Too Big to Fail(2011)
Main Street took the fall. Wall Street got the check.
An intimate look at the epochal financial crisis of 2008 and the powerful men and women who decided the fate of the world's economy in a matter of a few weeks.
Movie: Too Big to Fail
Top 10 Billed Cast
Henry Paulson
Ben Bernanke
Dick Fuld
Timothy Geithner
Jim Wilkinson
John Thain
John Mack
Jamie Dimon
Michele Davis
Warren Buffett
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