Too Big to Fail (film)

Too Big to Fail
Television release poster
GenreBiographical drama
Based onToo Big to Fail
by Andrew Ross Sorkin
Written byPeter Gould
Directed byCurtis Hanson
Starring
Music byMarcelo Zarvos
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers
ProducerEzra Swerdlow
CinematographyKramer Morgenthau
Editors
  • Barbara Tulliver
  • Plummy Tucker
Running time98 minutes
Production companies
  • Spring Creek Productions
  • Deuce Three Productions
Original release
NetworkHBO
ReleaseMay 23, 2011 (2011-05-23)
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Too Big to Fail is a 2011 American biographical drama television film directed by Curtis Hanson and written by Peter Gould, based on Andrew Ross Sorkin's 2009 non-fiction book Too Big to Fail. The film aired on HBO on May 23, 2011. It received 11 nominations at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards; Paul Giamatti's portrayal of Ben Bernanke earned him the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie at the 18th Screen Actors Guild Awards.