AS SEEN ON TV: BEN BERNANKE

BEN BERNANKE

AS SEEN IN:
"Too Big To Fail"

AS PLAYED BY:
Paul Giamatti

TV DIMENSION:
Earth Prime-Time

“We think about the phrase ‘too big to fail’ in the context of big, financial institutions,

but it’s really a story about people who themselves think they’re too big to fail."

Andrew Ross Sorkin

 On Monday, May 23rd at 9:00p.m. ET/PT, HBO Films presents TOO BIG TO FAIL. The film is based on Andrew Ross Sorkin’s bestselling book of the same name. Directed by Oscar-winner Curtis Hanson (“L.A. Confidential”), the film offers an intimate look at the epochal Wall Street financial crisis of 2008 and explores the inner sanctum of the powerful men and women who decided the fate of the world’s economy in a matter of a few weeks. Centering on Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, the film goes behind closed doors to examine the symbiotic relationship between Wall Street and Washington.

The film’s stellar cast includes stars Oscar-winner William Hurt (“Kiss of the Spider Woman”), seven-time Emmy-winner Edward Asner (“Up”), Billy Crudup (“Eat Pray Love”), Emmy-winner Paul Giamatti (HBO’s “John Adams”), Topher Grace (“Spider-Man 3”), Matthew Modine (“Weeds”), two-time Emmy-winner Cynthia Nixon (HBO’s “Sex and the City”), Michael O’Keefe (“Michael Clayton”), Bill Pullman (“While You Were Sleeping”), three-time Emmy-winner Tony Shalhoub (“Monk”) and two-time Emmy-winner James Woods (HBO’s “Citizen Cohn”).

For more on Bernanke:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Bernanke

BCnU!