Just days before Bernard Madoff captured headlines as the largest Ponzi schemer in U.S. history, Marc Dreier, a prominent Manhattan attorney, was arrested for orchestrating a massive fraud scheme that netted hundreds of millions of dollars from hedge funds. Brazen forgeries and impersonations branded the white collar crime spree remarkable. "Unraveled" is set in the purgatory of house arrest -- an Upper East Side penthouse -- where the Court has ordered Dreier confined until his sentencing day. The film weaves Dreier's struggle to prepare for the possibility of life imprisonment with first-person flashbacks, which reveal his audacious path of destruction. Destroyed by his own hubris, Dreier attempts to grasp his tragic unraveling. With unprecedented access, "Unraveled" exposes a mastermind of criminal deception.
Direction
House arrest setting turns penthouse into psychological pressure cooker.
Production
Unprecedented access to a fraudster still performing innocence.
Director
Marc H. Simon
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during peak post-2008 rage, it captures a specific moment when white-collar criminals became public enemies. Dreier's timing was cursed—Madoff stole his spotlight.
Director Marc Simon was Dreier's actual law firm colleague, which explains the uncomfortable intimacy. The access is incredible; the ethics are blurry.
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