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date (day) time network episode title
5/23/11 (Mo.)9:00 PMHBON/A






TOO BIG TO FAIL (HBO)
BROADCAST HISTORY:
5/23/11
STATUS:
telefilm/mini-series in the can
DESCRIPTION:
(from HBO's press release, April 2011) Based on the bestselling book by Andrew Ross Sorkin, the film offers an intimate look at the epochal financial crisis of 2008 and 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. William Hurt stars as Paulson; the film also stars (in alphabetical order) Edward Asner, Billy Crudup, Paul Giamatti, Topher Grace, Matthew Modine, Cynthia Nixon, Michael O'Keefe, Bill Pullman, Tony Shalhoub, and James Woods. It co-stars Ayad Akhtar, Kathy Baker, Amy Carlson, Evan Handler, John Heard, Dan Hedaya, Peter Hermann, Chance Kelly, Tom Mason, Ajay Mehta, Laila Robins, Victor Slezak and Joey Slotnick. HBO Films presents a Curtis Hanson Film, in association with Spring Creek Productions; Curtis Hanson directs from a script by Peter Gould; based on the book by Andrew Ross Sorkin; Curtis Hanson, Paula Weinstein and Jeffrey Levine executive produce; Carol Fenelon co-executive produces; Ezra Swerdlow produces.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Ayad Akhtar as Neel Kashkari
· Bill Pullman as Jamie Dimon
· Billy Crudup as Timothy Geithner
· Cynthia Nixon as Michele Davis
· Dan Hedaya as Barney Frank
· Ed Asner as Warren Buffett
· Evan Handler as Lloyd Blankfein
· James Woods as Dick Fuld
· Joey Slotnick as Dan Jester
· John Heard as Joe Gregory
· Kathy Baker as Wendy Paulson
· Matthew Modine as John Thain
· Michael O'Keefe as J. Christopher Flowers
· Paul Giamatti as Ben Bernanke
· Tony Shalhoub as John Mack
· Topher Grace as Jim Wilkinson
· William Hurt as Henry Paulson
CREW INFORMATION:
· Andrew Sorkin as BOOK/CONS
· Bethany McLean as BOOK/CONS
· Carol Fenelon as CO-EP
· Curtis Hanson as EP/DIR
· Ezra Swerdlow as PROD
· Jeffrey Levine as EP
· Joe Nocera as BOOK/CONS
· Paula Weinstein as EP
· Peter Gould as WRTR
GENRE(S):
· based on a book
· mow
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Spring Creek Productions