A film that exposes the shocking truth behind the economic crisis of 2008. The global financial meltdown, at a cost of over $20 trillion, resulted in millions of people losing their homes and jobs. Through extensive research and interviews with major financial insiders, politicians and journalists, Inside Job traces the rise of a rogue industry and unveils the corrosive relationships which have corrupted politics, regulation and academia.
Direction
Ferguson's prosecutorial precision — every question lands.
Editing
Turns derivatives into gripping cinema.
Writing
Matt Damon's narration: controlled fury in velvet.
Director
Charles Ferguson
Matt Damon
Narrator
Bill Ackman
Self - Hedge Fund Manager
Christine Lagarde
Self - Finance Minister, France
Andri Snær Magnason
Self - Writer & Filmmaker
Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Self - Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
George Soros
Self - Chairman, Soros Fund Management
Barney Frank
Self - Chairman, Financial Services Committee
Lee Hsien Loong
Self - Prime Minister, Singapore
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ferguson made this after his first documentary on Iraq; he has a PhD in political science from MIT and briefly considered a Wall Street career himself.
Released the same year as The Social Network, it helped establish the early 2010s 'villainous elite' documentary wave that preceded Occupy Wall Street.
US
