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Damons mark whitacre is a paunchy, middleaged, bespectacled, married, harried, whitecollar guy the sort of role that. Exactly one year younger than jeremy davies, both appeared in saving private ryan 1998. Steven soderbergh is the one who bought the rights for the book the informant from the new york times. A rising star at agriindustry giant archer daniels midland adm, whitacre matt damon suddenly turns whistleblower. Matt damon celebrity profile check out the latest matt damon photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Burns, the film stars matt damon as the titular informant. With blockbuster hits like 1997s good will hunting, 1998s saving private ryan and 2001s oceans. Matt damon delivers a hilariously offbeat performance in steven soderberghs adaptation of the true story of mark whitacre, a bipolar executive with a food processing conglomerate recruited by the fbi to act as an informant on a case involving the pricefixing of an additive called lysine. Sep 07, 2009 matt damon and his wife luciana attend the photo call for his new movie, the informant. The truetolife film will be shown exclusively at ayala malls cinemas glorietta 4, greenbelt 3 and trinoma starting october 21. It documents the mid1990s lysine pricefixing conspiracy case and the involvement of archer daniels midland executive mark whitacre, inspiring a film adaptation starring matt damon as whitacre. The thing is, he is the companys vice presidentturned informant. The latest collaboration between matt damon and steven soderbergh traffic, oceans trilogy is the political comedythriller entitled the informant.
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Sep 20, 2009 host liane hansen speaks to investigative writer kurt eichenwald, whose book, the informant. The informant is a thriller, a true story, that takes place in central illinois during the early1990s. Matt damon, lucas mchugh carroll, eddie jemison, rusty schwimmer the u. Matt damon gives a movie stars performance in the informant. Matt damonmark whitacre lucas mchugh carrollalexander whitacre as lucas carroll eddie jemisonkirk schmidt rusty schwimmerliz taylor craig ricci shaynakdiscouraged foreman tom papamick andreas rick overtonterry wilson melanie lynskeyginger whitacre thomas f. The film is based on a 2000 bestseller the informant. Born in 1970 in boston, matt damon is one of the highest grossing actors of all time. Matt damon interview for the informant matt damons latest role, as a bigbusiness whistleblower in the informant, is a world away from the musclebound mayhem of the bourne thrillers.
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Matt damon damon in 2015 born matthew paige damon 19701008 october 8, 1970 age 49 cambridge, massachusetts, u. With matt damon, tony hale, patton oswalt, lucas mchugh carroll. A majority of the humor in steven soderberghs corporate espionage comedy the informant. So this is what matt damon has been keeping bottled up during all those taciturn hours playing jason bourne. Im curious to see what matt damon does with this guy. You can hear matt damon at the end yelling that was great. Mark whitacre matt damon one of the men involved in the mid90s lysine pricefixing scandal.
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