The Informant Review
“The Informant” is a true story of the highest-ranking corporate whistleblower in US history, with Matt Damon as Mark Whitacre, a rising star at an agri-industry giant who imagined himself to be some kind of secret agent by exposing his company’s price-fixing to the FBI in the 90s. Only Whitacre wasn’t all that he seemed, neglecting to mention to the FBI the $9.5 million he’d siphoned off from the corporate coffers.
Directed by Steven Soderbergh, The Informant! stars Matt Damon as Mark Whitacre, an employee at Illinois-based ADM (Archer Daniels Midland), a company that produces food additives, among other things. Whitacre, a Ph.D. from an Ivy League school, works in biochemistry, but eventually climbs the corporate ladder and finds himself working behind a desk making a very comfortable living. That is until one day, he finds himself in a mess of trouble when the company’s lysine production is threatened by a virus in the bugs used to produce the lysine. It is Whitacre’s job to make the problem go away, lest the company continue to lose millions of dollars each and every month…read more [Empire Movies]
Steven Soderbergh’s new film, The Informant, takes a serious issue and plays it for laughs. This is a strange choice, given the current economic climate and the greediness of the higher ups in corporate America, and it only occasionally works. The film’s tone is constantly being shifted from one extreme (goofy comedy) to another (serious drama), and one has to wonder if the film believes in its subject, or even cares for him. That man in question is Mark Whitacre, employee of the food producing Archer Daniels Midland, a company that was suspected of price fixing in the mid 1990s. Whitacre, suspecting illegal activity, went undercover for the FBI for two and a half years, and wound up doing more harm to himself than the company he was trying to report; he was guilty of as much stuff as they were. Was he naïve, mentally ill, or just plain dumb? Confusingly, the film implies all three…read more [411mania.com]
New Matt Damon’s “The Informant!” Image
Here’s a brand new and Hi-Res image of Matt Damon from comedy/thriller “The Informant!,” directed by Oscar winning filmmaker Steven Soderbergh. Don’t forget to enlarge it.
The film is based on a 2000 best-seller “The Informant: A True Story” a nonfiction thriller written by journalist Kurt Eichenwald. Scott Z. Burns (”The Bourne Ultimatum”) wrote the screenplay.
Check out the trailer for the movie if you haven’t seen it yet.
In the movie, the US government decides to go after an agri-business giant with a price-fixing accusation, based on the evidence submitted by their star witness, vice president turned informant Mark Whitacre (Matt Damon), who is the highest-level whistle-blower the FBI ever managed to flip.
Soderbergh’s new film which also stars Frank Welker, Melanie Lynskey, Scott Bakula, Patton Oswalt, Tony Hale, Thomas F. Wilson, Joel McHale and Eddie Jemison will hit theaters on October 9th, 2009.
For more movie info, photos, posters go ti “The Informant” FilmoFilia Movie Page
Steven Soderbergh’s “The Informant!” Poster
Yahoo Movies has premiered a new poster for Matt Damon comedy/thriller “The Informant!,” directed by Oscar winning filmmaker Steven Soderbergh. He is best known for directing the films “Sex, Lies, and Videotape”, “Erin Brockovich”, “Traffic”, the Ocean’s Eleven franchise, and biopic “Che.”
Based on Kurt Eichenwald’s 2000 book, “The Informant!” is the tale of Mark Whitacre (played by Matt Damon), an Ivy League Ph.D. who was a rising star at Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) in the early 1990s. The bipolar hero wound up blowing the whistle on the company’s price fixing tactics and became the highest-ranked executive to ever turn whistleblower in US history. Whitacre secretly gathered hundreds of hours of video and audio tapes over several years to present to the FBI which became one of the largest price fixing cases in history. In the story Whitacre’s good deed dovetails with his own major infractions and struggle with severe bipolar disorder.
Soderbergh’s new film, starring Matt Damon, Frank Welker, Melanie Lynskey, Scott Bakula, Patton Oswalt, Tony Hale, Thomas F. Wilson, Joel McHale and Eddie Jemison, will hit theaters on October 9th, 2009.
First Matt Damon’s “The Informant” Poster
Here’s the first poster for the upcoming Matt Damon’s “The Informant” directed by Oscar winning filmmaker Steven Soderbergh.
In the movie, the US government decides to go after an agri-business giant with a price-fixing accusation, based on the evidence submitted by their star witness, vice president turned informant Mark Whitacre (Matt Damon), who is the highest-level whistle-blower the FBI ever managed to flip.
“The Informant” is based on Kurt Eichenwald’s 2000 best-seller “The Informant: A True Story.” The screenplay was adapted by Scott Z. Burns.
Soderbergh’s new film, starring Matt Damon, Frank Welker, Melanie Lynskey, Scott Bakula, Patton Oswalt, Tony Hale, Thomas F. Wilson, Joel McHale and Eddie Jemison will hit theaters on October 9th, 2009.
If you haven’t seen “The Informant” trailer, check it out now!
First Matt Damon’s “The Informant” Trailer!
Warner Bros. Pictures has released the trailer for “The Informant,” Steven Soderbergh’s new film, starring Matt Damon, Frank Welker, Melanie Lynskey, Scott Bakula, Patton Oswalt, Tony Hale, Thomas F. Wilson, Joel McHale, and Eddie Jemison.
Matt Damon | The Informant
In the movie, the US government decides to go after an agri-business giant with a price-fixing accusation, based on the evidence submitted by their star witness, vice president turned informant Mark Whitacre (Matt Damon), who is the highest-level whistle-blower the FBI ever managed to flip. The film is based on Kurt Eichenwald’s 2000 best-seller “The Informant: A True Story.”
