The Insider (M) PRESENTED IN 35MM FILM

The Insider at The Revival House Perth

Biochemist Jeffrey Wigand (Russell Crowe) is fired from his lucrative position at tobacco giant Brown & Williamson, bound by a confidentiality agreement that prevents him from revealing what he knows about the industry's manipulation of nicotine levels and deliberate addiction strategies. Meanwhile, 60 Minutes producer Lowell Bergman (Al Pacino) is working on a story about tobacco when he receives mysterious documents that lead him to Wigand. Bergman convinces the reluctant scientist to go on camera and expose Big Tobacco's lies, promising CBS News will protect him. But as Wigand's marriage crumbles under corporate intimidation, death threats escalate, and his entire life unravels, CBS executives—fearing a multi-billion dollar lawsuit—get cold feet about airing the interview. Bergman must choose between his loyalty to the network that employs him and his commitment to the whistleblower whose life he's endangered, while Wigand faces the devastating cost of telling the truth.

Director Michael Mann transforms investigative journalism into edge-of-your-seat thriller, crafting a 1999 masterwork about institutional courage and moral responsibility. Russell Crowe delivers a career-defining performance as Wigand, portraying a man whose principled stand costs him everything—his family, his livelihood, his sense of safety. Pacino matches him as Bergman, a producer who discovers that doing the right thing isn't enough when corporate interests intervene. Mann's precise direction, Dante Spinotti's moody cinematography, and the unsettling sound design create paranoid atmosphere without a single gunshot. The boardroom battles prove as tense as any action sequence. Pieter Bourke and Lisa Gerrard's haunting score underscores the tragedy of watching good men destroyed for exposing evil. This is Mann's most mature work—a devastating examination of corporate power and the price of truth.

Original format and audio experience of this film faithfully reproduced by The Revival House. Presented in 35mm film unless noted otherwise.

When: Sunday, April 26th at 6:30PM
Where: The Revival House at the Como Theatre
Rating: M (Medium level coarse language)

Mann's searing drama proves journalism can be as thrilling as any heist—experience this devastating true story of truth versus power, in 35mm film.

Presented by: The Revival House Perth