I caught this 20-minute behind the scenes feature on the upcoming HBO film of Andrew Ross Sorkin's book Too Big To Fail on air and thought I'd post it for those of you getting excited about this film's debut Monday night at 9.
Some amazing people attached including William Hurt as Hank Paulson (top of post) and Ed Asner doing a quite convincing Warren Buffet (image right).
What one of my favorite TV writers, Tim Goodman from THR, said:
Credit HBO for even tackling the subject, based on the best-selling book by New York Times reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin. No film studio would want to produce a complicated and ultimately depressing story about how greed nearly took down Wall Street and the entire economic infrastructure of first-world countries. Gordon Gekko is one thing, a cadre of people — real people — far worse than he is probably not going to be a popcorn movie.
But damned if "Fail" doesn't whittle down the whole sorry story into a mostly understandable and efficient movie that everybody should watch. And in a cast full of beautifully minimalist performances from superb actors, William Hurt gets to remind viewers who might have otherwise forgot just how great he can be.
Enjoy this feature, and make sure to watch the damn movie on Monday. It's after the jump.
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