The Informant

15 / Steven Soderbergh / 2009 / The Informant / USA
Matt Damon plays Marc Whitacre, successfully working his way up the company ladder at agri-industry giant ADM. Seeing himself as a crusader for truth, justice and the common man, Whitacre volunteers information on his company's multi-national price fixing conspiracy to the FBI. He eagerly agrees to wear a wire and carry a hidden tape recorder in his briefcase. After three years of clandestine operations and with the case about to come to trial, it turns out that Whitacre has been less than candid about some of his other activities, and a series of ever more jaw-dropping comic and dramatic revelations follow.