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The Insider

1999 · Drama · Michael Mann · 2h 37m

A tobacco company scientist agrees to talk to a television producer about what the industry knows, and the network gets nervous. Long, tense and almost entirely conversation.

  • Strongly realistic
  • Clearly heavy
  • Clearly character-driven

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