First Look: Too Big to Fail

Here's a First Look at Andrew Ross Sorkin's HBO movie Too Big to Fail, premiering in May. At first it was hard for me to imagine some of the casting, but some of it is so good that it's down right spooky. Paul Giamatti as Ben Bernanke will make you do a double take, and William Hurt as Hank Paulson is a dead ringer as well. Looks like it's going to be really good (and I'd expect nothing less from HBO). Enjoy:

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derivstradinglol @ bernakes voice in the movie

naturally ill go see it, but I feel this whole theme has been played out (PBS frontline did two things on it, Channel 4 did something on it, Wall Street 2, countless books etc). Doubt ill come away with anything new.

I really hope I can see the actors as who they are playing....

I'm in the same boat

It is what it is
 

Actually excited to see it, love HBO films and their quasi-documentary style.

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JulianRobertsonI'll see it, but do you guys think it will be legit, or another diatribe on OMG WALL STREET GREED
HBO seems to get a kick out of bucking the trend, so I'm thinking that it should be pretty close to the truth. A lot of actors go there to add 'gravitas' to their career, so there is a good chance that they may target the hypocrisy of the the politicians more than the banks. They're going to take some cheap shots though because, well, that shit sells.
Get busy living
 

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