The Informant! (2009)
Title: The Informant!
Genre: Biographical Black Comedy Directed By: Steven Soderbergh Screenplay By: Scott Z. Burns
Starring:
Matt Damon as Mark Whitacre, Archer Daniels Midland executive
Scott Bakula as FBI Special Agent Brian Shepard
Joel McHale as FBI Special Agent Robert Herndon
Melanie Lynskey as Ginger Whitacre
Ann Cusack as Robin Mann
Ann Dowd as FBI Special Agent Kate Medford
Thomas F. Wilson as Mark Cheviron
Tom Papa as Mick Andreas
Rick Overton as Terry Wilson
Allan Havey as FBI Supervisor Dean Paisley
Patton Oswalt as Ed Herbst
Craig Ricci Shaynak as Discouraged Foreman
Scott Adsit as Sid Hulse
Eddie Jemison as Kirk Schmidt
Clancy Brown as Aubrey Daniel, ADM attorney
Arden Myrin as Sarah Scott
Tony Hale as James Epstein, Whitacre's attorney
Andy Daly as Marty Allison, ADM vice-president
Frank Welker as Mr. Whitacre
Candy Clark as Mrs. Whitacre
Dick Smothers as Judge Harold Baker
Tom Smothers as Dwayne Andreas
Richard Steven Horvitz as Bob Zaiderman
Bob Zany as John Dowd, attorney
Paul F. Tompkins as FBI Agent Anthony D'Angelo
Lucas McHugh Carroll as Alexander Whitacre
Music By: Marvin Hamlisch Country: United States Released: 2009 Duration: 01:48:11 Quality: 4K UHD 2160p Blu-ray Video
Specs:
Video: MPEG-H HEVC Video / 65000 kbps / 2160p / 23.976 fps / 16:9 / Main 10 @ Level 5.1 @ High / 10 bits / HDR10 / BT.2020 *MPEG-H HEVC Video / 113 kbps / 1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9 / Main 10 @ Level 5.1 @ High / 10 bits / Dolby Vision / BT.2020
Audio: 1: English / DTS-HD Master Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 3137 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit) 2: English / Dolby Digital Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps / DN -31dB
Subtitles: English / 53.581 kbps
About:
The Informant! is a 2009 American biographical black comedy film directed by Steven Soderbergh. Written by Scott Z. Burns, the film stars Matt Damon as the titular informant named Mark Whitacre, as well as Scott Bakula, Joel McHale and Melanie Lynskey. It depicts Whitacre's involvement as a whistleblower in the lysine price-fixing conspiracy of the mid-1990s, and his embezzlement of millions of dollars from his employer. The film is based on the 2000 nonfiction book The Informant, by journalist Kurt Eichenwald.
Released on September 18, 2009, The Informant! received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise for Matt Damon's performance, although the film's comedic yet ironic tone received mixed reviews.
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