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Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
Overview
An in-depth look at the rapid rise and dramatic fall of New York Governor Eliot Spitzer.
Details
- Release date
- 2010-11-05
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Genres
- Documentary
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Wider Film Projects, Jigsaw Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Eliot Spitzer as Self - Former Governor, New York
- Alex Gibney as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Hulbert Waldroup as Self - Painter
- Lloyd Constantine as Self - Former Spitzer Advisor
- Peter Elkind as Self - Author, Rough Justice: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
- Darren Dopp as Self - Spitzer Communications Director
- Zana Brazdek as Self - Formerly of Emperors Club VIP
- Noreen Harrington as Self - Former Executive, Stern Asset Management
- Kenneth Langone as Self - Chairman & CEO, Invemed Associates (as Ken Langone)
- Hank Greenberg as Self - Former Chairman and CEO AIG (as Maurice 'Hank' Greenberg)
- Richard Beattie as Self - Legal Counsel to the Independent Directors of AIG
- John Houldsworth as Self - Former CEO of Gen Re Subsidiary (archive footage)
Crew
- Alex Gibney - Director
- Alex Gibney - Writer
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