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Release Date:
18 September 2009 (USA)
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Based on a tattle-tale more
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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. full summary | full synopsis
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George Clooney To Direct Matt Damon In Aaron Sorkin's War On Terror
(From MTV Movies Blog. 22 September 2009, 10:00 AM, PDT)
Box Office Preview: 'Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs' will 'rain' at number one
(From EW.com - Hollywood Insider. 17 September 2009, 3:54 PM, PDT)
(From MTV Movies Blog. 22 September 2009, 10:00 AM, PDT)
Box Office Preview: 'Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs' will 'rain' at number one
(From EW.com - Hollywood Insider. 17 September 2009, 3:54 PM, PDT)
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should be a documentary tele-film
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Matt Damon | ... | Mark Whitacre |
 | Lucas McHugh Carroll | ... | Alexander Whitacre (as Lucas Carroll) |
 | Eddie Jemison | ... | Kirk Schmidt |
 | Rusty Schwimmer | ... | Liz Taylor |
 | Craig Ricci Shaynak | ... | Discouraged Foreman |
 | Tom Papa | ... | Mick Andreas |
 | Rick Overton | ... | Terry Wilson |
 | Melanie Lynskey | ... | Ginger Whitacre |
| Thomas F. Wilson | ... | Mark Cheviron (as Tom Wilson) |
 | Scott Bakula | ... | FBI Special Agent Brian Shepard |
 | Scott Adsit | ... | Sid Hulse |
| Ann Dowd | ... | FBI Special Agent Kate Medford |
 | Allan Havey | ... | FBI Special Agent Dean Paisley |
 | Howie Johnson | ... | Rusty Williams |
 | Joel McHale | ... | FBI Special Agent Bob Herndon |
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Rated R for language.
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108 min
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USA:R (certificate #44918) |
Ireland:15A |
Finland:K-3 |
Italy:T |
Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) |
Canada:14A (Alberta/Manitoba/Ontario) |
Iceland:7 |
Canada:G (Québec) |
Australia:M |
Canada:PG (British Columbia) |
Singapore:NC-16 |
UK:15 |
Japan:G |
Portugal:M/12 |
Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) |
Germany:12 (f) |
Netherlands:AL |
Hong Kong:IIB |
Mexico:B
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The line about him being agent "0014" is almost exactly the same as was used in "Gilligan's Island: The Invasion (#3.11)" (1966). In a dream sequence where Gilligan is playing the part of agent 014, Mrs. Howell states, "You're twice as smart as 007".
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Continuity: When Whitacre first goes in yelling at his boss, his bosses pen appears and disappears between shots.
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Mark Whitacre:
Polar bears cover their noses before they pounce on a seal. How do polar bears know their noses are black? Did they look in the water one day, see their reflection and say, "Man, I'd be invisible if it wasn't for that thing."
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Featured in "Late Show with David Letterman: (#17.8)" (2009)
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A Note Regarding SpoilersIs "The Informant!" based on a book?
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Being based on a true story, "The Informant" lacks the action needed for cinema as medium, including psychological action. It can make a good documentary or a tele-film but a film meant to be shown on theatre screens it is a failure. It is always a huge challenge to produce a story that was published in a book and based on true events. In "Troy" they shamelessly changed the order of events and main elements f the story which raises questions about how much one can be free when producing a well known story. "The Informant" talks about bipolar-ism as if everyone who watches films knows about the symptoms of this psychological illness disorder. It is a boring experience to watch the film as it narrates incidents in a documentary style and makes no attempt to shed light on what led the main character to behave in this way. Some may say cause is because it is based on a true story, a poor defense for not knowing how to maneuver while maintaining the thin thread between actual facts and explanatory efforts.