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The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron (2003) -- The rise and fall of the Enron company, as seen from the perspective of employee Brian Cruver, based on his book.

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Director:
Penelope Spheeris
Writers (WGA):
Brian Cruver (book)
Stephen Mazur (teleplay)
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Release Date:
5 January 2003 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
The Rich Got Richer, The Rest Lost Everything.
Plot:
The rise and fall of the Enron company, as seen from the perspective of employee Brian Cruver, based on his book. full summary | add synopsis
User Comments:
Sad But True Story of Corporate Greed Run Wild more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Christian Kane ... Brian Cruver

Shannon Elizabeth ... Courtney

Cameron Bancroft ... Duffy
Nancy Anne Sakovich ... Liz Perry (as Nancy Sakovich)

Natalie Brown ... Amber St. Pierre (Miss April)

Aleks Paunovic ... Lazarri

Jonathan Higgins ... Greg McLainey

Mike Farrell ... Kenneth Lay

Brian Dennehy ... Mr. Blue

Jon Ted Wynne ... Jeff Skilling
Paul Christie ... Andrew Tillman
Tom Keenan ... Allen Flemming

Larissa Gomes ... Anna-Marie
Jennifer Hill ... Miss August
Steve Ratzlaff ... Welling (as Steven Ratzlaff)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
100 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
Australia:PG

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Mr. Blue: We're the bad guy. We're the criminals. And don't think it's just this company. There's hundreds of Enrons out there, a thousand, cooking the books, inflating the earnings, hiding the debt, buying off the watchdogs. more
Soundtrack:
More Than I Deserve more

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Sad But True Story of Corporate Greed Run Wild, 6 January 2003
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Author: Doris Bell (jabell) from Olney, MD

The Crooked E, The Unshredded Truth About Enron, was based on the true story of an Enron employee, Brian Cruver, the ink hardly dry on his MBA when he came to work for the self-proclaimed "greatest company in the world." He starts out as a wide-eyed innocent and soon becomes seduced by "the dark side of the force," becoming arrogant, deceptive, and greedy, buying a Lexus convertible, a $700 raincoat, and planning a $60,000 wedding, much to the dismay of his down-to-earth fiancee, who eventually leaves him. But as he begins to realize just what is happening there, he quickly becomes disillusioned and, by the time the company has gone belly-up, he has regained his integrity (to the point of destroying a contract that would have badly hurt the client) and his fiancee. This, incidentally, is a departure from the book, as Cruver marries about two months into his short stay at Enron.

Christian Kane has the momentous job of playing Cruver, as he appears in every scene except for a prologue which shows him as a child with "Mr. Blue," Brian Dennehey. He also does the narration and has a brief song while driving his new Lexus. And he does it all with dash and aplomb. If this very handsome, talented young actor, whom the camera loves, is not a superstar in the next couple of years, there is something radically wrong. Tony winner Dennehey is outstanding as an employee with a sad story to tell, and Mike Farrell presents Ken Lay as either an eternal optimist or a bald-faced liar or some of both.

I hope this will eventually come out on video or DVD as it's a keeper.

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