The big short, Paramount Pictures and Regency Enterprises present ; a Plan B Entertainment production ; an Adam McKay film ; produced by Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Arnon Milchan ; screenplay by Charles Randolph and Adam McKay ; directed by Adam McKay
Type
Label
The big short, Paramount Pictures and Regency Enterprises present ; a Plan B Entertainment production ; an Adam McKay film ; produced by Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Arnon Milchan ; screenplay by Charles Randolph and Adam McKay ; directed by Adam McKay
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R; for pervasive language and some sexuality/nudity
Main title
The big short
Responsibility statement
Paramount Pictures and Regency Enterprises present ; a Plan B Entertainment production ; an Adam McKay film ; produced by Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Arnon Milchan ; screenplay by Charles Randolph and Adam McKay ; directed by Adam McKay
Runtime
130
Summary
The financial meltdown from the perspective of a number of players: Michael Burry, a bizarre autistic-like stock-picking genius, and the first to realize that the market's housing boom is based on a "house of cards" sham; Mark Baum, self-loathing fictional character whose firm picks up insider trading information from a wrong number phone call; Jared Vennet, a smart-aleck broker who confirms the ominous suspicion; and Charlie Gellar and Jamie Shipley, small-time players who hit it big
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Classification
Contributor
- Wittrock, Finn, 1984-
- Kleiner, Jeremy
- Tomei, Marisa
- Randolph, Charles
- Gardner, Dede
- Paramount Pictures, Inc
- Lewis, Michael, Michael M
- McKay, Adam, 1968-
- Regency Enterprises
- Milchan, Arnon, 1944-
- Pitt, Brad, 1963-
- Gosling, Ryan, 1980-
- Plan B Entertainment
- Magaro, John, 1983-
- Carell, Steve, 1962-
- Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Bale, Christian, 1974-
- Gillan, Karen, 1987-
Genre
Subject
- Financial crises -- United States -- 21st century -- Drama
- Motion pictures
- DVD-Video discs.
- Descriptive video service (DVS)
- Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 -- Drama
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Feature films
- Video recordings for people with visual disabilities
- Fiction films
- United States -- Economic conditions -- 2001-2009 -- Drama
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Incoming Resources
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Outgoing Resources
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- Wittrock, Finn, 1984-
- Kleiner, Jeremy
- Tomei, Marisa
- Randolph, Charles
- Gardner, Dede
- Paramount Pictures, Inc
- Lewis, Michael, Michael M
- McKay, Adam, 1968-
- Regency Enterprises
- Milchan, Arnon, 1944-
- Pitt, Brad, 1963-
- Gosling, Ryan, 1980-
- Plan B Entertainment
- Magaro, John, 1983-
- Carell, Steve, 1962-
- Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Bale, Christian, 1974-
- Gillan, Karen, 1987-
- Genre7
- Subject10
- Financial crises -- United States -- 21st century -- Drama
- Motion pictures
- DVD-Video discs.
- Descriptive video service (DVS)
- Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 -- Drama
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Feature films
- Video recordings for people with visual disabilities
- Fiction films
- United States -- Economic conditions -- 2001-2009 -- Drama
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