Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)

User Rating:

7.7/10   

Director:

Alex Gibney

Writers:

Peter Elkind (writer)
Alex Gibney (writer)

Release Date:

9 March 2006 (Netherlands)

Genre:

Documentary

Tagline:

Come see where all your money went.

Plot:

A documentary about the Enron corporation, its faulty and corrupt business practices, and how they led to its fall.

Plot Keywords:

Enron | Greed | Corporation | California | Accounting

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Peter Coyote	...	Narrator
Joe Lingold	...	Energy Trader
Michael Lugenbuehl	...	Cliff Baxter
Mark Salzberg	...	Croupiers

Runtime:

USA:110 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

USA:Not Rated | Australia:M

Company:

Jigsaw Productions

Quotes:

Jeffrey Skilling: Oh I can't help myself. You know what the difference between the state of California and Titanic? And this is being webcast, and I know I'm going to regret this - at least when the Titanic went down, the lights were on.

Movie Connections:

References Chicago (2002)

Holy Cow! You don't have to be the smartest guy to understand this.

OK. I remember when this came out, I thought that business stuff is not my forte, and so I never bothered to watch it. But tonight my boyfriend was watching it on PBS, and the filmmakers and people being interviewed totally make it understandable. And I am totally appalled. It boggles my head that these people, not just Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling, but also just the common traders on the floor, were so scarily insane and greedy. Some of the clips of traders talking on the floor or phones about events in California, etc., were the scariest and (I know I said it before, but...) appalling! I highly recommend this film. I feel terribly sorry for all of those people who got caught up in the maelstrom. Somehow, I find this documentary about corporate finance gone bad creepier than any horror film... cause it is real!