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Too Big to Fail

Too Big to Fail

Main Street took the fall. Wall Street got the check.

20117.01h 37m

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.

Directed by Curtis Hanson
Written by Peter Gould, Andrew Ross Sorkin
Produced by Ezra Swerdlow
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Top Cast

James Woods

James Woods

Dick Fuld

John Heard

John Heard

Joe Gregory

William Hurt

William Hurt

Henry Paulson

Paul Giamatti

Paul Giamatti

Ben Bernanke

Billy Crudup

Billy Crudup

Timothy Geithner

Topher Grace

Topher Grace

Jim Wilkinson

Matthew Modine

Matthew Modine

John Thain

Tony Shalhoub

Tony Shalhoub

John Mack

Bill Pullman

Bill Pullman

Jamie Dimon

Ed Asner

Ed Asner

Warren Buffett

Themes & Keywords

wall streetfinancesfinancial crisiseconomic crisispolitical scandalsecretary of the treasurysocial scandallegal scandal

About Too Big to Fail

Too Big to Fail is a drama, tv movie, history film released in 2011 exploring themes of wall street, finances, financial crisis, economic crisis, political scandal, secretary of the treasury. Directed by Curtis Hanson, it stars James Woods, John Heard, William Hurt. 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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