Inside Job (2010)

Takes a closer look at what brought about the 2008 financial meltdown.

Director:

Charles Ferguson

Writers:

Charles Ferguson, Chad Beck (co-writer)

Stars:

Matt Damon, Gylfi Zoega, Andri Snær Magnason

Won 1 Oscar. Another 7 wins & 26 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Matt Damon	...	Himself - Narrator (voice)
Gylfi Zoega	...	Himself - Professor of Economics, University of Iceland
Andri Snær Magnason	...	Himself - Writer & Filmmaker
Sigridur Benediktsdottir	...	Herself - Special Investigative Committee, Icelandic Parliament
Paul Volcker	...	Himself - Former Federal Reserve Chairman
Dominique Strauss-Kahn	...	Himself - Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
George Soros	...	Himself - Chairman, Soros Fund Management
Barney Frank	...	Himself - Chairman, Financial Services Committee
David McCormick	...	Himself - Under Secretary of the Treasury, Bush Administration
Scott Talbott	...	Himself - Chief Lobbyist, Financial Services Roundtable
Andrew Sheng	...	Himself - Chief Adviser, China Banking Regulatory Commission
Hsien Loong Lee	...	Himself - Prime Minister, Singapore
Christine Lagarde	...	Herself - Finance Minister, France
Gillian Tett	...	Herself - U.S. Managing Editor, The Financial Times
Nouriel Roubini	...	Himself - Professor, NYU Business School

Storyline

'Inside Job' provides a comprehensive analysis of the global financial crisis of 2008, which at a cost over $20 trillion, caused millions of people to lose their jobs and homes in the worst recession since the Great Depression, and nearly resulted in a global financial collapse. Through exhaustive research and extensive interviews with key financial insiders, politicians, journalists, and academics, the film traces the rise of a rogue industry which has corrupted politics, regulation, and academia. It was made on location in the United States, Iceland, England, France, Singapore, and China.

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Plot Keywords:

iceland | interview | recession | florida | manager | 

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Taglines:

The film that cost $20,000,000,000,000 to make

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Genres:

Documentary | Crime

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some drug and sex-related material

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 November 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

Trabajo confidencial

Filming Locations:

China

Box Office

Budget:

$2,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$39,649, 10 October 2010, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$4,312,735

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$7,871,522

Company Credits

Production Co:

Sony Pictures Classics, Representational Pictures, Screen Pass Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In an unusual pairing of supporter and subject matter, Jeffrey Lurie - owner of the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles franchise - was one of this Oscar-winning documentary's executive producers.

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Goofs

The first time Paul Volcker's last name is shown it is written "Vocker".

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Quotes

Willem Buiter: Why do you have big banks? Well, because banks like monopoly power; because banks like lobbying power; because, banks know that when they're too big, they will be bailed.

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Connections

Followed by Too Big to Fail (2011)

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Soundtracks

Congratulations
Written by Ben Goldwasser & Andrew VanWyngarden
Performed by MGMT
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

User Reviews

Documentary makes its points without dramatizing them

Matt Daman narrates this Wall Street/Washington-bashing documentary on the economic meltdown and why it happened, with excellent fact-based analysis and easily understood graphics to illustrate same. The case was well made and indisputable by anyone of even modest intelligence, even Tea Party members. On second thought, maybe not them.

Even though it didn't get the interview cooperation(duh)of many of the filthy rich top tier culprits who greatly helped cause the meltdown, it had enough interviews with second tier players making fools of themselves to effectively show how incredibly sold out some people can get when the chance for big dollars shows up, even high ranked educators and deans in some of our most prestigious colleges who willingly compromised their own schools' reputations for money. The film showed that they too are no better than mere puppets of filthy rich power mongers when shown the color of big money.

The indirect but overriding point made most well in this film is that filthy rich business people and crooked politicians are turning America into a society where greedy money power rules over anything and everyone no matter that terrible society-busting crimes are committed to do it, and that greedy riches are fast becoming the end-all and be-all for a growing number of unspeakably dishonest people, and that these sleazebags are uncaring about any fairness, decency, honesty, compassion, duty and honor that built this country into what it once was but no longer is. And, that Washington is a willing partner in all of it and that American citizens no longer have any legal protection or relief from their predatory ways that are leading this country into the abyss.