Too Big To Fail

  • 19 Apr 2011 at 6:10 PM

HBO’s Too Big To Fail Will Include Hank Paulson Down On One Knee Begging Nancy Pelosi Moment

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Earlier: Nancy, Please! I’m Down On My Knees In A $3500 Suit!

  • 28 Mar 2011 at 5:23 PM

James Woods: “You Better Watch Too Big To Fail If You Want To Know What To Do With Your Money”

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Will Dick Fuld (who Woods plays in the movie) heed this advice and set the DVR? Read more »

  • 17 Mar 2011 at 6:11 PM

It’s Like He Can Read Minds, Isn’t It, Vikram?

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The federal rescue of the financial system in 2008 has provided large financial institutions with an unfair advantage in the form of cheaper access to credit, a bailout watchdog warned Thursday. “Absolutely and unambiguously the financial markets believe more than ever that the United States government will step in and save the ‘too big to fail’ institutions should there be another financial shock,” Neil M. Barofsky, the special inspector general for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, said at a hearing of the Senate Banking Committee. [WSJ]

  • 22 Oct 2010 at 1:45 PM

Jamie Dimon Is Being Played By Bill Pullman In Too Big To Fail

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Meanwhile, the part of noted interior decorator/part-time beekeeper John Thain has gone to Matthew Modine. [TVS]

  • 11 Oct 2010 at 6:30 PM

And The Role Of Ben Bernanke In HBO’s Too Big To Fail Goes To…Paul Giamatti

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I…what? Was this Alan Greenspan’s idea (who suggested his part be played by David Hasselhoff)? Other interesting casting calls: Read more »

  • 24 Sep 2010 at 10:14 AM

Unfounded Rumor Of The Morning: Too Big To Fail Casting Nails Blankfein Role?

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Do not get your hopes up. This is completely unconfirmed. But: Read more »

  • 13 Sep 2010 at 2:18 PM

Billy Crudup: “I Could’ve Just Seriously Hurt The Economy”

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The actor said so as he was pretending to trade today at BCG Partners (for their annual charity day), when he also announced he’ll be playing the role of Tim Geithner in HBO’s Too Big Too Fail, which has got to have made the Treasury Secretary’s day and break the heart of every child actor hoping for the part. Read more »

  • 27 Aug 2010 at 12:15 PM

Casting Too Big To Fail

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As previously mentioned, HBO has purchased the rights to Andrew Ross Sorkin’s Too Big To Fail. Shooting starts this fall and the role of Hank Paulson has just gone to William Hurt. John Mack has graciously stated that the role of the Morgan Stanley CEO should go to Bobby DeNiro and for his buddy Blankfein? He sees Danny DeVito.** Read more »

  • 04 Aug 2010 at 12:12 PM

Here’s The House That Anecdotes About John Mack Telling Tim Geithner To Go F*ck Himself Built

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Andrew Ross Sorkin is moving to the Upper West Side! Curbed reports ARS put his book royalties toward a co-op on West 79th Street, last sold in 2004 for $1.85 million, listed at $2.295 million this time around, and for which he and Lady Sorkin paid $2.315 million. At left, the room Lloyd will stay in when he spends the night.

Related: “Tell him to get fucked,” Mack said of Geithner. “I’m trying to save my firm.”

  • 18 May 2010 at 3:45 PM

Pesky Shareholder Asks John Mack if He Actually Used Foul Language

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We couldn’t help notice that some clueless shareholder had the audacity to ask John Mack at the Morgan Stanley annual meeting whether he really told Tim Geithner to go fuck himself in the midst of the financial crisis. Mack has admitted several times that Andrew Ross Sorkin’s account of him in the book “Too Big To Fail” was accurate. Mack’s actual words, according to the book, were, “tell him to get fucked,” or something along those lines. Read more »

  • 25 Mar 2010 at 5:15 PM

Casting The Crisis

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As previously mentioned, HBO has purchased the rights to Andrew Ross Sorkin’s Too Big To Fail. John Mack has stated that his part should go to Bobby DeNiro and that of Lloyd Blankfein to Danny DeVito. Today the HuffPo has offered its picks for the other spots and while we’re in strong agreement with some (Stephen Colbert as carpet-lover John Thain, Lucille Bluth doing Nancy Pelosi), in others we beg to differ (there should be an open casting call for child actors to play Tim Geithner). Also, they don’t have any suggestions for Vikram Pandit or Jimmy Cayne. The former is a toughie, the latter Gary Busey, no questions asked (he’s got the blonde hair, huge teeth, love of drugs and looks good in a pair of Zubaz). And finally, no one’s figured out where we can find a place for Drew Carey, who’s apparently been lobbying hard for a role, as has Gary Coleman. Let’s do the producers a solid and take two today to finish this thing off right. You’re not doing anything anyway (except for watching this.)