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The Informant!

The Informant!

Based on a tattle-tale

20096.21h 48m

Overview

A rising star at agri-industry giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Mark Whitacre suddenly turns whistleblower. Even as he exposes his company’s multi-national price-fixing conspiracy to the FBI, Whitacre envisions himself being hailed as a hero of the common man and handed a promotion.

Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Written by Scott Z. Burns, Kurt Eichenwald
Produced by Michael Jaffe, Howard Braunstein, Gregory Jacobs
Box OfficeBudget: $22.0MRevenue: $41.8M

Top Cast

Matt Damon

Matt Damon

Mark Whitacre

Scott Bakula

Scott Bakula

Brian Shepard

Joel McHale

Joel McHale

Robert Herndon

Melanie Lynskey

Melanie Lynskey

Ginger Whitacre

Tom Papa

Tom Papa

Mick Andreas

Rick Overton

Rick Overton

Terry Wilson

Thomas F. Wilson

Thomas F. Wilson

Mark Cheviron

Clancy Brown

Clancy Brown

Aubrey Daniel

Tony Hale

Tony Hale

James Epstein

Richard Steven Horvitz

Richard Steven Horvitz

Bob Zaiderman

Themes & Keywords

fbilieagricultureinformantwitness to murdersurveillancecornprice-fixing1990s

About The Informant!

The Informant! is a drama, comedy, crime film released in 2009 exploring themes of fbi, lie, agriculture, informant, witness to murder, surveillance. Directed by Steven Soderbergh, it stars Matt Damon, Scott Bakula, Joel McHale. A rising star at agri-industry giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Mark Whitacre suddenly turns whistleblower. Even as he exposes his company’s multi-national price-fixing conspiracy to the FBI, Whitacre envisions himself being hailed as a hero of the common man and handed a promotion.

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