i have a date this evening and I didn't think about the logistics of what might happen later but they do have a colostomy bag and I am hungry but want to keep safe.
Somehow I missed this movie. Michael Mann's adaptation of the true story of a chemist (Russel Crowe) who goes up against Tobacco companies who are lying to Congress and the American People about the harmful effects of their product.
Mann said for this film he wanted to only use verifiable facts for the story and from everything I've read, he succeeded. The real person of Jeffrey Wigand, the Chemist, is a modern day hero in my opinion. This man was threatened multiple times, was ridiculed in public and the press, his family was torn apart, journalists didn't want to run the story for fear of repercussions from the Tobacco companies, and he lost everything.. because he told the truth. This has to be one of the scariest movies I've ever seen because this could happen to anyone, at any time.
Michael Mann's filmmaking is incredible. I have wanted to watch this for a few months now but put it off because it's a 3 hour litigation movie but somehow Mann makes that time fly by. I've watched so many movies and it's rare to get a movie that can keep you at the edge of your seat like this one did for me. No one phoned it in either, just pros doing their craft all around.
I'm just surprised to have not seen anyone talk about this movie, ever. I remember 1999 fondly but this just must have slipped through the cracks. It's so damn good and completely absorbed me. I saw it has great reviews but it bombed at the box office. Why do you think that is?
What do you think and what are some other movies that deal with nonfiction heroes that have been forgotten to time?