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Lowell Bergman, played by Al Pacino: "60 Minutes" producer, gets Wigand to spill his secrets first on "60 Minutes...
...that has blown up around The Insider is also about credibility. Although neither Wallace nor 60 Minutes executive producer Don Hewitt has been allowed to see the film in advance of its release, the two argue that it merely reflects the point of view of Bergman, played by Al Pacino, who now works as a free-lance documentary producer and who was a consultant on the film. Wallace insists that throughout the whole fight, he and Bergman "were two peas in a pod, stood shoulder to shoulder" in their determination to air the interview. But the film sums up Wallace...
...audience members we're all outsiders on this story, at least about whether Wallace betrayed Bergman, to say nothing of his own ideals. Much of what we may ultimately believe could be based on what we intuit from the performances. Because Pacino plays him, Bergman is guaranteed a certain moral passion. (Think Hurricane Andrew as Carl Bernstein.) Meanwhile, Christopher Plummer plays Wallace as a man possessing not only a worldliness that might incline him to compromise with his corporate bosses but also an ample self-regard that would keep him mindful of his reputation--and one whose careful intelligence could...
...thought that movies don't last at the multiplex forever. 60 Minutes, he says, "has been around for, like, 30 years. A movie, if it's lucky, is around for maybe a week." Or is it? There's already talk of possible Oscar nominations for Russell Crowe, Pacino or Plummer. That would keep the film alive well into next year. And then there's the video release. All that could mean a long stretch ahead for 60 Minutes. Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick...
...Insider (Why not call it Smoke?) has Al Pacino (as 60 Minutes producer Lowell Bergman) pointing and shouting like an aging mafioso. But Pacino is one of the good guys. The real gangsters are tobacco barons in Louisville, Ky., and network lawyers in New York City. They speak in genial or condoling tones; they have only the best interests of their corporations at heart and truly hope you see it their way. Otherwise they'll crush you. Brown & Williamson CEO Thomas Sandefur (played by Michael Gambon) has a manner as smooth as the draw of a Kool menthol into...