Too Big to Fail (film)
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| Based on | Too Big to Fail |
| Written by | Peter Gould |
| Directed by | Curtis Hanson |
| Starring |
William Hurt Edward Asner Billy Crudup Paul Giamatti Topher Grace Cynthia Nixon Bill Pullman Tony Shalhoub James Woods |
| Theme music composer | Marcelo Zarvos |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
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| Producer(s) | Ezra Swerdlow |
| Cinematography | Kramer Morgenthau |
| Editor(s) |
Barbara Tulliver Plummy Tucker |
| Running time | 98 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Deuce Three Productions |
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| Original network | HBO Films |
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Barbara Tulliver
Too Big to Fail is an American television drama film first broadcast on HBO on May 23, 2011 based on Andrew Ross Sorkin's non-fiction book Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System—and Themselves (2009). The film was directed by Curtis Hanson. It received 11 nominations at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards; Paul Giamatti's portrayal of Ben Bernanke earned him the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie at the 18th Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Too Big to Fail chronicles the 2008 financial meltdown, focusing on the actions of U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson (William Hurt) to contain the problems during the period of August 2008 to October 13, 2008. Dick Fuld (James Woods), CEO of Lehman Brothers, is seeking external investment, but investors are wary as Lehman is seriously exposed to toxic housing assets and the Treasury is ideologically opposed to offering any sort of bailout as it did for Bear Stearns.
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