An uproarious critique of the world financial crisis. Building on actor, comedian, and provocateur Russell Brand’s emergence as an activist following his 2014 book Revolution, where he railed against “corporate tyranny, ecological irresponsibility, and economic inequality".
Direction
Winterbottom juxtaposes Brand's manic energy with sterile finance footage.
Editing
Savage cuts between bankers' lies and their real consequences.
Director
Michael Winterbottom
Russell Brand
Self
George W. Bush
Self (archive footage)
David Cameron
Self (archive footage)
Jean-Paul Belmondo
Self (archive footage)
Bill de Blasio
Self (archive footage)
Bernie Ecclestone
Self (archive footage)
Alan Greenspan
Self (archive footage)
Michael Heseltine
Self (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
John F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
Steve McQueen
Self (archive footage)
Paul Newman
Self (archive footage)
Barack Obama
Self (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self (archive footage)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released months before Corbyn's Labour leadership, it captured pre-Brexit UK leftist frustration.
Brand's 2014 'Revolution' book tour — where he told people not to vote — was already controversial; this film was his attempt to show he actually did stuff.
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