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The Informant! is a 2009 American biographical black comedy film directed by Steven Soderbergh. Written by Scott Z. Burns , the film stars Matt Damon as the titular informant named Mark Whitacre , as well as Scott Bakula , Joel McHale and Melanie Lynskey .
The Informant: A True Story is a nonfiction white-collar crime book written by journalist Kurt Eichenwald and published in 2000 by Random House. [1] It documents the mid-1990s lysine price-fixing conspiracy case and the involvement of Archer Daniels Midland executive Mark Whitacre, inspiring a 2009 film adaptation starring Matt Damon as Whitacre.
Kurt Alexander Eichenwald (born June 28, 1961) is an American journalist and a New York Times bestselling author of five books, one of which, The Informant (2000), was made into a motion picture in 2009.
Mark Edward Whitacre (born May 1, 1957) is an American business executive who came to public attention in 1995 when, as president of the Decatur, Illinois-based BioProducts Division at Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), he became the highest-level corporate executive in U.S. history to become a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) whistleblower.
The Informant may refer to: . The Informant, a TV movie about Northern Ireland; The Informant, a 2013 French film; The Informant, a 2000 book by Kurt Eichenwald; The Informant!, a 2009 film based on the book
The FBI had at least 26 confidential informants on the ground in Washington, DC, during the Jan. 6, 2021 storming of the Capitol — most of whom engaged in illegal activity during the chaos, the ...
The film premiered at Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2009. [8] It received a limited release on April 24, 2009, in 482 theatres in the United States, where it earned approximately US$300,000 on its opening weekend. The film was only in release for three days and the final gross for the film was $382,174, against a $18 million budget.
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