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The Informant!   2009         R, 109 min. Genre: Drama / Thriller Director: Steven Soderbergh   Cast: Matt Damon, Lucas McHugh Carroll, Eddie Jemison, Rusty Schwimmer, Scott Bakula, Joel McHale, Tom Papa, Rick Overton, Melanie Lynskey, Thomas F. Wilson, Craig Ricci Shaynak, Scott Adsit, Ann Dowd, Allan Havey, Howie Johnson   In the early 1990s, Mark Whitacre (Matt Damon) is a rising star at the agri-business powerhouse Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) in Decatur, Illinois. After Whitacre exposes his company to a multi-national price-fixing conspiracy, the FBI needs evidence concerning the conspiracy and convinces Whitacre to wear a wire along with a tape recorder in his briefcase while attending meetings around the world. The result is one of the FBI's largest price-fixing cases, but Whitacre's own misdeeds lead to his world crashing around him, and he is convicted of price-fixing, money laundering, wire fraud, and tax fraud and sentenced to a nine-year prison term. Based on a true story. Cast Matt Damon Mark Whitacre Lucas McHugh Carroll Alexander Whitacre Eddie Jemison Kirk Schmidt Rusty Schwimmer Liz Taylor Scott Bakula FBI Agent Brian Shepard Joel McHale FBI Agent Bob Herndon Tom Papa Mick Andreas Rick Overton Terry Wilson Melanie Lynskey Ginger Whitacre Thomas F. Wilson Mark Cheviron Craig Ricci Shaynak Discouraged Foreman Scott Adsit Sid Hulse Ann Dowd FBI Agent Kate Medford Allan Havey FBI Agent Dean Paisley Howie Johnson Rusty Williams