Starring matt damon, melanie lynskey, scott bakula, patton oswalt. Wearing one of the most unflattering moustaches ever seen on a major movie star, matt damon stars as mark whitacre, a bigtime corporate executive who decides to tell. There were 9 other movies released on the same date, including jennifers body, cloudy with a chance of meatballs and love happens. The film is based on a true story about an investigation into pricefixing by massive conglomerate archer daniels midland. Su mymovies il dizionario completo dei film di laura, luisa e morando. The movie concerns itself with mark whitacre damon, an employee of adm, a food production company. The informant blows the whistle on dvd and bluray on february 23rd dec 18, 2009. Though a rising star in the ranks of archer daniels midland, mark whitacre matt damon suddenly exposes a pricefixing conspiracy to the fbi, agreeing to wear a wire and gather evidence against.
Sep 20, 2009 the informant opened in theaters on friday. This movie is also about to what lengths government officials are willing to believe such unsavory informants even as these informants continue to flagrantly break. Database of movie trailers, clips and other videos for the informant. Take a look at all the details from this new matt damon film in both formats.
Directed by steven soderbergh, the film features a cast that includes. A rising star in the agricultural industry suddenly turns whistleblower in hopes of gaining a lucrative promotion and becoming a hero of the common people, inadvertently revealing his penchant for. The informant 2009 official movie trailer hd youtube. Although the movie is sometimes played for laughs, the real story was no laughing matter. There are currently thirty videos available for the film, of which one and only one is a trailer, as listed below. Sep 16, 2009 mark whitacre was the highestranking executive in u. Coming to it on its own terms however this is an engaging story told with a comic air that works and makes the film as entertaining as it is interesting. Mark whitacre was the highestranking executive in u.
He then directed and everything is going fine 2010, a documentary about the life of spalding gray, and the bigbudget ensemble thriller contagion 2011, which portrayed the rapid spread of a. There were 9 other movies released on the same date, including jennifers body, cloudy with a. In the early 1990s, archer daniels midland adm junior executive mark whitacre matt damon became convinced that if he helped the fbi gather enough evidence against his companys illegal pricefixing activities, he would look like a hero to the firms board. May 27, 2011 unfortunately, both the case and whitacres integrity are compromised when fbi agents become frustrated by their informant s evershifting account, and discover that he isnt exactly the. A rising star in the agricultural industry suddenly turns whistleblower in hopes of gaining a lucrative promotion and becoming a hero of the common people, inadvertently revealing his penchant for helping himself to the corporate coffers and ultimately threatening to derail the very investigation he helped to launch in this offbeat comedy from academy awardwinning director steven soderbergh. He is overseeing adms production of lysine, an additive used in the commercial livestock industry, but there are problems and the company is losing money. Ita 2018 film completo sottotitoli italiano lagente dellfbi brian shepherd, con laiuto del biochimico mark whitacre, riesce a smascherare una fraudolenta politica di controllo dei prezzi da parte. Matt damon stars as mark whitacre in the offbeat comedy the informant. Sep 18, 2009 video archive for the film the informant. Marvin hamlisch the informant original motion picture.
The trailer for the informant what was mark whitacre thinking. As the film opens, mark whitacre matt damon is explaining that nearly everything people eat contains corn and that his company, adm, is involved in almost all meals. An earnest corporate whistleblower is found to be just as corrupt as those hes turning in to the feds. The film is a political comedy drama based on a true story, starring matt damon as mark whitacre, a sadsack executive at an agricultural company who is coerced into being an informant for the fbi when his company is investigated for corporate fraud and pricefixing. Unfortunately, both the case and whitacres integrity are compromised when fbi agents become frustrated by their informants evershifting account, and discover that he isnt exactly the. Burns, the film stars matt damon as the titular informant named mark whitacre, as well as scott bakula, joel mchale and melanie lynskey. Even as he exposes his companys multinational pricefixing conspiracy to the fbi, whitacre envisions himself being hailed as a hero of the common man and handed a promotion. Director steven soderbergh is filming the informant, an upcoming dark comedy thriller film, which is based on the 2000 nonfiction book of the same name written by kurt eichenwald, a former journalist for the new york times. He ended up with a prison sentence three times longer than any of the criminal executives he exposed. If you want to know why steven soderbergh tapped marvin hamlisch to. National catholic register there are so many twists and turns to steven soderberghs deceptively lighthearted dark comedy the informant. Released by silva screen in 2009 silcd1298 containing music from the informant. Its based on a late1990s case against the conglomerate.
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