FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME PRINT COMMENTS Written and directed by Peter Landesman ('Concussion'), the film is based on the life of Mark Felt, the secret high-ranking FBI informant during the Watergate scandal who famously was known as "Deep Throat." Sony Pictures Classics has acquired North American rights to the Liam Neeson starrer The Silent Man. The film centers on the story of "Deep Throat," the pseudonym given to the famed whistleblower for one of the greatest scandals of all time, Watergate. The film was produced by Scott Free, MadRiver Pictures, Endurance Media, Torridon Films and Riverstone Pictures with Ridley Scott, Giannina Scott, Marc Butan, Anthony Katagas, Landesman, Steve Richards and Jay Roach producing.