Six Great Movies About Presidents
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Sep 18, 2009 · Money makes the world go ’round in “The Informant!,” much as it does everywhere and much as it most certainly does in his previous movie, “The Girlfriend Experience,” about a young prostitute...
Nov 05, 2020 · It stars Joel Kinnaman as its main mole, Pete Koslow, a military veteran and ex-convict who has made a deal with the F.B.I. to serve as an informant while running fentanyl for the Polish mob. But...
May 05, 2011 · The Butcher’s Boy, Thomas Perry’s unflappable hired killer, is forced out of retirement to settle old scores in “The Informant.”
Sep 16, 2009 · Mark Whitacre was the highest-ranking executive in U.S. history to blow the whistle in a case of corporate fraud. He ended up with a prison sentence three times longer than any of the criminal executives he exposed. To be sure, there was the detail of the $9 million that he embezzled along the way for his personal use. What we discover toward the end of “The Informant!” may help explain ...
Steven Soderbergh's satire The Informant! tracks the story of corporate whistleblower, Mark Whitacre. Based upon the 2000 non-fiction novel of the same name, one may expect a thriller more...
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Kurt Eichenwald, a seasoned white-collar-crime reporter for The New York Times, opens his gripping book with a quote from Pirandello's Six Characters In Search Of An Author, the first clue that truth would prove to be a slippery customer in this andmark case. The author wisely chooses to tell the story through the eyes of agents assigned to ...
Sep 18, 2009 · And it has its own punchline: "So there," it reads. Knowing nothing about the real Mark Whitacre, I believe, likely enhanced my enjoyment of the film, based on the book by New York Times reporter...
Released on September 18, 2009, The Informant! received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise for Matt Damon's performance and the film's comedic yet ironic tone, although the latter has also been a point of criticism from other critics. The film was also a commercial success, grossing $41.8 million on a $22 million budget.
