The Informant!

About The Informant!

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.

The Informant! is a 2009 comedy crime film directed by Steven Soderbergh. The film is filed under surveillance, lie, witness to murder, and informant.

Matt Damon takes the lead as Mark Whitacre, Scott Bakula as Brian Shepard, Joel McHale as Robert Herndon, and Melanie Lynskey as Ginger Whitacre. It runs 108 minutes and was released in September 2009.

The screenplay is by Scott Z. Burns. It was produced by Groundswell Productions and Section Eight. The film began as real events. American members can watch it on Apple TV and Apple TV Amazon Channel.

Donnie Brasco, Black Mass, and White Boy Rick make useful companions to The Informant!, all filed under FBI. TMDB voters put it at 6.2 out of 10 across 1,021 votes and it carries a R rating.