Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer

Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAlex Gibney
Produced byAlex Gibney
Jedd Wider
Todd Wider
Maiken Baird
StarringEliot Spitzer
CinematographyMaryse Alberti
Edited byPlummy Tucker
Music byPeter Nashel
Distributed byMagnolia Pictures
Release date
  • November 5, 2010 (2010-11-05)
Running time
118 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$189,416[1]

Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer is a documentary directed by Alex Gibney about former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer and the sex scandal that derailed his political career.[2] It premiered at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival on April 24, 2010;[3] on iTunes and Magnolia On Demand on October 1, 2010;[4] and in movie theaters in limited release on November 5, 2010.[5]

Gibney made the film with on-camera cooperation from Spitzer.[6] The director also shared ideas and information with writer Peter Elkind, who wrote the book “Rough Justice: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer".[7]

  1. ^ "Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer," Box Office Mojo. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
  2. ^ Manohla Dargis, "The Really Strange Bedfellows That New York Politics Made," The New York Times, November 4, 2010.
  3. ^ Logan Hill, "Eliot Spitzer Doc Premieres at Tribeca: Joe Bruno, Ken Langone, and Roger Stone Dance on His Grave," New York, April 25, 2010.
  4. ^ "‘Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer’ Trailer Debuts Online," The Wall Street Journal, September 24, 2010.
  5. ^ Andrew O'Hehir, "'Client 9': The Eliot Spitzer case: How we were bamboozled," Salon, November 3, 2010.
  6. ^ "Archives". Los Angeles Times.
  7. ^ Dargis, Manohla (4 November 2010). "The Really Strange Bedfellows That New York Politics Made". The New York Times.