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The Informant! (2009)
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Ratings: 6.6/10 from 33,977 users
Metascore:
66/100
Reviews: 159 user | 239 critic | 37 from Metacritic.com The U.S. government decides to go after an agri-business giant with a price-fixing accusation, based on the evidence submitted by their star witness, vice president turned informant Mark Whitacre. Director:Steven Soderbergh |
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| Matt Damon | ... | ||
| Lucas McHugh Carroll | ... |
Alexander Whitacre
(as Lucas Carroll)
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| Eddie Jemison | ... | ||
| Rusty Schwimmer | ... | ||
| Craig Ricci Shaynak | ... | ||
| Tom Papa | ... | ||
| Rick Overton | ... | ||
| Melanie Lynskey | ... | ||
| Thomas F. Wilson | ... |
Mark Cheviron
(as Tom Wilson)
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| Scott Bakula | ... |
FBI Special Agent Brian Shepard
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| Scott Adsit | ... | ||
| Ann Dowd | ... | ||
| Allan Havey | ... | ||
| Howie Johnson | ... | ||
| Joel McHale | ... | ||
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Mark Whitacre has worked for lysine developing company ADM for many years and has even found his way into upper management. But nothing has prepared him for the job he is about to undertake - being a spy for the FBI. Unwillingly pressured into working as an informant against the illegal price-fixing activities of his company, Whitacre gradually adopts the idea that he's a true secret agent. But as his incessant lies keep piling up, his world begins crashing down around him. Written by The Massie Twins
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El desinformante See more »Box Office
Budget:
$21,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$10,464,314 (USA) (20 September 2009) (2505 Screens)Gross:
$33,313,582 (USA) (13 December 2009)Company Credits
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Mark Whitacre: [voiceover] You know that orange juice you have every morning? You know what's in that? Corn. And you know what's in the maple syrup you put on your pancakes? You know what makes it taste so good? Corn. And when you're good and help with the trash, you know what makes the big, green bags biodegradable?
Mark Whitacre: [to his son] Do you?
Alexander Whitacre: Uh-huh. Corn.
Mark Whitacre: Corn *starch*. But Daddy's company didn't come up with that one. DuPont did.
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"While this motion picture is based on real events, certain incidents and characters are composites, and dialog has been dramatized.
So there." See more »
Music by Marvin Hamlisch
Lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
Produced and Performed by Steve Tyrell
Steve Tyrell appears courtesy of E1 Music See more »
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Whitacre's internal monologue about a great idea for a TV show where a man calls his house and hears himself answer the phone is part of the plot of 'Steven Soderberg''s own movie Schizopolis (1996). See more »Goofs
Anachronisms: When they are playing golf in Hawaii. The close up of the golf spikes that are being worn are Nikes. Nike did not have a presence in the golf industry when the film was taking place. Their entrance into the golf world did not happen until around 1996. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Mark Whitacre: [voiceover] You know that orange juice you have every morning? You know what's in that? Corn. And you know what's in the maple syrup you put on your pancakes? You know what makes it taste so good? Corn. And when you're good and help with the trash, you know what makes the big, green bags biodegradable?
Mark Whitacre: [to his son] Do you?
Alexander Whitacre: Uh-huh. Corn.
Mark Whitacre: Corn *starch*. But Daddy's company didn't come up with that one. DuPont did.
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Crazy Credits
Prologue:"While this motion picture is based on real events, certain incidents and characters are composites, and dialog has been dramatized.
So there." See more »
Soundtracks
"Trust Me"Music by Marvin Hamlisch
Lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
Produced and Performed by Steve Tyrell
Steve Tyrell appears courtesy of E1 Music See more »
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