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| Character | Mark Whitacre???? | |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | Male | |
| Age Range(s) | Adult (36-50), Senior (>50) | |
| Type of monologue / Character is | Persuasive, Descriptive, Delusional, Apologetic | |
| Type | Serio-comic | |
| Year | 2009 | |
| Period | Contemporary | |
| Genre | Thriller, Drama, Comedy | |
| Description | Mark Whitacre asks for a presidential pardon | |
| Location | 1 hour and 39 minutes into the movie | |
Summary
Mark Whitacre is an improbable corporate whistleblower that works for ADM, Archer Daniels Midland, a company that develops lysine, a food additive. Pressured by his wife, Mark Whitacre starts collaborating with the FBI when he discovers that his company is involved in an international price fixing conspiracy. But Mark Whitacre is also a manic depressive who suffers of bipolar disorder. He starts believing he is secret agent and also ends up stealing millions of dollars from his company. At the end he gets 9 and a half years in federal prison.
Here we are at the end of the movie. Mark is in jail and is recording a message to the president, apologizing for what he has done and asking for a pardon. He sounds more normal but still we can tell there's something left of his bipolar disorder...
Here we are at the end of the movie. Mark is in jail and is recording a message to the president, apologizing for what he has done and asking for a pardon. He sounds more normal but still we can tell there's something left of his bipolar disorder...
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| MARK WHITACRE: "I don't think what happened is fair...when you look at me compared to Mick and Terry. I mean, if you go and hold up your local grocery store...you get maybe five years in prison. Mick and Terry held up every grocery store in the world and they got three. So you tell me how it makes sense that I get nine. I think that you should consider that Mr. President when reviewing this request for pardon. I also would like to take this opportunity to apologize on behalf of myself and my wife, Ginger, to special agent Brian Shepard. He never hit me with a briefcase or told me to destroy tapes. The idea to sue him came from someone inside ADM. I shouldn't have listened. I don't even remember who it was..while I was there at ADM, I lived so many lives, I didn't really know who I was. And I know today more who I am and what I really want out of life. I have completed three postgraduate degrees while in detention...a J.D., which is, of course, a law degree... another advanced degree in the psychology of jury selection. I sleep better here in prison than I have in years. My wife, Ginger, has forgiven me. She actually believes that this incident with ADM...brought us closer together in a marriage of over 20 years. And I hope you'll allow me to leave here...so that I can rejoin that life with my family, my three kids....two of them are adopted. Especially in light of the fact that in large part because of my testimony...the United States government has to date been able to collect...over one billion dollars in price-fixing fines from big businesses. So that's it. Thanks. |
