We've resisted jumping in on the "who should play Bernie and Co" in the Madoff Movie of the Week game but CNBC's Dennis Kneale has forced our hand. Spectacles suggested moments earlier on Power Lunch that the role of Bernie Madoff should go to Larry David. Larry David. One jew, any jew, I guess was his thinking but come on, Adolf, that's probably the worst pick we can think of. Gary Busey would be a better choice. Tia Tequila, even. Please scrub this great moment in anti-Semitism and, more importantly, poor casting ability from our consciousness by suggesting someone more suitable at this time. Shouldn't be hard, given the bar set by DK.
Seriously, Dennis Kneale?
Posted by Bess Levin, Jan 08, 2009, 12:26pm
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Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 12:35PM
PRETTAY PRETTAY GOOD Bess!
Posted by Private , Jan 08, 2009 12:36PM
Why is there no grape pie? There's grape soda, grape jelly, and grape gum, but no grape pie? I don't get that...
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 12:37PM
Jerry Seinfeld
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 12:38PM
Totally agree - LD would be a ridiculous choice.
How about getting Ron Jeremy to have a shave, he's Jewish and likes to fuck people.
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 12:38PM
The cashew to peanut ratio in this post is way out of line.
Posted by Private , Jan 08, 2009 12:40PM
@5 yea it's very askew
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 12:41PM
Danny Aiello and Danny DeVito's lovechild as portrayed by Benjamin Button.
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 12:42PM
They look similar to me.
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 12:44PM
Michael Tucker (Stuart Markovitz in L.A Law.)
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 12:45PM
Ben Stern
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 12:45PM
I'm a big fan of Larry David and can't imagine him as Madoff. Since #4 stole my Ron Jeremy thunder, I say we bring Jeff Skilling out of retirement in Minnesota to play Madoff.
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 12:46PM
Michael Douglas IS Bernard Madoff
Meg Ryan IS Ruth Madoff
Peter Krause IS Andrew Madoff
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 12:46PM
Ben Stiller
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 12:47PM
Larry David would be a great choice, if the movie went in a satirical or parody style direction.
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 12:48PM
@14- which obviously it won't. david's just the only jew kneale knows.
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 12:50PM
Rodney Dangerfield would've made a great Bernie - RIP.
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 12:52PM
How about Brad Pitt?
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 12:54PM
@16 or RIP or whatever the fuck your name is...Rodney Dangerfield is dead! DUMBASS!
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 12:57PM
al from that old tv show "love and marriage"
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 12:57PM
@ 18....RIP means Rest in Peace....Jesus youre a retard you must have worked in the Risk Management Division of Lehman.
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 12:59PM
Elliot Spitzer to play Madoff - certainly could get the slimy, slithery conniving Jew part right!
Glenn Close to play Ruth - The Brains behind it all, with that perfectly made up WASPY Jewess look.
And Ben Stiller could play both "clueless" sons - he's quite good with the goofy hebe act.
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 1:00PM
@18, I hope you were being sarcastic. If you were, brilliant!
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 1:00PM
this movie is ON
Spielberg directs
Eric Roth writes screenplay
Katzenberg produces
Luke and Owen Wilson play Mark and Andy, the 2 bonefishing imbeciles
Kevin Bacon and Kyra can play Shana and her SEC husband, the token shaygitz aka the shabbos goy. Hey, they're gonna need some income
and Bernie.............Michael Caine. I know , i know the cockney accent but trust me, he can do a queens accent with a little studying
Ruthie; idunno, Joan Rivers?
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 1:00PM
Why stick so close to the mold? White? Jewish? You think Hollywood will stick to the real story? No, no and no.
Ad the text - "Based" on a true story, and go from there to make it good/better.
Why not Wayne Brady in the breakout role of his young life? "Is Bernie Madoff gonna hafta choke a bitch?"
-BBF
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 1:01PM
@18 - I hope you were being sarcastic, in which case you are a winner.
@21 - Ben Stiller could reprise his role as Simple Jack to play one of the Madoff boys!
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 1:04PM
@20...Wow a bite on the first cast! You are correct. I was one floor above you and the rest of the Sarcasm Awareness Division.
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 1:05PM
This is a no brainer.
Jeffrey Tambor as Bernie.
Jessica Walter as Ruth.
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 1:05PM
@26 there wasnt a Sarcasm Awareness Division at Lehman you IDIOT!
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 1:10PM
Anyone have first year associate numbers at Lehman Sarcasm Awareness Division?
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 1:10PM
please... no more madoff. I cant listen to these idiots i work with talk about anymore. Just Stop.
Posted by Seaman Bodine , Jan 08, 2009 1:13PM
Kirk Lazaras
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 1:14PM
1st Year Associate Lehman Sarcasm Awareness Division: 1,200 shares in Madoff Securities and free wine at McSorley's
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 1:15PM
Melissa Lee
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 1:15PM
Nice work @18/@26. @20 can now go back to the Yahoo! boards.
