Based on the book of the same name written by Andrew Ross Sorkin this HBO movie earned 11 Emmy nominations. HBO might be making the best television today, they however might also be making the best movies and documentaries. This movie would be an example of it.
The movie dramatizes the events in the fall of 2008 that saw the fall of Lehman brothers, the merging of Bear Stearns, and the controversial bailout of AIG. With a top notch cast, an amazing cast actually featuring William Hurt as Treasury Secretary Henry Paulsen, Paul Giamatti as Ben Bernakke, Ed Asner as Warren Buffet and James Woods as AIG CEO Fuld. The rest of the large cast is very impressive.
The story is riveting and the movie is actually educational. At one time when explaining to a press secretary how to explain how AUG got too big and then failed we as viewers have an explanation that actually is the best I have seen to explain the collapse.
When you see a show with acting as strong as this you see how mediocre much of television is. This was a great movie.
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