Inside Job

"The film that cost over $20,000,000,000,000 to make."

2010 1h 49m EN

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METACRITIC

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★7.7TMDB · 1,082🍅98%Rotten Tomatoes●88Metacritic★8.2IMDB · 82,332

DocumentaryCrime

Synopsis

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A film that exposes the shocking truth behind the economic crisis of 2008. The global financial meltdown, at a cost of over $20 trillion, resulted in millions of people losing their homes and jobs. Through extensive research and interviews with major financial insiders, politicians and journalists, Inside Job traces the rise of a rogue industry and unveils the corrosive relationships which have corrupted politics, regulation and academia.

“The film that cost over $20,000,000,000,000 to make.”

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Cast

Matt Damon
Narrator
Bill Ackman
Self - Hedge Fund Manager
Jonathan Alpert
Self - Therapist
Christine Lagarde
Self - Finance Minister, France
Daniel Alpert
Self - Managing Director, Westwood Capital
Sigridur Benediktsdottir
Self - Special Investigative Committee, Icelandic Parliament
Gylfi Zoega
Self - Professor of Economics, University of Iceland
Andri Snær Magnason
Self - Writer & Filmmaker

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Charles Ferguson
Writers: Adam Bolt, Chad Beck, Charles Ferguson
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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1 / 8

MONEY

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Shot for just $2.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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2 / 8

MONEY

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Made its money back 3.9× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 16 years ago.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Charles Ferguson, shot by Svetlana Cvetko. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Alex Heffes. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Chad Beck shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Matt Damon and Bill Ackman and Jonathan Alpert carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

MONEY

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Marketing tagline: "The film that cost over $20,000,000,000,000 to make.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Charles Ferguson directs. Svetlana Cvetko behind the camera. Alex Heffes scores. Chad Beck cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $2.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Made its money back 3.9× over at the box office.
3Released 16 years ago.
4Directed by Charles Ferguson, shot by Svetlana Cvetko. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Alex Heffes. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Chad Beck shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Matt Damon and Bill Ackman and Jonathan Alpert carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "The film that cost over $20,000,000,000,000 to make.".
9IMDB entry: tt1645089 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 20 themes, including "banker", "corruption", "capitalism", "globalization".

The technical file

Cinematography: Svetlana Cvetko
Original score: Alex Heffes
Editing: Chad Beck
Runtime: 109 min · 1h 49m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $2,000,000
Box office: $7,871,522
Return: 394% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Inside Job (2010)
Rotten Tomatoes: 98% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 88/100
IMDB rating: 8.2/10 · 82,332 votes
MPAA: PG-13

Awards

Won 1 Oscar. 8 wins & 27 nominations total

Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film

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What people are saying

Andres Gomez2014-10-17
★ 8/10
A good and clean explanation of how US side of the 2008's global economic crisis was nurtured. Really well cut and simply explained so everybody can understand it. Also, a good introduction to all the main characters with certain degree of responsibility in the US. A pity that the POV from the very beginning is that the system was perverted and doesn't go forward. You would miss a critical analysis on whether the capitalist system works at all or systematically causes these problems because it is in its own nature.

Production companies

Who made it

RE
Representational Pictures
US

Key crew

ProducerCharles Ferguson
ProducerAudrey Marrs
Executive ProducerJeffrey Lurie
Executive ProducerChristina Weiss Lurie
ProducerKalyanee Mam
ProducerAnna Moot-Levin
EditorChad Beck
EditorAdam Bolt
Sound mixerDavid Hocs
Sound mixerMichael Jones
Sound mixerDavid Mendez
GafferArthur Aravena
GafferJason Hubert
GafferStephen Kaye
GafferGeir Magnússon
GafferRobert McKenna
GripCarter Bissell
GripBill Dixon
GripJohn Dunkin
GripSam Krueger
GripAdam Macbeth
GripAaron Randall
GripSeth Uhlin
Music SupervisorSusan Jacobs

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

banker
corruption
capitalism
globalization
bank
crisis
fraud
banking
wall street
based on true story
global economy
finances
money
economics
financial crisis
stock market
political corruption
government corruption
corporation
systemic corruption

Release history · US

When it landed

Theatrical2010-10-08PG-13

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עבודה פנימיתIL

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