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 1:15PM
To add to #27,
Markopolos, the whistle blower, could be played by Jason Bateman.
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 1:16PM
@21 here’s an idea- Madoff is played by Ben Kingsley (with beard and wig) and all you other Wall Street assholes who ALSO fucked us can be played by the monkeys from “Gorillas in the Mist”.
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 1:16PM
I do not know much, but Mad Money host?
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 1:16PM
@20 lol trolled
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 1:19PM
christopher walken=bernie. end of discussion.
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 1:21PM
christopher reeves=bernie. end of discussion.
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 1:21PM
We should probably stick with the hellenic for Markopolos being played by melina kanakaredes...
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 1:22PM
Ben Stein makes a great Bernie-M, proving that evolution (the theory only, of course) and GS are responsible for bernie-m.- any int. designed society with any awareness of that very "fact" would have surely expelled such misbehavior...
Posted by Anal_yst , Jan 08, 2009 1:23PM
F. Murray Abraham, absolute look-alike
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 1:25PM
@43: No way
http://www.nndb.com/people/123/000024051/fma.jpg
I'm sticking with Michael Douglas:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Michael_Douglas_Navy3.jpg
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 1:29PM
@37 - you are correct. You do not know much. Thanks for playing.
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 1:30PM
Lenny Kravitz
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 1:30PM
at first i was opposed. michael douglas is too "movie star" to play bernie, but.......imagine him and glenn close reuniting for this as bernie and ruthie?
they would scare the hell out of people!
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 1:30PM
david byrne (talking heads)
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 1:31PM
Bernie Mac
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 1:33PM
@45 - it's possible that @37 could be another one of these sarcastic types. Just guessing...
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 1:33PM
@49 Mac is dead go back to redtube idiot
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 1:34PM
Mickey Rourke as Madoff, and the guy the staples a 5 dollar bill to his head as his wife.
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 1:36PM
ahnald scwhazneagger
Posted by Anal_yst , Jan 08, 2009 1:36PM
@44
Just find a happier picture
http://www.imgartists.com/resources/artists/abraham_f_murray.jpg
Throw in a few xanax for that 'aloof/smug' look Bernie's got down pat and you're money!
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 1:37PM
@47: brilliant with Glenn Close.
Bernie Boils Bunny.
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 1:39PM
The movie should have Dennis Hopper in it. I don't know what role he would play. He just should be in it.
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 1:40PM
@51 duh
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 1:41PM
@54: FMA is too erudite. Whenever he is in something, you can see how smart he is. I totally had a crush on him after "Amadeus" - he seemed 2x as worthy as Wolfy. He is substance.
M.Douglas, however, is not that bright but he IS calculating, which is how I see Bernie: somewhat smart but not too much so, and highly calculating. All surface. Just like Bernie.
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 1:41PM
Kevin Bacon.
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 1:41PM
The movie should have Dennis Hopper in it. I don't know what role he would play. He just should be in it.
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 1:41PM
Rosie O'Donnell would be a boss ass Madoff
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 1:42PM
oh come on--- Jack Nic plays Madoff
Wife played by Streep
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 1:43PM
The movie should have Dennis Hopper in it. I don't know what role he would play. He just should be in it.
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 1:44PM
Martin Sheen might be able to pull it off
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 1:44PM
Annabel Vartanian as Ruth Madoff.
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 1:45PM
Nicholson can have it as long as he lson can have it as long as he doesn't climb into a hot tub with an old naked fat chick
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 1:47PM
Bob barker. total confidence man.
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 1:48PM
kurt. russell.
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 1:52PM
@68 - your.mom.
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 1:53PM
@65 -- wtf
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 2:04PM
Duh...Bernie plays himself and his pay goes to victims. He clearly has mad acting skills...
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 2:05PM
Oh, come on people! Kevin Pollak is a total ringer for Madoff. He's definitely the guy.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001629/
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 2:07PM
@72 Winner!
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 2:15PM
DeNiro. C'mon, this is a huge part -- can't give it to Kevin Pollack just because he's a ringer! Italians play Jewish all the time. Imagine deNiro as ingratiating, scary, mystical. Works for me!
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 2:19PM
Gary Coleman
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 2:23PM
Funniest line goes to @23 for his "bone-fishing imbeciles" quote.
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 2:25PM
@27 FTW
"I might have committed some light Ponzi scheming"
Posted by e_anthony58 , Jan 08, 2009 2:31PM
Dennis Kneale.
They both got the same smirk.
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 2:32PM
OBVIOUSLY it should be the guy who plays Larry's Dad on Curb.
[once he smokes enough weed to get rid of the glaucoma, turns to the hooker and says]
SHE'S A SCHWARTZA!!?
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 2:43PM
Will Smith, wikki wikki wild wild west
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 2:47PM
Aleskey Vayner should play Bernie
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 2:50PM
Alan Greenspan
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 2:51PM
Mark Haines
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 2:52PM
@73 = big bucket of suck.
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 2:52PM
in all honesty, it's gotta be Alec Baldwin.
