The Informant!

The Informant!
The Informant!
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Steven Soderbergh
Screenplay by	Scott Z. Burns
Based on	The Informant; by Kurt Eichenwald
Produced by	Gregory Jacobs; Jennifer Fox; Michael Jaffe; Howard Braunstein; Kurt Eichenwald
Starring	Matt Damon; Scott Bakula; Joel McHale; Melanie Lynskey;
Cinematography	Peter Andrews
Edited by	Stephen Mirrione
Music by	Marvin Hamlisch
Production; companies	Participant Media ; Groundswell Productions ; Section Eight
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	September 18, 2009;
Running time	108 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$22 million
Box office	$41.8 million

The Informant! is a 2009 American biographical crime 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-1990, 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.^[2]

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.

^ ^a ^b "The Informant! (2009)". Box Office Mojo. IMDB. Archived from the original on May 15, 2010. Retrieved September 8, 2010.
^ Webber, Susan (25 September 2000). "Tale of the Tapes". The Daily Deal. Aurora Advisors. Archived from the original on 6 October 2008. Retrieved 2 October 2008.

[BOM-1] "The Informant! (2009)". Box Office Mojo. IMDB. Archived from the original on May 15, 2010. Retrieved September 8, 2010.

[Webber-2] Webber, Susan (25 September 2000). "Tale of the Tapes". The Daily Deal. Aurora Advisors. Archived from the original on 6 October 2008. Retrieved 2 October 2008.

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