TITLE DROP: Mentioned by Hank Paulson character while lecturing his aide ("Here's your too big to fail").
The film cast includes one Oscar winner: William Hurt; and three Oscar nominees: James Woods, Paul Giamatti and Michael O'Keefe.
Some of the offices for the Lehman brothers offices uses the same building as the hit TV series suits.
Topher Grace initially had a hard time putting aside his political beliefs to fill his role, but after talking to Curtis Hanson he figured out how to access his character's emotions and was fine from that point forward.