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Podcast: Pop Culture Purgatory
Episode: Episode 344: MANBRUARY: THE INSIDER (1999)
Description: Welcome back to purgatory!!!
This week the boys continue on with MANBRUARY a celebration of director Michael Mann's filmography. This week we dive into his biographical film from 1999 The Insider. Based off of true events and from an article in Vanity Fair by Marie Brenner in 1996, adapted for the screen by Eric Roth and Michael Mann.Â
The film stars Al Pacino, Russell Crowe, Christopher Plummer, Diane Venora, Philip Baker, Lindsay Crouse, Debi Mazar, Stephen Trobolowsky, Colm Feore, Bruce McGill, Michael Gambon, Rip Torn, Hallie Eisenberg, Cliff Curtis, Wings Hauser, Linda Hart and Robert Harper.