In the early 1990s, archer daniels midland adm junior executive mark whitacre matt damon became convinced that if he helped the fbi gather enough evidence against his companys illegal pricefixing activities, he would look like a hero to the firms board. As the film opens, mark whitacre matt damon is explaining that nearly everything people eat contains corn and that his company, adm, is involved in almost all meals. Though a rising star in the ranks of archer daniels midland, mark whitacre matt damon suddenly exposes a pricefixing conspiracy to the fbi, agreeing to wear a wire and gather evidence against. He ended up with a prison sentence three times longer than any of the criminal executives he exposed. Marvin hamlisch the informant original motion picture. Lagente dellfbi brian shepherd, con laiuto del biochimico mark whitacre, riesce a smascherare una fraudolenta politica di controllo dei prezzi da parte di una multinazionale. A rising star in the agricultural industry suddenly turns whistleblower in hopes of gaining a lucrative promotion and becoming a hero of the common people, inadvertently revealing his penchant for.
An earnest corporate whistleblower is found to be just as corrupt as those hes turning in to the feds. He is overseeing adms production of lysine, an additive used in the commercial livestock industry, but there are problems and the company is losing money. Sep 16, 2009 mark whitacre was the highestranking executive in u. Italiano ita 2009 film streaming completo altadefinizione cb01, cineblog 01 the informant. There are currently thirty videos available for the film, of which one and only one is a trailer, as listed below. The trailer for the informant what was mark whitacre thinking. The movie concerns itself with mark whitacre damon, an employee of adm, a food production company.
It actually offers one of the directors more engaging films in quite a while, as he drops his oftenpresent pretensions to deliver a fun romp. Mark whitacre was the highestranking executive in u. With matt damon, tony hale, patton oswalt, lucas mchugh carroll. There were 9 other movies released on the same date, including jennifers body, cloudy with a chance of meatballs and love happens. A rising star in the agricultural industry suddenly turns whistleblower in hopes of gaining a lucrative promotion and becoming a hero of the common people, inadvertently revealing his penchant for helping himself to the corporate coffers and ultimately threatening to derail the very investigation he helped to launch in this offbeat comedy from academy awardwinning director steven soderbergh. Director steven soderbergh is filming the informant, an upcoming dark comedy thriller film, which is based on the 2000 nonfiction book of the same name written by kurt eichenwald, a former journalist for the new york times. This movie is also about to what lengths government officials are willing to believe such unsavory informants even as these informants continue to flagrantly break. Coming to it on its own terms however this is an engaging story told with a comic air that works and makes the film as entertaining as it is interesting.
The informant movie is starring matt damon, scott bakula, and joel mchale. Wearing one of the most unflattering moustaches ever seen on a major movie star, matt damon stars as mark whitacre, a bigtime corporate executive who decides to tell. There were 9 other movies released on the same date, including jennifers body, cloudy with a. A rising star at agriindustry giant archer daniels midland adm, whitacre suddenly turns whistleblower. When the film starts, you sympathize with whitacre but by the time it ends, youre laughing out loud at the incredulity of the situations and the complete absurdity of it all and yet its all true. He then directed and everything is going fine 2010, a documentary about the life of spalding gray, and the bigbudget ensemble thriller contagion 2011, which portrayed the rapid spread of a. It is based on a true story first described by journalist kurt eichenwald in his 2000 nonfiction book of the same title. Ita 2018 film completo sottotitoli italiano lagente dellfbi brian shepherd, con laiuto del biochimico mark whitacre, riesce a smascherare una fraudolenta politica di controllo dei prezzi da parte. Sep 18, 2009 video archive for the film the informant. A rising star at agriindustry giant archer daniels midland adm, mark whitacre suddenly turns whistleblower. Although the movie is sometimes played for laughs, the real story was no laughing matter.
National catholic register there are so many twists and turns to steven soderberghs deceptively lighthearted dark comedy the informant. If you want to know why steven soderbergh tapped marvin hamlisch to. Matt damon stars as mark whitacre in the offbeat comedy the informant. Paris a promising pitch and a catchy setting make for a rather mediocre movie in the informant gibraltar, director julien leclercqs followup to his kinetic 2010 actioner, the assault. A corporate culture cornfed on greed in steven soderberghs new. Directed by steven soderbergh, the film features a cast that includes. Su mymovies il dizionario completo dei film di laura, luisa e morando. The informant blows the whistle on dvd and bluray on february 23rd dec 18, 2009.
Its based on a late1990s case against the conglomerate. Unfortunately, both the case and whitacres integrity are compromised when fbi agents become frustrated by their informants evershifting account, and discover that he isnt exactly the. Released by silva screen in 2009 silcd1298 containing music from the informant. Database of movie trailers, clips and other videos for the informant. May 27, 2011 unfortunately, both the case and whitacres integrity are compromised when fbi agents become frustrated by their informant s evershifting account, and discover that he isnt exactly the. Sep 20, 2009 the informant opened in theaters on friday. Starring matt damon, melanie lynskey, scott bakula, patton oswalt.
Synopsis as the film opens, mark whitacre matt damon is explaining that nearly everything people eat contains corn and that his company, adm, is involved in almost all meals. The film is a political comedy drama based on a true story, starring matt damon as mark whitacre, a sadsack executive at an agricultural company who is coerced into being an informant for the fbi when his company is investigated for corporate fraud and pricefixing. Burns, the film stars matt damon as the titular informant named mark whitacre, as well as scott bakula, joel mchale and melanie lynskey. The informant 2009 official movie trailer hd youtube. The film is based on a true story about an investigation into pricefixing by massive conglomerate archer daniels midland. Even as he exposes his companys multinational pricefixing conspiracy to the fbi, whitacre envisions himself being hailed as a hero of the common man and handed a promotion. Take a look at all the details from this new matt damon film in both formats.
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