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Dec 12, 2023 · The movie ‘The Informant’ was based on the book of the same name that chronicled a major lysine price-fixing conspiracy that took place in the mid-1990s. Mark Whitacre decided to whistleblow on the entire operation as a Divisional President for the American company Archer Daniels Midland.
Sep 20, 2009 · Although the movie is sometimes played for laughs, the real story was no laughing matter. It's based on a late-1990s case against the conglomerate Archer Daniels Midland.
The film is based on the 2000 nonfiction book The Informant, by journalist Kurt Eichenwald. Released on September 18, 2009, The Informant! received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise for Matt Damon's performance, although the film's comedic yet ironic tone received mixed reviews.
Nov 2, 2021 · Hulu’s The Informant: Fear and Faith in the Heartland chronicles the story of an unlikely hero, an “average” American guy whose work as an FBI informant helped thwart a serious act of...
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Oct 1, 2009 · By Kevin Voigt. CNN. (CNN) -- Watching the premiere of "The Informant!" -- the Matt Damon movie about a high-level FBI mole at a large multinational company -- was the mole himself, Mark...
Sep 18, 2009 · Though a rising star in the ranks of Archer Daniels Midland, Mark Whitacre (Matt Damon) suddenly exposes a price-fixing conspiracy to the FBI, agreeing to wear a wire and gather evidence against...
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Sep 18, 2009 · Directed by Steven Soderbergh. With Matt Damon, Lucas McHugh Carroll, Eddie Jemison, Rusty Schwimmer. 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.
