The Informant!
Based on a tattle-tale
Rating: 6.2 out of 10TMDB(1K votes)
Overview
A rising star at agri-industry giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Mark Whitacre suddenly turns whistleblower. 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.
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Box office
Grossed $41.8M worldwide, about 1.9 times its $22M budget
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Based on
Based on The Informant
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Filming locations
Filmed in Arizona, Chicago, Paris and 4 other locations
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Setting
Set in Missouri
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Music
Music by Marvin Hamlisch
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Steven Soderbergh
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Scott Z. BurnsScreenplay
- Kurt EichenwaldBook
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 18, 2009
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $22M
- Revenue
- $41.8M
- Countries
- United States of America
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In the United States
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Cast
Matt DamonMark Whitacre
Scott BakulaBrian Shepard
Joel McHaleRobert Herndon
Melanie LynskeyGinger Whitacre
Tom PapaMick Andreas
Rick OvertonTerry Wilson
Thomas F. WilsonMark Cheviron
Clancy BrownAubrey Daniel
Tony HaleJames Epstein
Richard Steven HorvitzBob Zaiderman
Ann CusackRobin Mann- Allan HaveyFBI Supervisor Dean Paisley
Rusty SchwimmerLiz Taylor
Lucas McHugh CarrollAlexander Whitacre
Eddie JemisonKirk Schmidt
Craig Ricci ShaynakDiscouraged Foreman
Scott AdsitSid Hulse
Ann DowdKate Medford
Howie JohnsonRusty Williams- Nick CraigKid at Pool #1
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