Name: Client 9
Genre: Biography, Documentary
Released: 2010
Duration: 1 min 58 s
Cast: Eliot Spitzer

Brief Synopsis

Cast & Crew

Alex Gibney

Director

Eliot Spitzer

Film Details

Also Known As

Client 9 - The Rise and Fall of Elliot Spitzer, Untitled Eliot Spitzer Film

MPAA Rating

Genre

Biography

Documentary

Release Date

2010

Production Company

Jigsaw Productions

Distribution Company

Magnolia Pictures; Dogwoof Pictures; Magnolia Home Entertainment; Magnolia Pictures

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 58m

Synopsis

An in-depth look at the rapid rise and dramatic fall of New York Governor Eliot Spitzer. Nicknamed "The Sheriff of Wall Street," when he was NY's Attorney General, Eliot Spitzer prosecuted crimes by America's largest financial institutions and some of the most powerful executives in the country. After his election as Governor, with the largest margin in the state's history, many believed Spitzer was on his way to becoming the nation's first Jewish President. Then, shockingly, Spitzer's meteoric rise turned into a precipitous fall when the New York Times revealed that Spitzer - the paragon of rectitude - had been caught seeing prostitutes. As his powerful enemies gloated, his supporters questioned the timing of it all: as the Sheriff fell, so did the financial markets, in a cataclysm that threatened to unravel the global economy. With unique access to the escort world as well as friends, colleagues and enemies of the ex-Governor, the film explores the hidden contours of this tale of hubris, sex, and power.