What happened at the end of the insider?

The end credits tell us that in 1998 the tobacco industry settled lawsuits brought against it by all 50 states to the tune of $246 billion, Lowell Bergman joined Frontline and became a professor at UC-Berkeley. (Jeffrey Wigand is now a consultant on tobacco issues.)

Did Johnny and Baby stay together?

Johnny takes off into the night and Baby goes to the Peace Corps. End of story. But that’s not the case, obviously. They stay together, guys!

How much of the insider is true?

Mike Wallace said that two-thirds of the film was quite accurate, but he disagreed with the film’s portrayal of his role in the events; in particular, he objected to the impression that he would have taken a long time to protest CBS’s corporate policies.

Where is Jeffrey Wigand now?

Wigand now is a lecturer, expert witness, and consultant on tobacco-related issues. He has been a consultant on cases and tobacco-related policies to governments of countries including Canada, the Netherlands, Scotland, Israel, Malta, Germany, France, Ireland, Iceland, and Japan.

What happened to Brown and Williamson?

Merged with the other BAT’s U.S. business (BATUS, Inc. and R.J. Reynolds to form Reynolds American.

Did Jeff Wigand get divorced?

Wigand paid dearly for going public. Amid lawsuits, countersuits, and an exhaustive smear campaign orchestrated by the company, Wigand lost his family, his privacy, and his reputation. His wife divorced him, and their two daughters went to live with her.

Who is the director of the movie The Insider?

The Insider is a 1999 American drama film directed by Michael Mann, from a script adapted by Eric Roth and Mann from Marie Brenner’s Vanity Fair article The Man Who Knew Too Much.

What happens at the end of the insider?

Upon investigation, he discovers a fresh shoe print in his newly planted garden, and begins to become paranoid. The next night, Wigand and Bergman have dinner together, where Bergman asks Wigand about incidents from his past that Big Tobacco might use against him.

Where did the idea for the insider come from?

Producer Pieter Jan Brugge suggested Russell Crowe and after seeing him in L.A. Confidential, Mann flew Crowe down from Canada where he was on location filming Mystery, Alaska on the actor’s one day off and had him read scenes from The Insider screenplay for two to three hours.

Who are the main characters in the insider?

Bergman contacts Richard Scruggs (Feore) and Ron Motley (McGill), who with Mississippi’s attorney general Mike Moore are suing Big Tobacco to reimburse the state for Medicaid funds used to treat people with smoking-related illnesses. The trio express an interest in Bergman’s idea and tell him to have Wigand call them.