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The Imposter
Why this pick
Like The Informant!, it builds delicious unease around an unreliable central figure and the widening gap between what he says and what the audience can trust.
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MOVIE2009 1h 48m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
The U.S. government decides to go after an agro-business giant with a price-fixing accusation, based on the evidence submitted by their star witness, vice president-turned-informant Mark Whitacre.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Melanie Lynskey
Ginger Whitacre
Ann Dowd
Kate Medford
Thomas F. Wilson
Mark Cheviron
Tom Papa
Mick Andreas
Allan Havey
FBI Supervisor Dean Paisley
Arden Myrin
Sarah Scott
Andy Daly
Marty Allison
Dick Smothers
Judge Harold Baker