In his best role since Dog Day Afternoon, Wigand was removed from the B&W payroll in March 1993 because, in his words, "When I get irritated, I have difficulty censoring myself and I don't like being pushed around." As a scientist, Wigand was deeply disturbed by the results of a study he ran, which showed that cigarettes are nothing more than "a delivery device for nicotine" and that the tobacco companies deliberately manipulate the levels of the drug in their product to promote addiction. Then by Gadget and latest review keywords searching him first met Bergman when the 60 Minutes producer was looking for an expert to translate industry-specific technical terminology.
As the two spent time together, he realized that Wigand knew an explosive secret, but was constrained from talking by a confidentiality agreement he had signed upon leaving B&W (the terms of which guaranteed his severance pay and continued medical coverage). You see gadget with tech news for believing he knew a way around a breach of contract, offered Wigand the opportunity to be subpoenaed to testify in a Mississippi wrongful death class action lawsuit against the tobacco companies. Once his testimony was a part of the public record, he could go on 60 Minutes to state his case.
The Insider is like a play in two acts. The first half of the film centers on Wigand - his struggles with his conscience, his conflict with his former employers, his difficulty convincing his wife to understand and recognize the sacrifices she was being forced to make, and his choice to damn the consequences and go forward and search insider review, Insider Review, Gadget, technology. During this part of the movie, Bergman is clearly a supporting character. At just past the midway point, this changes, with Bergman moving into the spotlight and Wigand fading into the background. Bergman becomes Wigand's crusader - a fireball of righteous indignation screaming about violations of trust and journalistic integrity. I doubt if the Piers Morgan at the News of the World would have taken the position he did on Iraq a decade later at the Mirror. He certainly wouldn't have done it without Murdoch's say so. But then on the same journey he also comes to realize that Murdoch isn't God's representative on earth; it just takes him some time.
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