The Informant!
- Genre: Drama
- Film running length: 108 min
- UK release date: 20/11/2009
- Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Distributor: Warner Bros Distributors Ltd
Based on a true story about the highest-ranking whistle blower in American history, ‘The Informant’ stars Matt Damon as Mark Whitacre, a rising star in the Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) corporation.
When Whitacre goes to the FBI to expose his company’s price-fixing conspiracy they equip him with a hidden tape recorder to collect evidence. However, they soon discover their star witness has been helping himself to the corporate coffers, and it becomes impossible for them to separate fact from fiction. As Whitacre’s over-active imagination leads the investigation to a series of dead-ends it threatens bring down one of the world’s biggest corporate cover ups.
If you liked ‘Erin Brokovich’ and ‘The Sentinel’, you’ll love ‘The Informant!’.
Contains strong language.
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