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“The Informant!” (2009) overview

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Written by an award-winning The New York Times investigative reporter, it is an outrageous story of corruption, greed and conspiracy which left the FBI and Justice Department counting on the cooperation of one man. “The Informant!” tells an important and compelling story of power and betrayal in America.

It was one of the FBI's biggest secrets: a senior executive with America's most politically powerful corporation, Archer Daniels Midland, had become a confidential government witness, secretly recording a vast criminal conspiracy spanning five continents.

Based on Kurt Eichenwald's 2000 book, “The Informant!” is the true story of Mark Whitacre (portrayed by an Academy Award® winner Matt Damon), a rising star at agri-industry giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) in the early 1990s who wound up blowing the whistle on the company's price-fixing tactics.

Told by Kurt Eichenwald, “The Informant!” re-creates the drama of the story, beginning with the secret recordings, stakeouts and interviews with suspects and witnesses to the power struggles within ADM and its board – including the high-profile chairman Dwayne Andreas, F. Ross Johnson and Brian Mulroney – to the big-gun Washington lawyers hired by ADM and on up through the ranks of the Justice Department to FBI director Louis Freeh and Attorney General Janet Reno.

As the highest-ranked executive to ever turn whistleblower, Whitacre secretly gathered hours of video and audio over several years to present to the FBI. 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 secret agent.

Mark Whitacre, the promising boy of ADM, had put his career and family at risk to wear a wire and deceive his friends and colleagues. Using Whitacre and a small team of agents to tap into the secrets at ADM, the FBI discovered the company's scheme to steal millions of dollars from its own customers. But as the FBI and federal prosecutors closed in on ADM, using stakeouts, wiretaps and secret recordings of illegal meetings around the world, they suddenly found that everything was not all that it appeared.

At the same time, Whitacre was cooperating with the feds while playing the role of loyal company man, he had his own agenda he kept hidden from everyone around him – his wife, his lawyer, even the FBI agents who had come to trust him with the case they had put their careers on the line for.

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 (Scott Bakula and Joel McHale) and threatens the case against ADM as it becomes almost impossible to decipher what is real and what is the product of Whitacre's active imagination...

Genre: crime, comedy, drama, thriller

Tagline: Based on a Tattle-Tale

Editors' rating:

Director: Steven Soderbergh. Writers: Scott Z. Burns, WGA (screenplay), Kurt Eichenwald (book)

Producers: Howard Braunstein, Kurt Eichenwald, Jennifer Fox, Gregory Jacobs, Michael Jaffe. Co-producer: Michael Polaire. Executive producers: George Clooney, Michael London, Jeff Skoll

Original music: Marvin Hamlisch. Film editing: Stephen Mirrione. Casting: Carmen Cuba. Production design: Doug J. Meerdink. Art direction: William O. Hunter, David Scott. Costume design: Shoshana Rubin

Runtime: 108 min. Country: United States. Language: English. Color: Color

Awards

year / result / award / category / recipient

Golden Globes

2010 / Nominated / Golden Globe / Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy / Matt Damon

2010 / Nominated / Golden Globe / Best Original Score - Motion Picture / Marvin Hamlisch

Satellite Awards

2009 / Nominated / Satellite Award / Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical / Matt Damon

2009 / Nominated / Satellite Award / Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical

