The Informant! (2009)

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Movie Info

Genre

Drama, Thriller, Comedy

Release Date

September 18, 2009

MPAA Rating

Duration

108 min.

Production Budget

$21 millions

Studio

Warner Bros. Pictures

Official Site

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Cast and Crew

Director

Steven Soderbergh

Producer

Gregory Jacobs

Screenwriter

Scott Z. Burns

Starring

Matt Damon as Mark Whiteacre
Scott Bakula as Brian Shepherd
Joel McHale as FBI Special Agent Bob Herndon
Melanie Lynskey as Ginger Whitacre
Mike O'Malley
Andrew Daly
Adam Paul
Eddie Jemison
Rusty Schwimmer
Thomas F. Wilson
Rick Overton
Tom Papa

Movie Story

What was Mark Whitacre thinking? A rising star at agri-industry giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Whitacre suddenly turns whistleblower. 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 whistleblower in U.S. history.