The Insider is based on the a true story about a whistle blower from a U.S. tobacco firm who is interviewed on Sixty Minutes regarding the problems cigarettes are and how tobacco companies have been lying to people. ("Like that's not a surprise!, disgusting habit".)

Russell Crowe plays Jeffery Wigand the whistle blower. Al Pacino plays Lowell Bergman a sixty minutes producer who convinces Wigand to speak out. The film also stars Christopher Plummer, Gina Gershon, Phillip Baker Hall and even the atrocious Debi Mazar who is surprisingly good in this! I guess Mann is a good director then!

Insider is a solid movie with great writing and excellent cinematography. Highly recommended.

Buena Vista have again delivered the goods with a super sharp transfer which really adds to the movie's presentation.

Shadow detail was above average but not the best around due to some minor flaws.

Colors were beautifully rendered, a good example of this is the scene where Al Pacino is on the beach talking to Crowe. The blue is beautiful and certainly beats our sewage infested beeches.

There were no MPEG or film artifacts present.

The Insider is framed at 2:35:1 and is 16:9 enhanced.

This is a single sided, dual layer disc. The layer change occurs at 75:57