Too Big to Fail
A team of high-stakes Wall Street and Washington power players races against time to prevent the global economy from collapsing in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis.
“Main Street took the fall. Wall Street got the check.”
Synopsis
An intimate look at the epochal financial crisis of 2008 and the powerful men and women who decided the fate of the world
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Principal cast & crew: 21
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Edited by Plummy TuckerShot by Kramer MorgenthauScored by Marcelo ZarvosDesigned by Bob Shaw
Also known as
- Too Big to Fail - Die große Krisede
- Malas noticiases
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Cast & Crew
21 unique people credited
Top billed cast
James Woods
as Richard Fuld
John Heard
as Joe Gregory
William Hurt
as Henry Paulson
Erin Dilly
as Christal West
Amy Carlson
as Erin Callan
Topher Grace
as Jim Wilkinson
Ayad Akhtar
as Neel Kashkari
Cynthia Nixon
as Michele Davis
Johnathan Freeman
as as Senator Richard Shelby
Kathy Baker
as Wendy Paulson
Edward Asner
as Warren Buffett
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1Writers
2Producers
1Other crew
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