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Too Big to Fail

  • TV Movie
  • 2011
  • TV-MA
  • 1h 39m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
20K
YOUR RATING
Too Big to Fail (2011)
BiographyDramaFinancial Drama

Chronicles the financial meltdown of 2008 and centers on Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson.Chronicles the financial meltdown of 2008 and centers on Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson.Chronicles the financial meltdown of 2008 and centers on Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson.

  • Director
    • Curtis Hanson
  • Writers
    • Peter Gould
    • Andrew Ross Sorkin
  • Stars
    • James Woods
    • John Heard
    • William Hurt
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    20K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Curtis Hanson
    • Writers
      • Peter Gould
      • Andrew Ross Sorkin
    • Stars
      • James Woods
      • John Heard
      • William Hurt
    • 58User reviews
    • 24Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 11 Primetime Emmys
      • 5 wins & 31 nominations total

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    James Woods
    James Woods
    • Richard Fuld
    John Heard
    John Heard
    • Joe Gregory
    William Hurt
    William Hurt
    • Henry Paulson
    Erin Dilly
    Erin Dilly
    • Christal West
    Amy Carlson
    Amy Carlson
    • Erin Callan
    Topher Grace
    Topher Grace
    • Jim Wilkinson
    Ayad Akhtar
    Ayad Akhtar
    • Neel Kashkari
    Cynthia Nixon
    Cynthia Nixon
    • Michele Davis
    Kathy Baker
    Kathy Baker
    • Wendy Paulson
    Edward Asner
    Edward Asner
    • Warren Buffett
    Paul Giamatti
    Paul Giamatti
    • Ben Bernanke
    Beau Baxter
    Beau Baxter
    • Skip McGee
    Ben Livingston
    Ben Livingston
    • Investment Banker
    Erin Burnett
    Erin Burnett
    • Self
    Chance Kelly
    Chance Kelly
    • Bart McDade
    Chil Kong
    Chil Kong
    • Min Euoo Sung
    Daniel K. Isaac
    Daniel K. Isaac
    • Translator
    Billy Crudup
    Billy Crudup
    • Timothy Geithner
    • Director
      • Curtis Hanson
    • Writers
      • Peter Gould
      • Andrew Ross Sorkin
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      TITLE DROP: Mentioned by Hank Paulson character while lecturing his aide ("Here's your too big to fail").
    • Goofs
      Laila Robins (playing the French Minister of Finance Christine Lagarde) begins her scene speaking in a French accent, and ends it with a decidedly British accent.
    • Quotes

      Ben Bernanke: I spent my entire academic career studying the Great Depression. The depression may have started because of a stock market crash, but what hit the general economy was a disruption of credit. Average citizens unable to borrow money, to do anything. To buy a home, start a business, stock their shelves. Credit has the ability to build a modern economy, but lack of credit has the ability to destroy it, swiftly and absolutely. If we do not act, boldly and immediately, we will replay the depression of the 1930s, only this time it will be far, far worse. We don't do this now, we won't have an economy on Monday.

    • Connections
      Featured in Ebert Presents: At the Movies: Episode #1.18 (2011)

    User reviews58

    Featured review
    6/10

    Good, but giving the elites too much credit.

    This movie is good--one of the best on the financial crisis other than Inside Job. It goes into many of the most interesting details and decisions of the crisis while staying entertaining.

    My problem with the film is that it makes it look like the politicians and CEOs involved in the decisions actually cared and got emotional about them. In reality, that is not the case. The decisions which greatly affected the lives of millions of Americans had little, if any, effect on the people who made them--hence the distinguishable apathy in their public appearances. These men and women are among the richest in the world, and they knew they would stay that way regardless of how the crisis played out. They cared about the crisis only to the extent that they needed not be late for their dinner dates.

    All animals are equal But some animals are more equal than others.
    • croato87
    • Jan 2, 2012
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    • Release date
      • May 23, 2011 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Quá Lớn Để Sụp Đổ
    • Filming locations
      • JC Studios, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Deuce Three Productions
      • HBO Films
      • Home Box Office (HBO)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 39 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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