Too Big to Fail (2011)

Directed by

Curtis Hanson

Genre

drama, tv movie, history

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

R

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 266 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film follows Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke as they try to stop the 2008 financial crisis. It shows the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the rescue of AIG, and the fight to pass a bailout plan.

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What happens

Too Big to Fail is a 2011 American biographical drama television film directed by Curtis Hanson and written by Peter Gould, based on Andrew Ross Sorkin's 2009 non-fiction book Too Big to Fail. The cast includes William Hurt, Edward Asner, Billy Crudup, Paul Giamatti, Topher Grace, Cynthia Nixon, Bill Pullman, Tony Shalhoub, and James Woods. The film aired on HBO on May 23, 2011. The film chronicles the 2008 financial crisis, focusing on the collapse of Lehman Brothers investment bank and the subsequent ripple effects on the global economy. As the firm's negotiations with potential buyers fail due to toxic assets and regulatory obstacles, the firm declares bankruptcy, triggering market chaos. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson (Hurt) and Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke (Giamatti) lead efforts to stabilize the system, including rescuing AIG and lobbying Congress to pass the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). It received 11 nominations at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards; Paul Giamatti's portrayal of Ben Bernanke earned him the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie at the 18th Screen Actors Guild Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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