Directed by Michael Mann • 1999 • United States
Starring Al Pacino, Russell Crowe, Christopher Plummer
Based on a true story, Michael Mann’s coolly riveting exposé of corporate corruption recounts the chain of events that pitted an ordinary man against the tobacco industry and dragged two people into the fight of their lives. Al Pacino gives a powerful performance as veteran “60 Minutes” producer Lowell Bergman and Russell Crowe costars as the ultimate insider, former tobacco executive Dr. Jeffrey Wigand. When Wigand is fired by his employer—one of the largest tobacco companies in America—he agrees to become a paid consultant for a story Bergman is working on regarding alleged unethical practices within the tobacco industry. But what begins as a temporary alliance leads to a lengthy battle for both men to save their reputations, and much, much more.
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Ali
Directed by Michael Mann • 2001 • United States
Starring Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Jon VoightBoxing legend Muhammad Ali (Will Smith) goes from motormouthed upstart to heavyweight champion to 1960s political lightning rod in Michael Mann’s epic, thrillingly kinetic biopic, which masterfully subver...
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The Last of the Mohicans
Directed by Michael Mann • 1992 • United States
Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, Jodhi MayMichael Mann brings his shimmering, high-octane style to this visually dazzling adaptation of James Fenimore Cooper’s classic adventure novel, in which a Mohican-raised Englishman (Daniel Day-Le...
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Thief
Directed by Michael Mann • 1981 • United States
Starring James Caan, Tuesday Weld, Robert ProskyThe contemporary American auteur Michael Mann’s bold artistic sensibility was already fully formed when he burst out of the gate with THIEF, his debut feature. James Caan stars, in one of his most ri...
