Too Big to Fail (film)

Too Big to Fail
Television release poster
Genre	Biographical drama
Based on	Too Big to Fail by Andrew Ross Sorkin
Written by	Peter Gould
Directed by	Curtis Hanson
Starring	William Hurt Edward Asner Billy Crudup Paul Giamatti Topher Grace Cynthia Nixon Bill Pullman Tony Shalhoub James Woods
Music by	Marcelo Zarvos
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Paula Weinstein Jeffrey Levine Curtis Hanson
Producer	Ezra Swerdlow
Cinematography	Kramer Morgenthau
Editors	Barbara Tulliver Plummy Tucker
Running time	98 minutes
Production companies	Spring Creek Productions Deuce Three Productions
Original release
Network	HBO
Release	May 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 cast includes William Hurt, Edward Asner, Billy Crudup, Paul Giamatti, Topher Grace, Cynthia Nixon, Bill Pullman, Tony Shalhoub, and James Woods. The film aired on HBO on May 23, 2011.

The film chronicles the 2008 financial crisis, focusing on the collapse of Lehman Brothers investment bank and the subsequent ripple effects on the global economy. As the firm's negotiations with potential buyers fail due to toxic assets and regulatory obstacles, the firm declares bankruptcy, triggering market chaos. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson (Hurt) and Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke (Giamatti) lead efforts to stabilize the system, including rescuing AIG and lobbying Congress to pass the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP).

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.