Price-fixing movie will film in Decatur

DECATUR -- Film crews working on a movie about price fixing at agricultural processor Archer Daniels Midland in the 1990s will come to Decatur this spring. A spokeswoman for "The Informant" says parts of the movie will be filmed in Decatur in April and May. The movie is based on the 2000 book of the same name by Kurt Eichenwald and stars Matt Damon as an ADM executive who was an informant for the FBI. Decatur-based ADM was fined $100 million for conspiring to fix the prices of food additives lysine and citric acid. Three ADM executives, including informant Mark Whitacre, were sent to prison. The movie is being directed by Steven Soderbergh, who won an Oscar for best director in 2001 for "Traffic."