The Informant! is based on the absurdly true story of Mark Whitacre , a high-level executive at Archer Daniels Midland (ADM). Whitacre became the highest-ranking corporate whistleblower in U.S. history when he exposed a worldwide conspiracy to fix the price of lysine, a food additive.
The twist? While he was wearing a wire for the FBI for three years, he was simultaneously embezzling $9 million from the very company he was helping to take down. Why It’s a "Funny Movie with No Jokes" The Informant! YIFY
Critics often describe the film as a "funny movie with no jokes". Soderbergh avoids the typical "heroic whistleblower" tropes, instead focusing on Whitacre’s increasingly delusional inner monologue. Go to product viewer dialog for this item. The Informant! - 4K The Informant
If you were looking for a gritty, high-stakes corporate thriller along the lines of The Insider , Steven Soderbergh’s 2009 film The Informant! likely threw you for a massive loop. Instead of hushed conversations in parking garages, we got Matt Damon in a bad mustache, gained 30 pounds, rambling about the price of polar bear fur while blowing the whistle on a global price-fixing conspiracy. history when he exposed a worldwide conspiracy to
Mark Whitacre is secretly rolling tape during a meeting of corporate honchos who are illegally fixing the price of food additives. The Real Informant - International Bipolar Foundation