Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Alex Gibney
Peter Coyote
Maryse Alberti
Jennie Amias
Gregory Andracke
Gregory Andracke
Film Details
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Synopsis
The inside story of one of history's greatest business scandals, in which top executives of America's 7th largest company walked away with over one billion dollars while investors and employees lost everything. Based on the best-selling book The Smartest Guys in the Room by Fortune reporters Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind and featuring insider accounts and incendiary corporate audio and videotapes, Gibney reveals the almost unimaginable personal excesses of the Enron hierarchy and the utter moral vacuum that posed as corporate philosophy. The film comes to a harrowing denouement as we hear Enron traders' own voices as they wring hundreds of millions of dollars in profits out of the California energy crisis. As a result, we come to understand how the avarice of Enron's traders and their bosses had a shocking and profound domino effect that may shape the face of our economy for years to come.
Director
Alex Gibney
Crew
Maryse Alberti
Jennie Amias
Gregory Andracke
Gregory Andracke
Elissa Birke
Ben Bloodwell
Dan Blust
Agnes Chu
Mark Cuban
Peter Elkind
Alison Ellwood
Alison Ellwood
Jon Else
Jon Else
Ben Fine
Anton Floquet
Alex Gibney
Alex Gibney
Matthew Hauser
Steve Holmgren
Jason Kliot
Gretchen Mcgowan
Bethany Mclean
Kate Mcmahon
Lyle Morgan
Susan Motamed
Christine O'malley
Aljernon Tunsil
Joana Vicente
Todd Wagner
Ali Wasserstein
Crystal Whelan
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Nominations
Best Documentary Feature
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Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the 2005 award for Best Documentary by the Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA).
Winner of the 2005 award for Outstanding Achievement in Documentary Writing by the Writers Guild of America.
Released in United States April 29, 2005
Released in United States January 2005
Released in United States March 2005
Released in United States on Video January 17, 2006
Released in United States Spring April 22, 2005
Shown at South by Southwest Film Festival March 11-19, 2005.
Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Documentary Competition) January 20-30, 2005.
Based on the book "The Smartest Guys In The Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron" written by Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind; published by Portfolio September 1, 2003.
Released in United States January 2005 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Documentary Competition) January 20-30, 2005.)
Released in United States on Video January 17, 2006
Released in United States March 2005 (Shown at South by Southwest Film Festival March 11-19, 2005.)
Released in United States Spring April 22, 2005
Released in United States April 29, 2005 (Los Angeles)
