Too Big to Fail (2011) Movie poster and book cover compared.

Too Big to Fail

Curtis Hanson, 2011

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Too Big to Fail
Andrew Ross Sorkin, 2009

Too Big to Fail is a movie directed by Curtis Hanson in 2011 and based on the book Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System from Crisis — and Themselves by Andrew Ross Sorkin, first published in 2009. The movie features William Hurt, Ed Asner, Billy Crudup, Paul Giamatti, Topher Grace, Cynthia Nixon, and others.

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“The movie is better than the book”

But the book is worth reading.

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RATING

7.3

/ 10

Movie Poster: Too Big to Fail (Curtis Hanson, 2011)

8.2

/ 10

Book Cover: Too Big to Fail (Andrew Ross Sorkin, 2009)

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AUDIOBOOK

Audiobook cover of Too Big to Fail, the 2009 book by Andrew Ross Sorkin.

Too Big to Fail

Read by: William Hughes

Storyline

Too Big to Fail chronicles the 2008 financial meltdown, focusing on the actions of U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Federal Reserve System, to contain the problems during the period of August 2008 to October 13, 2008.

Movie vs Book

Poster of Too Big to Fail, the 2011 movie by Curtis Hanson

Year

2011

Minutes

99

Movie Rate

7.30

Source: IMDb

Movie

Too Big to Fail

Country: USA

Year: 2011

Length: 1h39m

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Cover of Too Big to Fail, the 2009 book by Andrew Ross Sorkin

Year

2009

Pages

600

Book Rate

8.28

S: Goodreads

Book

Too Big to Fail

Subtitle: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System from Crisis - and Themselves

Country: USA

First published in: 2009

Length: 600 pages

Genre: Fiction

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Poster of Too Big to Fail, the 2011 movie by Curtis Hanson

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Cover of Too Big to Fail, the 2009 book by Andrew Ross Sorkin

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