THE INFORMANT Trailer

You have never seen Matt Damon like this before. WB has released the trailer for THE INFORMANT, mustache, glasses, and he seems to put on a few pounds, Damon is completely comical. On top of that, this is exactly why Columbia should’ve had more faith in director Steven Soderbergh because the man clearly knows how to make an entertaining movie. They should’ve given him a shot with that MONEYBALL project. Well, it’s their loss.

What was Mark Whitacre thinking? A rising star at agri-industry giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), 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. But before all that can happen, the FBI needs evidence, so Whitacre eagerly agrees to wear a wire and carry a hidden tape recorder in his briefcase, imagining himself as a kind of de facto secret agent. Unfortunately for the FBI, their lead witness hasn’t been quite so forthcoming about helping himself to the corporate coffers. Whitacre’s ever-changing account frustrates the agents and threatens the case against ADM as it becomes almost impossible to decipher what is real and what is the product of Whitacre’s rambling imagination. Based on the true story of the highest-ranking corporate whistleblower in U.S. history.

THE INFORMANT opens October 9th, 2009