Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room poster

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room( 2005)

TV-MADocumentary
72%
User
Score

It’s Just Business.

Overview

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

    Top Billed Cast

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      Peter Coyote

      Narrator

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      John Beard

      Self

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      Jim Chanos

      Self

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      Dick Cheney

      Self

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      Carol Coale

      Self

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      Gray Davis

      Self

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      Reggie Dees II

      Self

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      Joseph Dunn

      Self

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      Max Eberts

      Self

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      Peter Elkind

      Self

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      David Freeman

      Self

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      Philip Hilder

      Self

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      Al Kaseweter

      Self

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      Bill Lerach

      Self

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      Loretta Lynch

      Self

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      Amanda Martin-Brock

      Self

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      Bethany McLean

      Self

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      Mike Muckleroy

      Self

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      James Nutter

      Self

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      John Olson

      Self

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      Kevin Phillips

      Self

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      David V. Porter

      Self

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      Nancy Rapoport

      Self

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      Harvey Rosenfield

      Self

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      Mimi Swartz

      Self

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      Robert Traband

      Self

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      Sherron Watkins

      Self

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      Henry Waxman

      Self

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      Andrew Weissmann

      Self

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      Colin Whitehead

      Self

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      Charles Wickman

      Self

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      Arnold Schwarzenegger

      Self

    33. cast image

      Tim Belden

      Self (archive footage)

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      Bill Clinton

      Self (archive footage)

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    Review 2Discussion
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    A review by rsanek

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    Written by rsanek on Thu Dec 30 2021
    I'm surprised by the how often this movie is recommended on forums I frequent online, and the corresponding glowing Rotten Tomatoes reviews. I found the storytelling to be inconsistently paced, and there was nearly no depth to the description of actually how the fraud was perpetrated. The tie-in to California was interesting and I appreciated all of the primary content they were able to use -- company videos, recordings, etc. Still, I don't think I'd recommend this to a modern viewer....

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • corruption
    • capitalism
    • bankrupt
    • wall street
    • scandal
    • securities, stocks and bonds
    • economics
    • financial crisis
    • stock market
    • corporation