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Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room is a 2005 American documentary film based on the best-selling 2003 book of the same name by Fortune reporters Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind, who are credited as writers of the film alongside the director, Alex Gibney.
Based on the first-person book by Brian Cruver, Anatomy of Greed, The Crooked E television movie chronicles the rise and fall of the Houston-based Enron Corporation. The film offers the perspective of Cruver, played by Christian Kane, depicted as a brilliant but naïve young salesman who was seduced by the company's "get rich quick" mantra.
In 2000, Dick Harper gets promoted to Vice President of Communications for the major media corporation Globodyne. He convinces his wife Jane to quit her job as a travel agent to spend more time with their son Billy, as Dick's salary would be able to cover their expenses.
[16] [17] Leah Rozen of People magazine gave the film three-and-a-half out of four stars, saying, "[Damon]'s a hoot, and so is the movie." [18] Todd McCarthy of Variety also praised Damon's performance, calling his interpretation of Whitacre, "The wacky little brother of Erin Brockovich" (whose life was also adapted by Soderbergh into a film). [19]
Enron filed for bankruptcy on Dec. 2, 2001, amid revelations of hidden debt, inflated profits and accounting fraud. The collapse of the energy giant cost thousands of workers their jobs, while ...
Mark was born Rebecca Sue Pulliam in Kirksville, Missouri, and grew up on a pig farm. [4] [5] She attended William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri, for two years.She then transferred to Baylor University in Waco, Texas, [6] where she received a BA in psychology in 1976, [7] and a master's degree in International Management in 1977.
The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron is a book by Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind, first published in 2003 by Portfolio Trade. In 2005, it was adapted into a documentary film, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room. McLean and Elkind worked on the book when they both were Fortune senior writers.
With a release date of Oct. 22, 2021, 'Dune' is one of the most anticipated movies of the year. Its all-star cast includes Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin ...