The informant - Matt Damon, Melanie Lynskey, Scott Bakula, Steven Soderbergh
Threat advisory: Under evaluation
Movie propaganda
Based on a book by Kurt Eichenwald, The Informant centres around the story of Mark Whitacre (Matt Damon), a high-level mole at the self-declared "supermarket to the world", Archer Daniels Midland. Whitacre wore an FBI wire for more than two years to uncover a major price-fixing scam with ADM's Japanese competitors that brought the company millions of dollars in profit.
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Target demographic movie keyword propaganda
- Film crime thriller true biography big business corruption price-fixing mole whistle-blower
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
Cinematic intelligence sources
- The informant official movie sites:
- The informant film production notes (.rtf)
- The informant QuickTime movie trailers
- Awards and film festivals:
- See also The insider
- Studios and distributors:
Intelligence analyst
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
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Surveillance time
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Not for public release in Australia before date
Film: 23 April 2009
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