9. "Seven dwarfs?"
"The seven CEOs of Big Tobacco. They got up in front of Congress that time. It was on television..."
Choose the movie these quotes are in, from these multiple choices.
(Hint: Russell Crowe and Al Pacino are in this movie.)
From Quiz Great Movie Exchanges 19
Answer:
The Insider
In this scene, TV show "60 Minutes" producer Lowell Bergman (Al Pacino) is talking to Brown & Williamson research chemist, Dr. Jeffrey Wigand (Russell Crowe), while sitting in a car. Bergman is using Wigand's expertise anonymously in explaining some scientific documents for a future "60 Minutes" story, but Wigand is suspicious Bergman has identified him (he hasn't). When the conversation turns to responsibility in business, Wigand says he admires the CEO of Johnson & Johnson, who voluntarily pulled Tylenol off the shelves of every store in America when he found out that somebody had put poison in a few Tylenol bottles. He then sarcastically adds, "Not like the Seven Dwarfs." When Bergman appears puzzled and asks the question in line one, Wigand starts to reply with line two. Bergman suddenly understands and completes Dr. Wigand's sentence with, "Oh, yeh, yeh, yeh, ...and swore under oath that they know nothing about addiction, disease..." This movie tells the true story of whistleblower Dr. Jeffrey Wigand, who agreed to appear on "60 Minutes" and expose Big Tobacco's cynical and deliberate attitude on the addictive drug nicotine in cigarettes, and the resulting power play between Big Tobacco and CBS News (producer of "60 Minutes"). This is also a gut-wrenching story of how the lives of Wigand and his family are affected. As Bergman says later in the movie, "These are ordinary people under extraordinary pressure, Mike."
In the 2000 Academy Awards "The Insider" received seven nominations, including Best Picture (but lost to "American Beauty"). A state lawsuit against 13 tobacco companies was filed in Mississippi in 1994, demanding cigarette manufacturers reimburse the state for the cost of health care related to tobacco-caused illnesses. The lawsuit allowed Wigand (who appeared as a witness) to get his testimony on record without violating the confidentiality agreement he had signed (this case resulted in the tobacco companies paying a $246 billion settlement to Mississippi and the other states who joined this lawsuit). Michael Moore, the Attorney General of Mississippi at the time, plays himself in those scenes. On-air interviewer Mike Wallace is played by Christopher Plummer and the resemblance is remarkable.