The Wizard of Lies (2017)

Directed by

Barry Levinson

Genre

drama film, biographical film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 13m

Rated

R

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 657 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A look at how Bernie Madoff's massive Ponzi scheme unraveled and destroyed his family. It follows the fraudster and his wife as they deal with the aftermath of his crimes.

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What happens

The Wizard of Lies is a 2017 American television biopic film directed by Barry Levinson and written by Sam Levinson, Sam Baum, and John Burnham Schwartz, based on the 2011 non-fiction book of the same name by Diana B. Henriques. The film stars Robert De Niro as businessman and fraudster Bernie Madoff, Michelle Pfeiffer as his wife Ruth Madoff, and Alessandro Nivola as their older son Mark Madoff. It aired on HBO on May 20, 2017. This is the fourth film featuring De Niro and Pfeiffer, following Stardust (2007), New Year's Eve (2011) and The Family (2013), as well as their first collaboration for television. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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