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Summary
An intimate look at the epochal financial crisis of 2008 and the powerful men and women who decided the fate of the world's economy in a matter of a few weeks.
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- Friends night
- Teens
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics a little warmer than audiences (+5)
Critics 77Audiences 72GoodWatch 74
Tomatometer77%
Audience score76%
IMDb7.2
Letterboxd · 12 K ratings3.4/5
Running time
1 h 37 min
Shorter than most dramas, −12 min on the typical 109
typical 10997Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 81 countries, rent or buy in 2 more
+71Released
2011
November 25, 2011
15 years ago
Genres
DramaTV MovieHistoryLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Screen Actors Guild Awards2012
- Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie2012Won
- Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series2012Won
Primetime Emmy Awards2011
- Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie2011Nominated
- Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie2011Nominated
- Outstanding Miniseries or Movie2011Nominated
Rated
- RUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceLittle or none
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesModerate
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensBackground WatchBinge-FriendlyThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 48 more62 people
- James WoodsDick Fuld
- John HeardJoe Gregory
- William HurtHenry Paulson
- Paul GiamattiBen Bernanke
- Billy CrudupTimothy Geithner
- Topher GraceJim Wilkinson
- Matthew ModineJohn Thain
- Tony ShalhoubJohn Mack
Bill PullmanJamie Dimon
Ed AsnerWarren Buffett
Evan HandlerLloyd Blankfein
Joey SlotnickDan Jester
Peter HermannChristopher Cox
Michael O'KeefeChris Flowers
Maria BartiromoSelf
Erin DillyChristal West
Amy CarlsonErin Callan
Ayad AkhtarNeel Kashkari
Cynthia NixonMichele Davis
Kathy BakerWendy Paulson
Beau BaxterSkip McGee
Ben LivingstonInvestment Banker
Erin BurnettSelf
Chance KellyBart McDade
Directing · 5
- Curtis Hanson Director, Executive Producer
- Julie A. Bloom First Assistant Director
- Greg Gilman Second Assistant Director
- Holly Unterberger Script Supervisor
- Veronique Lee Script Coordinator
Writing · 2
- Peter Gould Screenplay, Co-Producer
- Andrew Ross Sorkin Author, Co-Producer
Production · 8
- Paula Weinstein Executive Producer
- Jeff Levine Executive Producer
- Ezra Swerdlow Producer
- Alexa L. Fogel Casting
- Carol Fenelon Co-Executive Producer
- Jason Farrar Location Manager
Camera · 1
- Kramer Morgenthau Director of Photography
Editing · 7
- Barbara Tulliver Editor
- Plummy Tucker Editor
- David O. Rogers Assistant Editor
- Rick Derby Assistant Editor
- Craig Hayes First Assistant Editor
- Christine Kim Assistant Editor
Sound · 12
- Marcelo Zarvos Original Music Composer
- Roy Waldspurger Sound Designer
- Michael Kirchberger Dialogue Editor, Supervising Sound Editor
- Chris Gridley Supervising Sound Editor
- Bob Beemer Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Chris Fogel Scoring Mixer
Art · 5
- Bob Shaw Production Design
- Katya Blumenberg Assistant Art Director
- Pierre Rovira Construction Coordinator
- Carol Silverman Set Decoration
- Cody Shaw Title Designer
Costume & Make-Up · 9
- Melissa Toth Costume Designer
- Kat Drazen Key Hair Stylist
- Nicki Ledermann Makeup Department Head
- Tania Ribalow Key Makeup Artist
- Michael Kriston Hair Department Head
- Lisa Hazell Hairstylist
Visual Effects · 4
- Andrew Orloff Visual Effects Supervisor
- Sheila Giroux Visual Effects Producer
- Chris Wright Visual Effects Producer
- Elizabeth Alvarez Visual Effects Coordinator
Other crew · 4
- Chad Tyler Stand In
- Sarah Connors Post Production Supervisor
- Chad Tomasoski Post Production Supervisor
- Kenneth Rogoff Thanks
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