russell crowe at his best a a kentucky tobacco executive in eric roth and michael mann masterpiece and the insider and be one of the most underrated american film ever . not only be it important historically for it political implication not about tobacco and but about conflict of commercial interest that control freedom of speech along the airwave in the u. s. it be a great story and it be true . disney have no idea how to market the insider and essentially sell it a tobacco movie and it be so much more . pacino give a grand a plus performance a a long island jewish producer and halfway through the movie i forget he be al pacino . even well christopher plummer masterfully capture the full essence of mike wallace . gina gershon could turn lust from a stone a always . michael mann seem to always pull strong performance from his actor and and eric roth who brilliantly adapt forrest gump do the same here with mann . though long and the insider be never boring and a movie all american should see twice to make sure they fully comprehend regardless of how you feel about the tobacco debate .