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Panic: The Untold Story of the 2008 Financial Crisis

  • 2018
  • TV-14
  • 1h 36m
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7.3/10
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Panic: The Untold Story of the 2008 Financial Crisis (2018)
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As the 2008 financial crisis loomed, frantic efforts to save the US from economic collapse happened in secret. VICE News explores the untold stories of powerful people leading the way.As the 2008 financial crisis loomed, frantic efforts to save the US from economic collapse happened in secret. VICE News explores the untold stories of powerful people leading the way.As the 2008 financial crisis loomed, frantic efforts to save the US from economic collapse happened in secret. VICE News explores the untold stories of powerful people leading the way.

  • Director
    • John Maggio
  • Stars
    • Gary Ackerman
    • Stephen Bannon
    • Ben Bernanke
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.3/10
    812
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    • Director
      • John Maggio
    • Stars
      • Gary Ackerman
      • Stephen Bannon
      • Ben Bernanke
    • 16User reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Gary Ackerman
    • Self - US Representative from New York (D)
    • (archive footage)
    Stephen Bannon
    Stephen Bannon
      Ben Bernanke
      Ben Bernanke
      • Self - Chairman, US Federal Reserve
      Jill Biden
      Jill Biden
      • Self - Wife of Joe Biden
      • (archive footage)
      Joe Biden
      Joe Biden
      • Self - US Vice President
      • (archive footage)
      Lloyd Blankfein
      Lloyd Blankfein
      • Self - CEO, Goldman Sachs
      • (archive footage)
      John Boehner
      John Boehner
      • Self - Speaker, US House of Representatives (R)
      • (archive footage)
      Joshua Bolten
      Joshua Bolten
      • Self - White House Chief of Staff
      • (as Josh Bolten)
      Warren Buffett
      Warren Buffett
      • Self - CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
      Jim Bunning
      Jim Bunning
      • Self - US Senator from Kentucky (R)
      • (archive footage)
      George W. Bush
      George W. Bush
      • Self - US President
      Eric Cantor
      Eric Cantor
        Tom Carper
        Tom Carper
        • Self - US Senator from Delaware (D)
        • (archive footage)
        Elijah Cummings
        Elijah Cummings
        • Self - US Representative from Maryland (D)
        • (archive footage)
        Alistair Darling
        • Self - British Chancellor of the Exchequer
        • (archive footage)
        Michele Davis
        • Self - Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, US Treasury Dept.
        Jamie Dimon
        Jamie Dimon
        • Self - Chairman, CEO, JP Morgan Chase
        Chris Dodd
        Chris Dodd
        • Self - US Senator from Connecticut (D)
        • Director
          • John Maggio
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        1neraprojects

        They says, it's not our fault

        Sorry but this isn't a documentary, it's BS propaganda that wants to say: we saved you, with your money!
        9nido_emiab

        It presents a whole different perspective.

        This Documentary is made as good as you can make it about a very big problem that was felt all around the world. What is more important then the artistic perspection is the story, and for those of us who care (US or non- US), to know how the crysis started, and how efforts were put in to downsize it's effects! It's presented from the inside, from the Government's perspective, and if you put politics and masses psychology aside, you will get a real feel about the effects of the actions that some people make for the greater good.
        tetrahex

        Slick democrat propaganda backing the establishment narrative, one giant appeal to authority

        This one sided "documentary" is simply the establishment narrative as told by a bunch of democrat producers. A quick check of their social media reveals them as complete partisans, and its telling that the Bush era conservative who was once derided as Hitler are now one and the same with the Obama democrat. The documentary questions nothing, likely the reason why they were able to get the politicians and talking heads to interview as it puts them in a flattering light, and then at the end comes the snipe the current administration for not going with the program. Slickly produced to be flattering, its simply propaganda to reinforce a convenient narrative questioning nothing.
        1hughman55

        OUTRAGEOUS!!!!

        Don't believe a word of this crap. Oh, you can believe the part about how the world economy collapsed in 2008. Let's call that the forest fire that burned down the world economy. Now, how did the fire start? Camp fire? Lightening? No. It was deliberately set by arsonists. Now imagine all those arsonists getting together and talking about how bad the fire was. And how they saved so many of us from being engulfed by that fire. What balls...

        The first match that was lit for this economic inferno was the passage of the Graham/Leach/Bliley Congressional Bill of 1999. You know who didn't suffer one penny during this financial meltdown? Bankers!!! This may not the the first time a bank robbery was committed by the BANK against citizens, but it sure was the biggest and most egregious. Make a documentary about that HBO!
        eldelsak

        better go for "the inside job"(2010).

        'Inside Job' provides a comprehensive analysis of the global financial crisis of 2008, which at a cost over $20 trillion, caused millions of people to lose their jobs and homes in the worst recession since the Great Depression, and nearly resulted in a global financial collapse. Through exhaustive research and extensive interviews with key financial insiders, politicians, journalists, and academics, the film traces the rise of a rogue industry which has corrupted politics, regulation, and academia. It was made on location in the United States, Iceland, England, France, Singapore, and China.

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          • December 11, 2018 (United States)
        • Country of origin
          • United States
        • Language
          • English
        • Also known as
          • Vice: Укротители кризиса
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          • Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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          • VICE News
          • Ark Media
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          • 1h 36m(96 min)
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