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Too Big to Fail

Too Big to Fail

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

2011•1h 37m•7.0/10
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Ratings

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7.0/10(254)

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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Production

HBO Films, Deuce Three Productions, Spring Creek Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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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

Evan Handler

Evan Handler

Lloyd Blankfein

Joey Slotnick

Joey Slotnick

Dan Jester

Peter Hermann

Peter Hermann

Christopher Cox

Michael O'Keefe

Michael O'Keefe

Chris Flowers

Maria Bartiromo

Maria Bartiromo

Self

Erin Dilly

Erin Dilly

Christal West

Amy Carlson

Amy Carlson

Erin Callan

Ayad Akhtar

Ayad Akhtar

Neel Kashkari

Cynthia Nixon

Cynthia Nixon

Michele Davis

Kathy Baker

Kathy Baker

Wendy Paulson

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