Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

Name: Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2005-10-13
Duration: 1 h 49 min
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Kenneth Lay, Peter Coyote, John Beard

Episode aired Oct 13, 2005
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1h 49m

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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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4.5K

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Director
- Alex Gibney
Writers
- 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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Director
- Alex Gibney
Writers
- 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.

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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)

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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

This movie is a must-see

The documentary "The Smartest Guys in the Room" is based on the excellent book by Bethany McClean and Peter Elkind. If you work for an American corporation, have ever owned stock in a corporation, or have mutual funds, you must see this movie. It gives a clear eyed view of what can happen in our society when greed really is considered good. The movie accomplishes what few in this genre have done: It is informative and also entertaining. Some of this is due to the behavior of Enron executives. For example, one frequented strip clubs every night and made his staff come along. Naturally that requires video of strippers. Some of the most damning video is from Enron execs themselves. They never dreamt they would be caught. Hubris gone wild. Go see this movie. Take friends with you. You will be glad you did. First rate film all around.

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