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Synopsis: Mark Whitacre has worked for lysine developing company ADM for many years and has even found his way into upper management. But nothing has prepared him for the job he is about to undertake - being a spy for the FBI. Unwillingly pressured into working as an informant against the illegal price-fixing activities of his company, Whitacre gradually adopts the idea that he's a true secret agent. But as his incessant lies keep piling up, his world begins crashing down around him.
Director(s): Steven Soderbergh
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
  Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 1 win & 18 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.5
Metacritic:
66
Rotten Tomatoes:
79%
R
Year:
2009
108 min
$33,278,731
Website
384 Views


I never even had the chance.

They were watching me the whole time.

Cheviron was in the room.

Mick Andreas gets the vice president

of the United States as his godfather.

He goes to Richard Nixon's house

for Thanksgiving.

It's not like his parents died

in a car accident...

...and he ended up in an orphanage.

Mick's dad wrote a check

to the Nixon campaign.

It wound up in the account

of the Watergate burglars.

Did he admit it? I don't think so.

Besides, ADM probably owns the FBI.

They probably wanted me

to move into Dwayne's old house...

...because they got it wired

like in a Crichton novel.

Marty Allison called.

And Sid Hulse wants to know if you can

have dinner at 7:00 instead of 7:30.

Great earrings, Ginger.

Bet you can see those shining

from space.

Mark got them abroad.

I can't remember where.

Nigeria?

Not funny, Sid.

You're telling me.

So, Sid, you're off tomorrow?

Where to?

West Coast swing.

Gotta get up there.

Kick some Japanese butt.

I'm not gonna see you for weeks?

Maybe longer if I get lost in the Ginza.

Have a great trip, Sid.

Just tell them everything.

We'll leave.

I don't like what this company

is doing to you.

This is a chance

to start somewhere new.

Remember, you said Mexico?

I may tell them at some point. But now,

I gotta toe the company line here.

Mark...

...if you don't tell them, I will.

I can't.

Not now.

Hello. Please.

Agent Shepard, my wife, Ginger.

Ma'am. I know it's late.

I'll be out of your hair in a minute.

Great. Maybe a cup of coffee

for Agent Shepard?

Okay.

Just show me where the line

in question...

It's that one over there.

There should be a TV show about

a guy who calls home and he's there.

He answers, he's talking to himself,

only it's someone else.

He's somehow divided into two

and the second one of him drives away.

The show is about him trying

to find the guy.

I'll give you a call tomorrow.

We can test it out.

Great. Great. Okay.

Thank you for coming by.

- Good night.

- Night.

Good night, Mrs. Whitacre.

Good night.

- Are you gonna say something, or am I?

- Don't.

Brian?

Hey, got a minute?

Um...

Can I talk to you in the car?

Sure.

We could go back inside if you want.

They might have it bugged.

We're safer out here.

Bugged?

What?

Who?

Us?

All right, there's things I know.

If I decide to tell you...

...could I be prosecuted?

I cannot provide you with immunity,

but any information...

...about your involvement

in criminal activity...

...would be discussed in a favorable light

with the U.S. Attorney's office.

Okay. Everything I told you yesterday

about Nakawara was true. Absolutely.

Except one thing. He never called me

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Scott Z. Burns

Scott Z. Burns (born 1962) is an American screenwriter, producer, and director. Burns has written screenplays for The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), The Informant! (2009), and Contagion (2011), all of which feature Matt Damon. His films The Informant!, Contagion, and Side Effects were directed by Steven Soderbergh. Burns also produced the Academy Award-winning An Inconvenient Truth. In 2018, it was announced that Burns would direct The Torture Report, a drama about the secret torture program inside the CIA. Burns is a native of Golden Valley, Minnesota and graduated in 1985 with a degree in English from the University of Minnesota. He currently lives in Los Angeles. more…

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