The Informant
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Cast & Crew
Steven Soderbergh
Matt Damon
Scott Bakula
Joel Mchale
Tom Papa
Tony Hale
Film Details
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Synopsis
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.
Director
Steven Soderbergh
Cast
Matt Damon
Scott Bakula
Joel Mchale
Tom Papa
Tony Hale
Patton Oswalt
David Campbell
Scott Adsit
Daniel Hagen
Rick Overton
Dann Seki
Raymond Ma
William Marsh
Joshua Funk
Samantha Albert
Howie Johnson
Herve Deschamps
Jimmy Brogan
Ken Frye
Larry Clarke
Adam Paul
Yoshio Be
Shane Reed
Tom Smothers
Candy Clark
Bob Zany
Andrew Daly (andy)
Huey Freeman
Scot England
Eddie Jemison
Richard S Horvitz
Scott Troha
Jean-pierre Gillain
Chic Daniel
Cody Pucket
Ludger Pistor
Steve Seagren
Hans Tester
Melanie Lynskey
Paul F Tompkins
Rusty Schwimmer
Dick Smothers
Brian Gallivan
J D Mathein
Frank Welker
Tim Cain
Craig Ricci Shaynak
Clancy Brown
Pascal Ifri
Allan Havey
Jayden Lund
Carolyn R. Feltner
Tom F. Wilson
Tara Barrett
Rome Kanda
Nick Craig
Elena Eustache
Joe Chrest
Wayne Péré
Lucas Carroll
Ann Dowd
Ann Cusack
Crew
Gary Abrahamian
Matt Absher
Norman Alatorre
Jessica Albertson
Jane Alderman
Andrew Alward
Tim Alward
Jared Baker
Katana Baker
Claudette Barius
Mike Barry
Sara Bartkiewicz
Corey Bayes
Alan Bergman
Marilyn Bergman
David Betancourt
Chrissie Beveridge
Larry Blake
Larry Blake
Robert Bolanowski
Ron Bolanowski
Howard Braunstein
Darrell Burgess
Elika Burns
Scott Burns
Joanna Bush
Greg Byrne
Jeremy Cannon
Barbara Cantu
Robert J Carlyle
Jon Carpenter
Gloria Pasqua Casny
Adolfo Castanon
Giovanny Castillo
Genelle Ciccarelli
Daniel Clancy
George Clooney
Matt Coby
Missy Cohen
Lauren Cokeley
Paul Contegiacomo
George Crawford
Jeffrey Creath
Carmen Cuba
Jeff Deiter
Bryan Dobrik
Kurt Eichenwald
Kurt Eichenwald
Scott Ellsworth
John Espinoza
Robert Everett
Greg Fausak
Dawn Fintor
Anna Fishburne
Emma Fletcher
Jimmy Flores
Jennifer Fox
Jimmy Fusil
John-anthony Gargiullo
Helen Geier
Kay Georgiou
Stephen Gibson
Dave Glavin
Thomas J Glynn
Liz Goldsmith
Bernie Granados
Rebecca Graves
Shane Greedy
Anthony Gregorio Iii
Martin L Grimes
William G Hall
Adrienne Hamalian-mangine
Marvin Hamlisch
Tabby Hanson
Jeroen Hendrix
Javier M Hernandez
Callie Hersheway
Heather Elisa Hill
Larry Hochman
Brad Holtzman
Billy Hunter
Gary L. Hunter
Steve Irwin
Gregory Jacobs
Gregory Jacobs
Michael Jaffe
Nat Jencks
Trevor Johann
Jeffrey Paul Johnson
Tom Jordan
Nicholas Kaat
Olof Kallstrom
Holly Kang
Barbara Jean Kearney
Kenny Keavy
April Kelley
Sandy Kenyon
Rich King
David Kirchner
Sarah P Koeppe
Jerry Krumme
Steve Lafayette
Ward Lathrope
Ken Lavet
Robin L. Le Chanu
Darryl Lee
Rick Lefevour
Valerie Levitt
Steve Lewis
Keri Littledeer
Jamie Litwak
Kevin Loding
Michael London
James R Lord
Tom Lowell
Lisa Maher
Daniel Maldonado
Dawn Brown Manser
Marlene Marks
Elisa Marsh
Lynne Martin
Quentin Matthys
Amie Frances Mccarthy-winn
Keith Mcgee
John Mckissick
Doug Meerdink
Steven Meizler
Ken Merritt
Don Miller
John Joseph Minardi
Stephen Mirrione
Kama Moiha
Elaine Mongeon
Jeff Moore
Glenn Moran
Christopher Morente
Guy Morrison
Tony Mouradian
Timothy Mullennix
Rod Nunnally
Patrick B. O'brien
James Orendorff
Stacy Parker
Lauren Pasternack
Tim Patterson
Jason Perrine
Scott Philyaw
Selena Pivac
Michael Polaire
Michael Polaire
Leia Pratapas
Pamela A Prior
Shaunessy James Quinn
Eugenio Quintero
Liz Radley
Paul Rathburn
Matt Rawls
Angelica Reynoso
Marcus Ricaud
Felix A. Rivera
Chance Robertson
John Robotham
Francis J Roix
Shoshana Rubin
Chris Ryan
Mark Sadler
Chris Schimel
Scott Schutzki
Taffy Schweickhardt
David E. Scott
Mark I Scott
Renee Confair Sensano
Michael Serrano
Marsha Shearrill
Claire Simon
Jeff Skoll
Alan Smith
Barnaby Smith
Lin C Smith
Thomas J Smith
Steven Soderbergh
Jody Spilkoman
Chase Spitzer
Nick Stanton
Gary A Stel
Alicia M Stevenson
Tim Stipan
Anthea Strangis
Gary Taylor
Billy Theriot
Paul Toomey
Dennis Towns
Steve Tyrell
Vicki Vacca
Peter Walts
Thomas Watson
Mike Whipple
Todd Whitelock
Derek Williams
Jeff Winn
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Released in United States Fall September 18, 2009
Released in United States on Video February 23, 2010
Released in United States September 2009
Shown at Deauville Festival of American Cinema (Premieres) September 4-13, 2009.
Based on the book "The Informant: A True Story" written by Kurt Eichenwald and published by Broadway Books in July 2001.
Project was previously in development with Section Eight.
The project's genesis lies in an episode of public radio progam, "This American Life". Reportedly, screenwriter Burns approached Section Eight with a copy of a "Life" episode entitled "The Fix is In", the topic of which was the Archer Daniels Midland scandal that forms the premise of Eichenwald's book.
Released in United States Fall September 18, 2009
Released in United States on Video February 23, 2010
Released in United States September 2009 (Shown at Deauville Festival of American Cinema (Premieres) September 4-13, 2009.)
