A troubled hedge fund magnate, desperate to complete the sale of his trading empire, makes an error that forces him to turn to an unlikely person for help.
Acting
Gere's trembling hands in the car—career-defining micro-acting.
Writing
Jarecki's debut script knows finance *and* desperation intimately.
Direction
Tight 100 minutes—Jarecki learned from his documentarian past.
Director
Nicholas Jarecki
Richard Gere
Robert Miller
Susan Sarandon
Ellen Miller
Tim Roth
Det. Michael Bryer
Brit Marling
Brooke Miller
Laetitia Casta
Julie Côte
Nate Parker
Jimmy Grant
Stuart Margolin
Syd Felder
Chris Eigeman
Gavin Briar
Graydon Carter
James Mayfield
Bruce Altman
Chris Vogler
Larry Pine
Jeffrey Greenberg
Curtiss Cook
Det. Mills
Reg E. Cathey
Earl Monroe
Felix Solis
A.D.A. Ray Deferlito
Tibor Feldman
Judge Rittenband
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jarecki interviewed 50+ hedge fund managers for research; one became an investor. The system eats its documentarians.
The film's release coincided with Occupy Wall Street—Gere's Miller became the perfect villain for a moment that didn't need fictionalizing.
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