Movie
Too Big to Fail
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2011-11-25
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- HBO Films, Deuce Three Productions, Spring Creek Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- James Woods as Dick Fuld
- John Heard as Joe Gregory
- William Hurt as Henry Paulson
- Paul Giamatti as Ben Bernanke
- Billy Crudup as Timothy Geithner
- Topher Grace as Jim Wilkinson
- Matthew Modine as John Thain
- Tony Shalhoub as John Mack
- Bill Pullman as Jamie Dimon
- Ed Asner as Warren Buffett
- Evan Handler as Lloyd Blankfein
- Joey Slotnick as Dan Jester
Crew
- Curtis Hanson - Director
- Peter Gould - Screenplay
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