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The Informant!

  • 2009
  • R
  • 1h 48m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
68K
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The Informant! (2009)
The U.S. government decides to go after an agri-business giant with a price-fixing accusation, based on the evidence submitted by their star witness, company-man-turned-whistleblower Mark Whitacre (Damon).
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The U.S. government decides to go after an agro-business giant with a price-fixing accusation, based on the evidence submitted by their star witness, vice president-turned-informant Mark Whi... Read allThe U.S. government decides to go after an agro-business giant with a price-fixing accusation, based on the evidence submitted by their star witness, vice president-turned-informant Mark Whitacre.The U.S. government decides to go after an agro-business giant with a price-fixing accusation, based on the evidence submitted by their star witness, vice president-turned-informant Mark Whitacre.

  • Director
    • Steven Soderbergh
  • Writers
    • Scott Z. Burns
    • Kurt Eichenwald
  • Stars
    • Matt Damon
    • Tony Hale
    • Patton Oswalt
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    • IMDb RATING
    6.5/10
    68K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Steven Soderbergh
    • Writers
      • Scott Z. Burns
      • Kurt Eichenwald
    • Stars
      • Matt Damon
      • Tony Hale
      • Patton Oswalt
    • 210User reviews
    • 253Critic reviews
    • 66Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 21 nominations

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    Matt Damon
    Matt Damon
    • Mark Whitacre
    Tony Hale
    Tony Hale
    • James Epstein
    Patton Oswalt
    Patton Oswalt
    • Ed Herbst
    Lucas McHugh Carroll
    Lucas McHugh Carroll
    • Alexander Whitacre
    • (as Lucas Carroll)
    Eddie Jemison
    Eddie Jemison
    • Kirk Schmidt
    Rusty Schwimmer
    Rusty Schwimmer
    • Liz Taylor
    Craig Ricci Shaynak
    Craig Ricci Shaynak
    • Discouraged Foreman
    Tom Papa
    Tom Papa
    • Mick Andreas
    Rick Overton
    Rick Overton
    • Terry Wilson
    Melanie Lynskey
    Melanie Lynskey
    • Ginger Whitacre
    Tom Wilson
    Tom Wilson
    • Mark Cheviron
    Scott Bakula
    Scott Bakula
    • FBI Special Agent Brian Shepard
    Scott Adsit
    Scott Adsit
    • Sid Hulse
    Ann Dowd
    Ann Dowd
    • FBI Special Agent Kate Medford
    Allan Havey
    Allan Havey
    • FBI Special Agent Dean Paisley
    Howie Johnson
    Howie Johnson
    • Rusty Williams
    Joel McHale
    Joel McHale
    • FBI Special Agent Bob Herndon
    Nick Craig
    • Kid at Pool #1
    • Director
      • Steven Soderbergh
    • Writers
      • Scott Z. Burns
      • Kurt Eichenwald
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    • Trivia
      To prepare for the role of the overweight character Mark Whitacre, Matt Damon purposely gained weight prior to filming. He did this by eating lots of hamburgers, pizza, and dark beer, which he described in an interview as being "really, really, really fun."
    • Goofs
      The film takes place from 1992-1994, yet the cars have Illinois license plates that first appeared in 2001.
    • Quotes

      Mark Whitacre: When polar bears hunt, they crouch down by a hole in the ice and wait for a seal to pop up. They keep one paw over their nose so that they blend in, because they've got those black noses. They'd blend in perfectly if not for the nose. So the question is, how do they know their noses are black? From looking at other polar bears? Do they see their reflections in the water and think, "I'd be invisible if not for that." That seems like a lot of thinking for a bear.

    • Crazy credits
      Prologue: "While this motion picture is based on real events, certain incidents and characters are composites, and dialog has been dramatized. So there."
    • Connections
      Featured in The Rotten Tomatoes Show: The Hurt Locker/My Sister's Keeper/Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
    • Soundtracks
      Trust Me
      Music by Marvin Hamlisch
      Lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
      Produced and Performed by Steve Tyrell
      Steve Tyrell appears courtesy of E1 Music

    User reviews210

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    Featured review
    7/10

    OBJECTIVE REVIEW

    +Fun little comedy that sheds light on an actual case +Matt Damon plays his role well as most of the film you can't tell if he's lying or not

    -A little longer than I would've liked and had trouble holding my attention
    • snorlaxmarkish
    • Nov 30, 2019
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 18, 2009 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official site
      • Official site (Germany)
    • Languages
      • English
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Người Chỉ Điểm
    • Filming locations
      • Springfield, Illinois, USA
    • Production companies
      • Warner Bros.
      • Participant
      • Groundswell Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $22,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $33,316,821
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $10,464,314
      • Sep 20, 2009
    • Gross worldwide
      • $41,771,168
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 48 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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