The Fix Is In (2000)
About an international price-fixing conspiracy for lysine and other amino acids that are used in food production. One of the executives involved ended up spilling it to the FBI because he figured the FBI is quite savvy and would figure it out while he was under investigation for something else. Eventually, he comes to the realization that the FBI probably wouldn't have discovered it and being an informant is a really big hassle.
Hollywood turned the story into a comedy starring Matt Damon.
The Informant (2009)
Source: www.moviewallpaper.net
Blockbuster in Sunnyvale is going out of business and I picked up a copy for 99 cents.
It's pretty funny. I think it helps hearing the radio story so you don't miss any subtleties in the movie.
The movie portrayed Mark Whitacre as confident, talkative, a bit aloof, not a very good listener (especially to his lawyers) and a compulsive liar that nearly destroyed his company. He was diagnosed with bipolar disorder but still sentenced to federal prison for embezzlement (a practice that may have been common among executives at the company).
You would think after that unpleasant portrait was disseminated into the public he wouldn't be able to get a job... but he's currently COO of another company.
The movie didn't get great reviews but I still enjoyed it.
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