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 2:54PM
Annabel Vartanian
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 2:57PM
Walter Matthau....is he still alive?
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 2:59PM
72 has it...This ain't gonna be a major motion pic with Nicholsons or DeNiros...a Network pitch which makes Pollak perfect.
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 3:07PM
if it were network you are right but i think this goes major motion picture. I think jack rolls in this with streep. it doesnt mean Law & Order wont use it.
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 3:09PM
This goes goes major motion pict. Nic will totally have it.
I bet you see it on TV with Law & Order.
yes retard Walter is sleepin with the fishes...
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 3:10PM
This goes major motion pict. Nic will totally have it.
I bet you see it on TV as a Law & Order plot.
yes retard Walter is sleepin with the fishes...
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 3:10PM
This goes major motion pict. Nic will totally have it.
I bet you see it on TV as a Law & Order plot.
yes retard Walter is sleepin with the fishes...
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 3:13PM
@90, 91, 92, i wish u were sleepin with the fishes
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 3:16PM
93 fuck you. It was an accedent. Go watch your porn.
Posted by Last Man Standing , Jan 08, 2009 3:20PM
Over 90 post and noone thought of the most obvious:
TIMMAY
He claims he's Jewish and already has the ponzi thing going.
Posted by Last Man Standing , Jan 08, 2009 3:21PM
Over 90 post and noone thought of the most obvious:
TIMMAY
He claims he's Jewish and already has the ponzi thing going.
Posted by Last Man Standing , Jan 08, 2009 3:22PM
Over 90 post and noone thought of the most obvious:
TIMMAY
He claims he's Jewish and already has the ponzi thing going.
Posted by Last Man Standing , Jan 08, 2009 3:28PM
Sorry for the triple post. Trying this from the crackberry after being locked out of DB
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 3:36PM
Dustin Hoffman of course
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 3:38PM
@78 I totally agree. They asked for people to email them who should play. Right away Dennis popped into my head. If you put a baseball cap on his head and dye his hair gray then they would look pretty similar!
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 3:43PM
@78 I totally agree. They asked for people to email them who should play. Right away Dennis popped into my head. If you put a baseball cap on his head and dye his hair gray then they would look pretty similar!
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 3:50PM
@78 I totally agree. They asked for people to email them who should play. Right away Dennis popped into my head. If you put a baseball cap on his head and dye his hair gray then they would look pretty similar!
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 3:50PM
OK I'm on the FMA bandwagon as well...
He has that "smug because I'm insecure" air to him...
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 3:56PM
there's nothing anti-semitic about suggesting larry david to play madoff. the accusation is extremely lame, and lays bare bess' lack of a sense of humor or satire or irony. lame post.
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 3:58PM
@94, go buy a dictionary
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 4:06PM
Looks wise, I definitely think that Michael Douglas should play Madoff. As for his wife, Merrill Streep and Glenn Close are both WAY to classy. Joan Rivers would be a much better fit.
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 4:08PM
Wesley Snipes.
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 4:08PM
Wesley Snipes. Bernie. Always bet on Bernie.
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 4:09PM
Bernie. Always Bet on Bernie.
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 5:00PM
Tony Curtis and Kirk Douglas a la Sparticus. No I'm Bernie, I'm Bernie.
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 5:30PM
Michael "half-a-MOT" Douglas for Bernie... but give some meth to Meg Ryan and she *is* Ruth
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 5:37PM
John McCain as Bernie.
Blonde bombshell David Duke as Ruthie.
Terrell Owens and Brooke Shields as the sons.
And Walter Cronkite as Adam Shapiro of Fox Business News - they are both asleep at the switch.
The real question is, who plays all of us posters here on dealbreaker?
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 5:58PM
@112 - Simple. 200 Dead monkeys:
http://www.ilikemonkeys.org/index.shtml
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 6:30PM
Cheryl Hines (from Curb) as Ruth. Dennis Hoffman as Bernie.
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 7:59PM
JT Walsh would have been perfect RIP
Maybe some CGI could make that happen
Posted by NotNasser , Jan 08, 2009 8:31PM
If he has no more anti-Darwin movies on his "to do" list: Ben Stein.
Can't you just hear hin calling his sons into his office for that fateful showdown?
"Bueller A? Bueller B?"
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 9:13PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAkd9aJjrHo
HOLY MOTHERFUCKING CAPS LOCKS!!!!!!
OAKLAND POLICE SHOOT AN UNARMED MAN IN HANDCUFFS ON NEW YEARS EVE!!!!
HOW IS THIS NOT EVENING NEWS???
Posted by guest , Jan 08, 2009 9:14PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAkd9aJjrHo
CAN'T BELIEVE THE SHIT WAS CAUGHT ON CAMERA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by guest , Jan 11, 2009 12:12AM
Richard Lewis
Posted by guest , Jan 11, 2009 11:14AM
Al Pacino = Bernie
Diane Keaton = Mrs Bernie
Director = Woody Allen
Set Designer = Santo Loquasto
Script = Estate of Mario Puzo