Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)

Directed by

Alex Gibney

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 49m

Rated

R

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 299 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary tells the story of the Enron corporation's rise and spectacular collapse. It shows how executives used accounting tricks and deception to hide massive debts, leading to one of the biggest corporate scandals in American history.

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What happens

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room is a 2005 American documentary film based on the best-selling 2003 book of the same name by Fortune reporters Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind, who are credited as writers of the film alongside the director, Alex Gibney. It examines the 2001 collapse of the Enron Corporation, which resulted in criminal trials for several of the company's top executives during the ensuing Enron scandal, and contains a section about the involvement of Enron traders in the 2000-01 California electricity crisis. Archival footage is used alongside new interviews with McLean and Elkind, several former Enron executives and employees, stock analysts, reporters, and former governor of California Gray Davis. The film won the awards for Best Documentary Feature at the 21st Independent Spirit Awards and Best Documentary Screenplay at the 58th Writers Guild of America Awards. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 78th Academy Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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