The Informant! (2009)
- Directed by
- Steven Soderbergh
- Genre
- drama film, comedy film, crime film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 989 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A corporate whistleblower starts helping the FBI investigate a price-fixing scheme. As things go on, it turns out he is also embezzling money from his own company.
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What happens
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 informant named Mark Whitacre, as well as Scott Bakula, Joel McHale and Melanie Lynskey. The film 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 by Warner Bros. Pictures, The Informant! received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed $41.8 million against a $22 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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