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Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

  • Episode aired Oct 13, 2005
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  • 1h 49m
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Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)
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Corporate audio and videotapes tell the inside story of the scandal involving one company's manipulation of California's energy supply and its, and how its executives wrung a billion dollars... Read allCorporate audio and videotapes tell the inside story of the scandal involving one company's manipulation of California's energy supply and its, and how its executives wrung a billion dollars out of the resulting crisis.Corporate audio and videotapes tell the inside story of the scandal involving one company's manipulation of California's energy supply and its, and how its executives wrung a billion dollars out of the resulting crisis.
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    • Alex Gibney
    • Bethany McLean(book "The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron")
    • Peter Elkind(book "The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron")
    • Alex Gibney
  • Stars
    • Kenneth Lay
    • Peter Coyote
    • John Beard
    • Alex Gibney
    • Bethany McLean(book "The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron")
    • Peter Elkind(book "The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron")
    • Alex Gibney
  • Stars
    • Kenneth Lay
    • Peter Coyote
    • John Beard
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    • 74User reviews
    • 219Critic reviews
    • 82Metascore
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      • Alex Gibney
      • Bethany McLean(book "The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron")
      • Peter Elkind(book "The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron")
      • Alex Gibney
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    • Trivia
      Among the protesters who disrupt the meeting with Jeff Skilling at San Francisco's Commonwealth Club is Marla Ruzicka, who was killed on 16 April 2005 in Iraq by a suicide bomber. She founded CIVIC (Campaign for Innocent Victims of Conflict) which worked to help the victims of the war in Iraq and she was a former Global Exchange activist.
    • Quotes

      Gray Davis: [upon being asked whether the rumors that he was responsible for the black outs in California are just a plot by the Republican party to get him recalled]

      [shouts]

      Gray Davis: Hello!

    • Crazy credits
      Special thanks includes "all the `Deep Throats' - you know who you are!"
    • Connections
      Featured in 2006 Independent Spirit Awards (2006)
    • Soundtracks
      What's He Building?
      Written by Tom Waits

      Jalma Music

      Performed by Tom Waits

      Courtesy of Anti/Epitaph Records

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    10/10
    Wow - gotta see it again to believe it!
    I caught this documentary by chance on HDNET. I was VERY surprised and riveted for the two hours. Finance is my life. I am astounded at the massive amount of apparent complicity on parade with this story. The tremendous greed and bold face lies demonstrated as the story took its turns are the makings of the best thriller novels (sadly, this brings new meaning to "Reality TV"). I've been thinking about this since Friday: these are some of our best and brightest - what ever happened to their ethics, their honesty? It appears that too many were compromised get get their piece of the action. Big Action!~ I have the feeling this is only the tip of the iceberg at Enron - however, the movie is a tremendous collection of some VERY interesting events. Hats off to Bethany, Peter and Alex for a great movie.
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    • Apr 27, 2005

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      • October 13, 2005 (Australia)
      • United States
      • English
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      • Houston, Texas, USA
    • Production companies
      • HDNet Films
      • Jigsaw Productions
      • 2929 Productions
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    • 1 hour 49 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Digital

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