2009 / Nominated / Satellite Award / Best Original Score / Marvin Hamlisch

Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards

2010 / Nominated / Critics Choice Award / Best Composer / Marvin Hamlisch

Cast

Matt Damon as Mark Whitacre

Scott Bakula as FBI Special Agent Brian Shepard

Lucas McHugh Carroll as Alexander Whitacre

Melanie Lynskey as Ginger (Gilbert) Whitacre

Eddie Jemison as Kirk Schmidt

Rusty Schwimmer as Liz Taylor

Craig Ricci Shaynak as Discouraged Foreman

Tom Papa as Mick Andreas

Rick Overton as Terry Wilson

Thomas F. Wilson as Mark Cheviron

Scott Adsit as Sid Hulse

Ann Dowd as FBI Special Agent Kate Medford

Allan Havey as FBI Special Agent Dean Paisley

Howie Johnson as Rusty Williams

Joel McHale as FBI Special Agent Bob Herndon

Dick Smothers as Judge Harold Baker

Andrew Daly as Marty Allison

Carolyn R. Feltner as Budweiser Receptionist

David Campbell as Budweiser Client Representative

Jean-Pierre Gillain as Zurich Bank Security Officer

Elena Eustache as Zurich Bank Receptionist

Hans Tester as Peter Dreyer

Pascal Ifri as Alain Crouy

Ann Cusack as Robin Mann

Yoshio Be as Kazutoshi Yamada

Dann Seki as Joon Mo Suh

Ludger Pistor as Reinhard Richter

Rome Kanda as Hirokazu Ikeda

Raymond Ma as Kanji Mimoto

Herve Deschamps as Philippe Rollier

Jayden Lund as James Mutchnik

Joe Chrest as Visiting Client

J.D. Mathein as Phone Agent

William Marsh as FBI Special Agent Ken Temples

Tom Smothers as Dwayne Andreas

Clancy Brown as Aubrey Daniel

Bob Zany as John Dowd

Tony Hale as James Epstein

Richard Steven Horvitz as Bob Zaideman

Brian Gallivan as Ron Henkoff

Daniel Hagen as Scott Roberts

Patton Oswalt as Ed Herbst

Samantha Albert as Mary Spearing

Jimmy Brogan as Dr. Derek Miller

Paul F. Tompkins as FBI Special Agent Anthony D'Angelo

Adam Paul as FBI Special Agent Michael Bassett

Joshua Funk as FBI Special Agent Robert Grant

Chic Daniel as FBI Agent at Raid

Wayne Pere as Sheldon Zenner

Tara Barrett as Reporter #1

Tim Cain as Reporter #2

Ken Frye as Reporter #3

Huey Freeman as Reporter #4

Scott England as Local News Anchor

Frank Welker as Mark Whitacre's Father

Candy Clark as Mark Whitacre's Mother

Larry Clarke as Whitacre's Second Attorney

Steve Seagren as Correctional Officer

Gene Fojtik as Lawyer

Troy Hayes as New Home Owner

Elizabeth Zephyrine McDonough as Sweater Girl

Jaxon Stanford as Businessman Walking Thru Airport

Roy Allen III as Office Manager

Richard Hoffman Jr. as Payroll

Ted LeBlang as Country Club Dinner Guest

Don Kress as Lawyer

B.J. Lange as Airline Passenger

Dan Latham as CTA Passenger

Errol James Snyder as Golfer

Joseph Mazurk as Federal Plaza Lawyer

Cameron Potter as Businessman

Mallory Scott as Business Traveler

James Gianoulakis as Airport Traveler

Erik A. Williams as Airport Traveler

Malik Simmons as Restaurant Patron

Joe Hammerstone as Airport Restaurant Patron

Nick Craig as Kid at Pool #1

Cody Puckett as Kid at Pool #2

Certifications

MPAA rating: R for language (certificate #44918). Other: Canada: PG (British Columbia), 14A (Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario), G (Quebec); UK: 15; Ireland: 15A; Australia: M; Philippines: PG-13; Mexico: B; Germany: 12(f); Netherlands: AL; Finland: K-3; Italy: T; Switzerland: 7 (canton of Geneva, canton of Vaud); Iceland: 7; Singapore: NC-16; Japan: G; Hong Kong: IIB; Portugal: M/12

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Premieres

Italy - September 7, 2009 (Venice Film Festival)

France - September 9, 2009 (Deauville American Film Festival)

Canada - September 11, 2009 (Toronto International Film Festival)

Finland - September 17, 2009 (Helsinki International Film Festival)

United States - September 18, 2009

Greece - September 20, 2009 (Athens Film Festival)

Spain - September 25, 2009

New Zealand - October 15, 2009

Brazil - October 16, 2009

South Africa - October 16, 2009

Mexico - October 16, 2009

UK - October 19, 2009 (London Film Festival)

Philippines - October 21, 2009

Portugal - October 22, 2009

Finland - October 23, 2009

Netherlands - October 27, 2009 (Leiden Film Festival)

Malaysia - October 29, 2009

Slovenia - October 29, 2009

Iceland - October 30, 2009

Bulgaria - October 30, 2009

Denmark - October 30, 2009

Norway - October 30, 2009

Czech Republic - November 5, 2009

Germany - November 5, 2009

Ukraine - November 5, 2009

Russian Federation - November 5, 2009

Poland - November 6, 2009

India - November 6, 2009

Belgium - November 18, 2009

Singapore - November 19, 2009

Slovakia - November 19, 2009

UK - November 20, 2009

Lithuania - November 20, 2009

Hungary - November 26, 2009

Egypt - December 1, 2009

Kuwait - December 3, 2009

Australia - December 3, 2009

Japan - December 5, 2009

Sweden - December 11, 2009

Argentina - February 18, 2010

Venezuela - February 19, 2010

Companies

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures (presents)

Groundswell Productions >>>>

Section Eight

Participant Media

Jaffe / Braunstein Enterprise

Distribution

Warner Bros. Pictures / 2009 | USA, Japan, Germany, Argentina, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Singapore | theatrical

Turner Network Television / 2012 | USA | TV

20th Century Fox / 2009 | Malaysia | theatrical

Columbia TriStar Warner Filmes de Portugal / 2009 | Portugal | theatrical

Warner Bros. Entertainment Polska / 2009 | Poland | theatrical

Sandrew Metronome Distribution / 2009 | Finland | all media

Village Films / 2009 | Greece | theatrical

Other

New Line Records - soundtrack

Atmosphere Casting - extras casting (Chicago) >>>>

Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment - camera cranes

LCW Props - set equipment

Nuncle - title design

Pivotal Post - Avid HD editing equipment

Red Digital Cinema - camera equipment

Star Waggons - cast trailers, wardrobe trailer, hair and make-up trailers

Filming locations

Decatur, Illinois

Chicago, Illinois

Blue Mound, Illinois

Forsyth, Illinois

Springfield, Illinois

Stonington, Illinois

Moweaqua, Illinois

Los Angeles, California

Pasadena, California

Hawaii

O'ahu, Hawaii

St. Louis, Missouri

Lambert International Airport - St. Louis, Missouri

Zurich, Switzerland

Technical specifications

Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1

Camera: Red One Camera and Lenses

Laboratory: Technicolor

Film negative format: 4K Redcode RAW

Printed film format: 35 mm

Additional details

“The Informant!” also known as:

Der Informant! (Germany)

L'Infiltré! (Canada - French title)

Ispiyoncu (Turkey)

El Desinformante (Argentina, Mexico, Venezuela)

Informátor! (Slovakia, Czech Republic)

¡El Soplón! (Spain)

Ilmiantaja! (Finland)

Infomanto! (Japan)

Informatorius (Lithuania)

O Delator! (Portugal)

O Desinformante! (Brazil)

Spicelj! (Slovenia)

Alithofani Psemata (Greece)

Intrygant (Poland)

 

 

 

 

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