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The Informant! is a 2009 American comedy-drama crime film directed by Steven Soderbergh, who also served as director of photography. The screenplay was written by Scott Z. Burns, and the film is based on a work by Kurt Eichenwald. The cast includes Scott Bakula, Joel McHale, Melanie Lynskey, and Tom Papa. Marvin Hamlisch composed the music, while Stephen Mirrione edited the film.
Produced by Warner Bros. Entertainment, Participant, and Section Eight Productions, the movie was distributed by Warner Bros. Entertainment and Netflix. Executive producer George Clooney is credited alongside Kurt Eichenwald. Filming took place in Zurich, Paris, Long Beach, and Hawaii, with the narrative set in Missouri during the 1990s. The runtime is 108 minutes.
The film has received ratings of 6.157 on TMDb and 6.5 on IMDb. It had a budget of 22,000,000 and generated revenue of 41,771,168. The original language is English. The work is part of the Museum of Modern Art collection.
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6.2A 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.
Cast
- Matt Damon as Mark Whitacre
- Scott Bakula as Brian Shepard
- Joel McHale as Robert Herndon
- Melanie Lynskey as Ginger Whitacre
- Tom Papa as Mick Andreas
- Rick Overton as Terry Wilson
Themes
- fbi
- lie
- agriculture
- based on true story
- informant
- witness to murder
- surveillance
- corn
- price-fixing
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- crime film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Creator
- Steven Soderbergh
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Director
- Steven Soderbergh
- Screenwriter
- Scott Z. Burns
- Cast member
- Patton Oswalt
- Composer
- Marvin Hamlisch
- Producer
- Kurt Eichenwald
- Production company
- Section Eight Productions
- Cinematographer
- Steven Soderbergh
- Narrative location
- Missouri
- Filming location
- Arizona
- Duration
- 108
- FilmAffinity ID
- 703137
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.warnerbros.com/informant
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- publication date
- 2009-01-01
- title
- The Informant!
- executive producer
- George Clooney
- distributed by
- Netflix
- film editor
- Stephen Mirrione
- after a work by
- Kurt Eichenwald
- set in period
- 1990s
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 70/100
- capital cost
- 22000000
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