Movie Info
Genre
Drama, Thriller, ComedyRelease Date
October 09, 2009MPAA Rating
RStudio
Warner Bros. PicturesOfficial Site
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Cast and Crew
Director
Steven SoderberghProducer
Gregory JacobsScreenwriter
Scott Z. BurnsStarring
- Matt Damon as Mark Whiteacre
- Scott Bakula as Brian Shepherd
- Joel McHale as Robert Herndon
- Melanie Lynskey
- Mike O'Malley
- Andrew Daly
- Adam Paul
- 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.
