Feature film The Informant! is a Warner Bros. feature film released on September 18, 2009. Produced by Jennifer Fox and directed by Steven Soderbergh, the dark comedy/drama film stars Matt Damon as Whitacre. The screenplay by Scott Z. Burns is based on Kurt Eichenwald's book, The Informant, with most of the filming done in Central Illinois (Blue Mound,Springfield,Moweaqua and Decatur). In the movie, the character of Whitacre is portrayed as exhibiting bizarre behavior, including delusions, mania, and compulsively lying. It was eventually learned that Whitacre was suffering from bipolar disorder.
Feature film The Informant is a Warner Bros feature film released on September 18 2009 Produced by Jennifer Fox and directed by Steven Soderbergh the dark comedy/drama film stars Matt Damon as Whitacre The screenplay by Scott Z Burns is based on Kurt Eichenwald's book The Informant with most of the filming done in Central Illinois (Blue MoundSpringfieldMoweaqua and Decatur) In the movie the character of Whitacre is portrayed as exhibiting bizarre behavior including delusions mania and compulsively lying It was eventually learned that Whitacre was suffering from bipolar disorder