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.
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
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).
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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.
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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. See more »
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."
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