The film is made based on a nonfiction thriller book written by journalist Kurt Eichenwald. Scott Z. Burns (The Bourne Ultimatum) penned the screenplay.
“The Informant” is scheduled to open on October 9th, 2009, after debuting at the Toronto Film Festival.
The Girlfriend Experience International Poster
Steven Soderbergh’s “The Girlfriend Experience” premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and debuted in limited theaters on May 22nd, 2009.
The film was shot in October 2008 for $1.7 million in 16 days. The latest Soderbergh’s low-budget indie starring real-life porn star, 21-year-old Sasha Grey but it’s not a porno by any means.
Synopsis: Set in the weeks leading up to the 2008 presidential election, The Girlfriend Experience is five days in the life of Chelsea (adult film star Sasha Grey in her mainstream film debut), an ultra… Set in the weeks leading up to the 2008 presidential election, The Girlfriend Experience is five days in the life of Chelsea (adult film star Sasha Grey in her mainstream film debut), an ultra high-end Manhattan call girl who offers more than sex to her clients, but companionship and conversation – “the girlfriend experience.” Chelsea thinks she has her life totally under control-she feels her future is secure because she runs her own business her own way, makes $2000 an hour, and has a devoted boyfriend (Chris Santos) who accepts her lifestyle. But when you’re in the business of meeting people, you never know who you’re going to meet…
The twentieth film from Academy Award-winning director Steven Soderbergh, “The Girlfriend Experience” is a sexy, gorgeously shot time capsule from the not-too-distant past.
Soderbergh’s The Girlfriend Experience Trailer
Steven Soderbergh’s film “The Girlfriend Experience,” was shot in October 2008 for $1.7 million in 16 days. The latest Soderbergh’s low-budget indie starring real-life porn star, 21-year-old Sasha Grey but it’s not a porno by any means.
The movie also stars mostly amateurs, and features a lot of improved dialogue that addresses the political and economic times of those moments.
“The Girlfriend Experience” details five days in the life of an ultra high-end Manhattan call girl who thinks she has her life totally under control. She feels her future is secure because she runs her own business her own way, makes $2000 an hour, and has a devoted boyfriend who accepts her lifestyle. But when youre in the business of meeting people, you never know who youre going to meet.
“The Girlfriend Experience” directed by Oscar winning filmmaker Steven Soderbergh (”Sex, Lies, and Videotape,” “Traffic,” “Ocean’s Eleven,” “Solaris,” “The Good German,” “Che“) fro, the script by writing partners Brian Koppelman and David Levien.
Magnolia Pictures will debut this in limited theaters starting on May 22nd, 2009. It will also screen at the Tribeca Film Festival which runs April 22- May 3, 2009.
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Hot Poster for Soderbergh’s “Girlfriend Experience”
The folks over at New York Magazine’s Vulture have premiered the first poster for the Steven Soderbergh film “The Girlfriend Experience,” starring real-life porn star, 21-year-old Sasha Grey.
Shot in October 2008, the film was shot for a down and dirty, $1.7 million in 16 days, stars mostly amateurs, and features a lot of improved dialogue that addresses the political and economic times of those moments.
Synopsis: “Girlfriend” details five days in the life of an ultra high-end Manhattan call girl who thinks she has her life totally under control. She feels her future is secure because she runs her own business her own way, makes $2000 an hour, and has a devoted boyfriend who accepts her lifestyle. But when youre in the business of meeting people, you never know who youre going to meet.
“The Girlfriend Experience” hit OnDemand via Magnolia on April 24 and then hits theaters on May 22. It will also screen at the Tribeca Film Festival which runs April 22- May 3.
Matt Damon’s The Informant First Official Photo
Check out the first officiall photo from Steven Soderbergh’s “The Informant“, in which Matt Damon stars as Mark Whitacre, the biggest whistleblower the FBI ever snagged, a central figure in the 90s lysine price-fixing scandal.
“The Informant” is based on Kurt Eichenwald’s 2000 best-seller “The Informant: A True Story.”
In the movie, the US government decides to go after an agri-business giant with a price-fixing accusation, based on the evidence submitted by their star witness, vice president turned informant Mark Whitacre (Matt Damon), who is the highest-level whistle-blower the FBI ever managed to flip.
“The Informant” hits theaters on March 27, 2009.
More photos of Matt Damon from the set – “The Informant“
“Che – The Argentine” Trailer
Che: Benicio Del Toro
A trailer for the upcoming Steven Soderbergh‘s “Che” movie (The Argentine), starring Benicio Del Toro as the famous revolutionary, has been released. The previous trailers have been aimed at international markets and not included subtitles, but this one remedies the situation quite nicely with a handsome musical accompaniment.
On November 26, 1956, Fidel Castro sails to Cuba with eighty rebels. One of those rebels is Ernesto Che Guevara, an Argentine doctor who shares a common goal with Fidel Castro – to overthrow the corrupt dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista.
Che proves indispensable as a fighter, and quickly grasps the art of guerrilla warfare. As he throws himself into the struggle, Che is embraced by his comrades and the Cuban people. The film tracks Che’s rise in the Cuban Revolution, from doctor to commander to revolutionary hero.
IFC Films is releasing both films together in limited theaters on December 12th, followed by individual theatrical releases for each film on its own starting in early January 2009. Continue Reading…
