The Informant! – Trailer

“The Informant!” er basert på en sann historie, og har også Melanie Lynskey (“Two and A Half Men”) og Scott Bakula på rollelisten. Regissør er Steven Soderbergh.

Gleder meg til å se Matt Damon i denne filmen. Han bør spille bra da han måtte legge på seg 15 kilo for å passe i rollen. Ikke at jeg synes det er en prestasjon i seg selv.
Soderbergh og Damon har jobbet sammen tidligere med stor suksess i Ocean’s filmene.

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The Informant!

Promotional poster
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Produced by Gregory Jacobs
Jennifer Fox
Michael Jaffe
Howard Braunstein
Kurt Eichenwald
Written by Screenplay:
Scott Z. Burns
Novel:
Kurt Eichenwald
Narrated by Matt Damon
Starring Matt Damon
Scott Bakula
Joel McHale
Melanie Lynskey
Music by Marvin Hamlisch
Cinematography Stephen Soderbergh
Editing by Stephen Mirrione
Studio Participant Media
Groundswell Productions
Section Eight
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release date(s) September 18, 2009
Running time 108 min.
Country United States
Language English
Budget $22,000,000
Gross revenue $31,031,459 (10/13/09)[1]
(Worldwide)

The Informant! is a 2009 political dark comedy film, directed by Steven Soderbergh,[2] and based on true events and the 2000 nonfiction book about Mark Whitacre, The Informant, by journalist Kurt Eichenwald.[3] The script was written by Scott Z. Burns and the film stars Matt Damon, Scott Bakula, Joel McHale and Melanie Lynskey.

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Plot summary

See also: Lysine price-fixing conspiracy

The Informant! is about Mark Whitacre (Damon), a rising star at Decatur, Illinois based Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) in the early 1990s who wound up blowing the whistle on the company’s price-fixing tactics, only after his wife forced him to.[4][5] Matt Damon portrays the bipolar whistleblower dubbed “The wacky little brother of Erin Brockovich“.[6] In the film, Whitacre displays bizarre behavior including recklessness and grandiosity.

One night in early November 1992, the high-ranking ADM executive confessed to FBI agent Brian Shepard (Bakula), present only to install a wire tap on Whitacre’s phone, that ADM executives—including Whitacre himself—had routinely met with competitors to fix the price of lysine, an additive used in the commercial livestock industry. As the highest-ranked executive to ever turn whistleblower in US history, Whitacre secretly gathered hundreds of hours of video and audio over several years to present to the FBI.[4][7][8] He assisted in gathering evidence by clandestinely taping the company’s activity in business meetings at various locations around the globe such as Tokyo, Paris, Mexico City, and Hong Kong, eventually collecting enough evidence of collaboration and conspiracy to warrant a raid.

Whitacre’s good deed dovetails with his own major infractions and struggle with bipolar disorder.[4][9] The film focuses on Whitacre’s meltdown resulting from the pressures of wearing a wire and organizing surveillance for the FBI for three years, instigated by Whitacre’s reaction, in increasingly manic overlays, to various trivial magazine articles he reads. In a stunning turn of events immediately following the covert portion of the case, headlines around the world reported that the whistleblower defrauded $9 million from his own company at the same period of time he was secretly working for the FBI and taping his co-workers, while simultaneously hoping to be elected as CEO following the arrest and conviction of the remaining upper management members.[4] After being confronted with evidence of his fraud, Whitacre’s claims in his defense begin to spiral out of control, including an accusation of assault and battery against Agent Shepard. Because of this major infraction and Whitacre’s bizarre behavior, he was sentenced to a prison term three times longer than the white-collar criminals he helped to nab.[4] Agent Herndon (Joel McHale) visits Whitacre while in prison in order to support him for a presidential pardon.

Cast

Production

In 2002, after completing Ocean’s Eleven, Soderbergh announced his intent to adapt the book The Informant by Kurt Eichenwald, a former journalist for The New York Times. Scott Z. Burns wrote the script based on the book.[5]

Production began in May 2008 in Decatur, Illinois. Filming was also done at the former Whitacre mansion in Moweaqua, Illinois, a small town about 25 miles from Decatur. Some exterior shots were done in Mesa, Arizona, in November 2008. The film was released on September 18, 2009. Damon gained 20-30 pounds for the role in order to look like the doughy Whitacre.

Reception

Critical

The film received generally favorable reviews from critics.[10] Rotten Tomatoes reported that 75% of critics gave positive reviews based on 122 reviews with an average score of 6.8/10.[11] Another review aggretator, Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating from reviews from mainstream critics, reported a score of 66 out of 100 based on 35 reviews.[10] Film critic Roger Ebert awarded the film 4 stars out of 4 claiming “The Informant! is fascinating in the way it reveals two levels of events, not always visible to each other or to the audience.”[12]

Box office

The film opened at #2 behind Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs with $10,545,000. [13] As of October 13, 2009 the film had grossed $30,388,780 domestically and $32,478,930 worldwide.[14]

References

  1. ^ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=informant.htm
  2. ^ Editorial staff (2005-06-18). “The Informant, the Movie“. Hollywood.com. http://www.hollywood.com/movie/The_Informant/3464215.
  3. ^ Webber, Susan (2000-09-25). “Tale of the Tapes“. The Daily Deal (Aurora Advisors, Inc.). http://www.auroraadvisors.com/articles/2000-09_dailydeal.html. Retrieved 2008-10-02.
  4. ^ a b c d e Cain, Tim (2008-04-06). “Behind the inside man: Mark Whitacre, talks about ‘The Informant,’ his time in prison and moving forward“. Decatur Herald and Review. http://www.herald-review.com/articles/2008/04/06/news/local/1031549.txt.
  5. ^ a b Cain, Tim (2008-03-19). “Don’t expect “Informant” hobnobbing“. Decatur Herald and Review. http://herald-review.com/articles/2008/03/19/columnists/cain/1030816.txt.
  6. ^ Todd McCarthy (2009, September 7). The Informant!. Variety. [1]
  7. ^ Muirhead, Sarah (2008-06-02). “Whitacre paid ultimate price”. Feedstuffs Magazine: pp. 1, 42, 43.
  8. ^ Sidhu, Roopam (2008-07-23). “Fresno company connected to Matt Damon movie“. CBS TV 47 Fresno. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7c-e_9thlk.
  9. ^ Editorial staff (2008-05-16). “What is “The Informant” about?“. Patriot Ledger. http://www.patriotledger.com/archive/x1902439227/Basis-of-movie.
  10. ^ a b “Informant!, The (2009): Reviews“. Metacritic. 2009-09-20. http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/informant. Retrieved 2009-09-25.
  11. ^ “The Informant! Movie Reviews, Pictures“. Rotten Tomatoes. 2009-09-20. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1200661-informant/.
  12. ^ “The Informant! Review – Roger Ebert“. Chicago Sun-Times. 2009-09-17. http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090916/REVIEWS/909169998. Retrieved 2009-09-25.
  13. ^ “Weekend Box Office Results from September 18-21, 2009“. Box Office Mojo. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2009&wknd=38&p=.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-20.
  14. ^ Box Office Mojo

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