Past Run
The Informant
A rising star in the agricultural industry suddenly turns whistleblower in hopes of gaining a lucrative promotion and becoming a hero of the common people, inadvertently revealing his penchant for helping himself to the corporate coffers and ultimately threatening to derail the very investigation he helped to launch in this offbeat comedy from Academy Award-winning director Steven Soderbergh. Mark Whitacre (Matt Damon) was fast rising through the ranks at agri-industry powerhouse Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) when he became savvy to the company's multinational price-fixing conspiracy, and decided to turn evidence for the FBI.
““The wacky little brother of Erin Brockovich, The Informant! goofs around lightheartedly while still doing some justice to the true-life story of a zealous but wildly delusional corporate whistle-blower. A larky outing for director Steven Soderbergh after the somber rigors of Che and The Girlfriend Experience, the pic showcases an excellent performance by a chubbed-out Matt Damon as a Midwestern executive who's so smart he's dumb.””
— Todd McCarthy, Variety
FROM THE VAULT
Where it played at Laemmle — 6 engagements
- EncinoTown Center 5Fri, Oct 16 – Thu, Oct 22, 2009 · 1 week
- West HollywoodSunset 5Fri, Oct 16 – Thu, Oct 22, 2009 · 1 week
- CameoFri, Oct 9 – Thu, Oct 15, 2009 · 1 week
- Grande 4-PlexFri, Oct 9 – Thu, Oct 15, 2009 · 1 week
- Fallbrook 7Fri, Sep 18 – Thu, Oct 8, 2009 · 3 weeks
- ClaremontClaremont 5Fri, Sep 18 – Thu, Oct 8, 2009 · 3 weeks