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The Informant Review

By Allan Ford | Sep 21, 2009 | Movie Reviews (1) Comment

The Informant Movie Photo

The Informant” is a true story of the highest-ranking corporate whistleblower in US history, with Matt Damon as Mark Whitacre, a rising star at an agri-industry giant who imagined himself to be some kind of secret agent by exposing his company’s price-fixing to the FBI in the 90s. Only Whitacre wasn’t all that he seemed, neglecting to mention to the FBI the $9.5 million he’d siphoned off from the corporate coffers.

Directed by Steven Soderbergh, The Informant! stars Matt Damon as Mark Whitacre, an employee at Illinois-based ADM (Archer Daniels Midland), a company that produces food additives, among other things. Whitacre, a Ph.D. from an Ivy League school, works in biochemistry, but eventually climbs the corporate ladder and finds himself working behind a desk making a very comfortable living. That is until one day, he finds himself in a mess of trouble when the company’s lysine production is threatened by a virus in the bugs used to produce the lysine. It is Whitacre’s job to make the problem go away, lest the company continue to lose millions of dollars each and every month…read more [Empire Movies]

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New Matt Damon’s “The Informant!” Image

By Fiona | Aug 12, 2009 | Movie News (1) Comment

The Informant!

Here’s a brand new and Hi-Res image of Matt Damon from comedy/thriller “The Informant!,” directed by Oscar winning filmmaker Steven Soderbergh. Don’t forget to enlarge it.

The film is based on a 2000 best-seller “The Informant: A True Story” a nonfiction thriller written by journalist Kurt Eichenwald. Scott Z. Burns (“The Bourne Ultimatum”) wrote the screenplay.

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Steven Soderbergh’s THE INFORMANT! Poster

By Allan Ford | Jul 31, 2009 | Movie Posters (2) Comment

Mat Damon | The Informant

Yahoo Movies has premiered a new poster for Matt Damon comedy/thriller “The Informant!,” directed by Oscar winning filmmaker Steven Soderbergh. He is best known for directing the films “Sex, Lies, and Videotape”, “Erin Brockovich”, “Traffic”, the Ocean’s Eleven franchise, and biopic “Che.”

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First Matt Damon’s “The Informant” Poster

By Fiona | Jul 2, 2009 | Movie Posters (0) Comment

The Informant

Here’s the first poster for the upcoming Matt Damon‘s “The Informant” directed by Oscar winning filmmaker Steven Soderbergh.

In the movie, the US government decides to go after an agri-business giant with a price-fixing accusation, based on the evidence submitted by their star witness, vice president turned informant Mark Whitacre (Matt Damon), who is the highest-level whistle-blower the FBI ever managed to flip.

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First Matt Damon’s “The Informant” Trailer!

By Allan Ford | Jul 1, 2009 | Movie Trailers (0) Comment

Matt Damon | The Informant

Warner Bros. Pictures has released the trailer for “The Informant,” Steven Soderbergh‘s new film, starring Matt Damon, Frank Welker, Melanie Lynskey, Scott Bakula, Patton Oswalt, Tony Hale, Thomas F. Wilson, Joel McHale, and Eddie Jemison.

In the movie, the US government decides to go after an agri-business giant with a price-fixing accusation, based on the evidence submitted by their star witness, vice president turned informant Mark Whitacre (Matt Damon), who is the highest-level whistle-blower the FBI ever managed to flip. The film is based on Kurt Eichenwald’s 2000 best-seller “The Informant: A True Story.”

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Matt Damon’s The Informant First Official Photo

By Fiona | Dec 14, 2008 | Movie Photos (0) Comment

matt damon in informant

Check out the first officiall photo from Steven Soderbergh’s “The Informant“, in which Matt Damon stars as Mark Whitacre, the biggest whistleblower the FBI ever snagged, a central figure in the 90s lysine price-fixing scandal.

“The Informant” is based on Kurt Eichenwald’s 2000 best-seller “The Informant: A True Story.”

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Matt Damon’s “Sexy” Title Fears

By Allan Ford | Jul 4, 2008 | Movie News (0) Comment

Matt Damon

Matt Damon is worried he has lost his title as the sexiest man alive – after piling on the pounds for his latest role in “The Informant“.

The Bourne Ultimatum” star — who was given the honour last year by People magazine — joked the 20 to 30lbs he gained for Steven Soderbergh‘s upcoming thriller “The Informant” may disqualify him from the position.

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Matt Damon On The Set Of “The Informant” In Hawaii

By Allan Ford | Jun 26, 2008 | Movie News (0) Comment

Matt Damon On The Set Of “The Informant” In Hawaii

Some set photos popped up from Steven Soderbergh‘s “The Informant“, in which Matt Damon stars as Mark Whitacre, the biggest whistleblower the FBI ever snagged, a central figure in the 90s lysine price-fixing scandal.

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Matt Damon In ‘The Informant’ – First Look

By Fiona | May 7, 2008 | Movie News (0) Comment

Matt Damon and Steven Soderbergh are currently working on ‘The Informant‘ in Decatur, Illinois.
Matt Damon

‘The Informant’ is a thriller, a true story, that takes place in Central Illinois during the early-1990s. Mark Whitacre (Matt Damon) one of the men involved in the mid-90s lysine price-fixing scandal. Whitacre was a young rising star at ADM company and he was also secretly working for the FBI.

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