Japanese | Arabic | PersianRelease Date: 5 November 1999 (USA) See more »Also Known As: 60 Minutes See more »Filming Locations: Long Beach Polytechnic High School - 1600 Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach,California, USA See more »

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Budget: $90,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA: $6,712,361, 7 November 1999Gross USA: $29,089,912Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $60,289,912See more on IMDbPro »

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Technical SpecsRuntime: 157 minSound Mix: DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDSColor: ColorAspect Ratio: 2.39 : 1See full technical specs »

Did You Know?TriviaWigand tells his entering chemistry class that their first experiment would be to "measure themolecular weight of butane." Student comprehension of a topic as complex as this wouldrequire background knowledge of chemistry. But, by failing to raise their hands to indicate theyhad such knowledge, the students would likely not have been able to understand this as theirfirst lesson in the subject. See more »

GoofsLowell Bergman didn't quit CBS until 1998, not the morning after the 1996 Jeffrey Wigandinterview was shown. See more »

QuotesLowell Bergman: What does this guy have to say that threatens these people?Mike Wallace: Well, it isn't that cigarrettes are bad for you.Lowell Bergman: Hardly new news.Mike Wallace: No shit.See more »

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