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Gladiator
VHS
from Universal Studios
starring Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen
directed by Ridley Scott |
Proof
of Life VHS
from Warner Studios
starring Meg Ryan, Russell Crowe, David Morse
directed by Taylor Hackford |
L.A.
Confidential VHS
from Warner Studios
starring Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kim
Basinger
directed by Curtis Hanson |
Mystery,
Alaska VHS
from Hollywood Pictures
starring Russell Crowe, Burt Reynolds
directed by Jay Roach |
For
the Moment VHS
from Twentieth Century Fox
starring Russell Crowe, Christianne Hirt
directed by Aaron Kim Johnston |
The
Sum of Us VHS
from Hallmark Entertainme
starring Jack Thompson, Russell Crowe
directed by Kevin Dowling, Geoff Burton |
The
Insider (Widescreen Edition) VHS
from Touchstone Video
As revisionist history, Michael Mann's intelligent docudrama The Insider
is a simmering brew of altered facts and dramatic license. In a broader
perspective, however, the film (cowritten with Forrest Gump Oscar-winner
Eric Roth) is effectively accurate as an engrossing study of ethics in
the corruptible industries of tobacco and broadcast journalism. On one
side, there is Jeffrey Wigand (Russell Crowe), the former tobacco scientist
who violated contractual agreements to expose Brown & Williamson's
inclusion of addictive ingredients in cigarettes, casting himself into
a vortex of moral dilemma. On the other side is 60 Minutes producer Lowell
Bergman (Al Pacino), whose struggle to report Wigand's story puts him at
odds with veteran correspondent Mike Wallace (Christopher Plummer) and
senior executives at CBS News.
As the urgency of the story increases, so does the film's palpable sense
of paranoia, inviting favorable comparison to All the President's Men.
While Pacino downplays the theatrical excess that plagued him in previous
roles, Crow is superb as a man who retains his tortured integrity at great
personal cost. The Insider is two movies--a cover-up thriller and a drama
about journalistic ethics--that combine to embrace the noble values personified
by Wigand and Bergman. Even if the details aren't always precise (as Mike
Wallace and others protested prior to the film's release), the film adheres
to a higher truth that was so blatantly violated by tobacco executives
seen in an oft-repeated video clip, lying under oath in the service of
greed. --Jeff Shannon - Amazon.com
starring Al Pacino, Russell Crowe
directed by Michael Mann |
The
Insider DVD
from Walt Disney Home Video
starring Al Pacino, Russell Crowe
directed by Michael Mann |
Proof
VHS
from New Line Studios
starring Hugo Weaving, Geneviève Picot, Russell Crowe
directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse |
DVD
Gladiator
DVD
from Universal Studios
starring Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen
directed by Ridley Scott |
Vanilla
Sky DVD
from Paramount Home Video
starring Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz
directed by Cameron Crowe
L.A.
Confidential DVD
from Warner Studios
starring Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kim
Basinger
directed by Curtis Hanson |
Mystery,
Alaska DVD
from Walt Disney Home Video
starring Russell Crowe, Burt Reynolds
directed by Jay Roach |
The
Quick and the Dead DVD
from Columbia/Tristar Studios
starring Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman
directed by Sam Raimi |
The
Sum of Us DVD
from M G M, Inc
starring Jack Thompson, Russell Crowe
directed by Kevin Dowling, Geoff Burton
Proof
of Life DVD
from Warner Studios
starring Meg Ryan, Russell Crowe, David Morse
directed by Taylor Hackford |
Romper
Stomper
DVD from Fox Home Entertainme
starring Russell Crowe
directed by Geoffrey Wright |
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Virtuosity
DVD
from Paramount Studio
starring Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe
directed by Brett Leonard |
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