Outstanding acting all around.

Wanted to re-watch to see if my memory of it held up - and it did. Pacino and Crowe may both have won Oscars for other films, but they earned them in this one.

The first 10 minutes is to show that Al Pacino is a kind of TV producer who puts his life on the line, goes wherever it takes and deliver. Powerful, convincing performances by Pacino, Crowe and Plummer -truly professional actors. Also, Bruce McGill's performance, though a small role, as a trial lawyer was outstanding. He will eat you alive!

An excellent film about a whistle blower and the involvement of the 60-minutes TV program to expose the misconduct of several major and powerful tobacco companies in the US a few decades back. Excellent acting by all lead actors, and a tight and gripping plot.

At the opening, a hooded man appears as if he were a hostage captured by Islamic militants. What's going on? He turns out to be Lowell Bergman (played by Pacino) who will interview Hezbollah founder Sheikh Fadlallah. Why in Lebanon? How come Hezbollah founder shows up in a tabacco conspiracy film? I was mainly interested in the tabacco conspiracy, not in the Middle East hostage movie. The first ten-minute is really misleading. I thought I'd grabbed the wrong DVD with the same title! :) The director should've cut out the first 10-minute. Despite the somewhat misleading introduction, the film is quite fascinating and thought-provoking. It is like a "Watergate" in the tabacco industry.

Very intriguing excellent film,,, It's terrifying to see the powers of corporate America, bullying, intimidating, monopolizing & SILENCING the media & THREATENING American citizens. WOW,,,, It seems, even calling for "protection" from those who SWORE to "protect & serve" is another drama. Sad to see people & their families are just expendable & can be broken apart by corporate mafias, under any name.

Riveting. excellent performances. tobacco conspiracy.

One of the best films of 1999. Everytime i seen this film on tv or dvd I can not stop watching it. The movie is about a wghistle blower is fed up that he was fired from his job and is finding it hard to support his family decides to become a whistle blower after the producer of 60 minutes convinces him that it his right to tell the world about how much damage cigarrettes can cause to a person. Al Pacino is very good as the producer of 60 minutes who puts his life on the line to help the whistle blower and to put the story out there fro the public to see all the mean while his boss at 60 minutes is telling him they wont air it.....his whistle blower loses his family and is getting paranoid and at the same time is summoned to appear in court and will be sued if he does the interview by his ex- boss. This is a terrifc film with Russell crowe in top form as the whistle blower, al pacino as his freind and producer, phillip baker hall as Pacino's boss, diane Venora as Russell's wife and a tour de force from christopher plummer as mike wallace. Absolutly brilliant

It started well, but then died a long, slow death... the last half hour was interminable.

Compelling story of human strength, will and spirit. Based on a true story, Pacino and Crowe give their best performances.