Too Big to Fail | |
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Genre | Biographical drama |
Based on | Too Big to Fail by Andrew Ross Sorkin |
Written by | Peter Gould |
Directed by | Curtis Hanson |
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Music by | Marcelo Zarvos |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
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Producer | Ezra Swerdlow |
Cinematography | Kramer Morgenthau |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
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Original release | |
Network | HBO |
Release | May 23, 2011 |
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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.