Inside Job (2010)

Name: Inside Job
Genre: Crime, Documentary
Released: 2010-10-08
Duration: 109 min
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Matt Damon, Bill Ackman, Jonathan Alpert, Christine Lagarde, Daniel Alpert

The film that cost over $20,000,000,000,000 to make.

Released 8 October 2010
Runtime 1h 49m
Director Charles Ferguson
Genres Crime Documentary
Rating 7.7/10 (1,072 votes)

Synopsis

A film that exposes the shocking truth behind the economic crisis of 2008. The global financial meltdown, at a cost of over $20 trillion, resulted in millions of people losing their homes and jobs. Through extensive research and interviews with major financial insiders, politicians and journalists, Inside Job traces the rise of a rogue industry and unveils the corrosive relationships which have corrupted politics, regulation and academia.

Cast

Matt Damon as Narrator
Bill Ackman as Self - Hedge Fund Manager
Jonathan Alpert as Self - Therapist
Christine Lagarde as Self - Finance Minister, France
Daniel Alpert as Self - Managing Director, Westwood Capital
Sigridur Benediktsdottir as Self - Special Investigative Committee, Icelandic Parliament
Gylfi Zoega as Self - Professor of Economics, University of Iceland
Andri Snær Magnason as Self - Writer & Filmmaker
Paul Volcker as Self - Former Federal Reserve Chairman
Dominique Strauss-Kahn as Self - Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
George Soros as Self - Chairman, Soros Fund Management
Barney Frank as Self - Chairman, Financial Services Committee
Scott Talbott as Self - Chief Lobbyist, Financial Services Roundtable
Andrew Sheng as Self - Chief Adviser, China Banking Regulatory Commission
Lee Hsien Loong as Self - Prime Minister, Singapore
Gillian Tett as Self - U.S. Managing Editor, The Financial Times
Nouriel Roubini as Self - Professor, NYU Business School
R. Glenn Hubbard as Self - Chief Economic Adviser, Bush Administration