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Sep 16, 2009 · The FBI recruits him as an informant, taps phones, teaches him to wear a wire and even videotapes price-fixing meetings, building an airtight case. Eventually three officials, including vice chairman Michael Andreas, son of the founder, were found guilty; the company was fined $100 million and paid another $400 million in a class action lawsuit.
Mark Whitacre (Matt Damon) was fast rising through the ranks at agri-industry powerhouse Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) when he became savvy to the company's multinational price-fixing conspiracy, and decided to turn evidence for the FBI.
- Joel Mchale, Matt Damon, Scott Bakula
- Steven Soderbergh
- Warner Bros.
Joel Kinnaman and Rosamund Pike head up a Feds-versus-cops-versus-mobsters B-thriller that knows its limits, and works tidily within them. By Guy Lodge. Courtesy of Aviron Pictures.
Review: The Informant! Whistleblower Mark Whitacre (Matt Damon) would not be out of place in a Coen Brothers caper—a bumbling manic-American with an eye on the prize and a silly mustache—but instead he’s the perplexing subject of Steven Soderbergh’s strange new film.
Sep 7, 2009 · It’s a comedy! And Matt Damon is playing a Tom Ripley without any smarts — or at least without any instinct for self-preservation. Perhaps the only way to tell the bizarre yet (mostly) true...
Jan 14, 2009 · The Informant! Review. In the early 90s, Mark Whitacre (Damon), a biochemist at an agrichemical firm, liaises with the FBI to root out a possible industrial spy then reveals that his...
The Informant! is a 2009 American biographical crime comedy film directed by Steven Soderbergh. Written by Scott Z. Burns, the film stars Matt Damon as the titular informant named Mark Whitacre, as well as Scott Bakula, Joel McHale and Melanie Lynskey.
