The informant! - Matt Damon, Melanie Lynskey, Scott Bakula, Steven Soderbergh
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What was Mark Whitacre thinking? A rising star at agricultural-industry giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Whitacre (Matt Damon) suddenly turns whistle-blower. Even as he exposes his company's multi-national price-fixing conspiracy to the FBI, Whitacre envisions himself being hailed as a hero of the common man and handed a promotion. But before all that can happen, the FBI needs evidence, so Whitacre eagerly agrees to wear a wire and carry a hidden tape recorder in his briefcase, imagining himself as a kind of de facto secret agent. Unfortunately for the FBI, their lead witness hasn't been quite so forthcoming about helping himself to the corporate coffers. Whitacre's ever-changing account frustrates the agents and threatens the case against ADM as it becomes almost impossible to decipher what is real and what is the product of Whitacre's rambling imagination. Based on the true story of the highest-ranking corporate whistle-blower in US history.
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Target demographic movie keyword propaganda
- Film crime thriller true biography big business corruption price-fixing mole whistle-blower covert wire FBI
Persons of interest
- Matt Damon .... Mark Whitacre
- Melanie Lynskey .... Ginger Whitacre
- Scott Bakula .... Brian Shepard
- Thomas F Wilson .... Mark Cheviron
- Patton Oswalt .... Ed Herbst
- Joel McHale .... Robert Herndon
- Paul F Tompkins .... D'Angelo
- Eddie Jemison .... Kirk Schmidt
- Richard Steven Horvitz .... Bob Zaideman
- Arden Myrin .... Sarah Scott
- Rome Kanda .... Ikeda
- Scott Adsit .... Sid Hulse
- Rick Overton .... Terry Wilson
- Tom Papa .... Mick Andreas
- Ludger Pistor .... Reinhard Richter
- Allan Havey .... Special Agent Dean Paisley
- Raymond Ma .... Mimoto
- Larry Clarke .... Bill Walker
- Jayden Lund .... James Mutchnik
- Joshua Funk .... Agent Grant
- Daniel Hagen .... Scott Roberts
- Samantha Albert .... Mary Spearing
- Michael C McCarthy .... Scott Kilman
- Hans Tester .... Peter Dreyer
- Howie Johnson .... Rusty
- Brian Gallivan .... Ronald Henkoff
- Kurt Eichenwald .... Author
- Scott Z Burns .... Screenwriter
- Steven Soderbergh .... Director
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Special Agent Matti
Theatrical report
The crime, thriller, true movie The informant! is directed by Steven Soderbergh and stars Matt Damon, Melanie Lynskey, Scott Bakula.
Security censorship classification
M (Coarse language)
Surveillance time
108 minutes (1:48 hours)
Not for public release in Australia before date
Film: 3 December 2009
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