Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
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ENRON: THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM (DVD MOVIE)
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One of the greatest scandals in American corporate history is chronicled in the riveting documentary Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room. Based on the bestselling book by Fortune magazine reporters Bethany McLean and Peter Elkin, and directed by Alex Gibney (who also produced The Trials of Henry Kissinger), the film is an epic morality tale, drawing upon a wealth of insider interviews and archival material to show how Enron, once the nation's seventh largest corporate entity, essentially faked its bookkeeping to report profits that never existed. The corrupt and closely-guarded mismanagement by Enron executives (including Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling, later placed on criminal trial) is revealed through such heinous concepts as "Hypothetical Future Value" (a way of reaping fortunes based on false profit projections) and the use of offshore "shell" companies to hide the massive losses that eventually toppled the company (along with the venerable Arthur Anderson accounting firm) and left 20,000 employees jobless. As a maddening portrait of hubris and white-collar crime, Enron transcends political and corporate boundaries by showing how smart and powerful men grew blinded by greed and brought ruin upon themselves, along with thousands of otherwise innocent victims. For better and worse, it's a perfect double-feature with eye-opening 2004 documentary The Corporation. --Jeff Shannon
ENRON: THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM (DVD MOVIE)
Amazon.com:
One of the greatest scandals in American corporate history is chronicled in the riveting documentary Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room. Based on the bestselling book by Fortune magazine reporters Bethany McLean and Peter Elkin, and directed by Alex Gibney (who also produced The Trials of Henry Kissinger), the film is an epic morality tale, drawing upon a wealth of insider interviews and archival material to show how Enron, once the nation's seventh largest corporate entity, essentially faked its bookkeeping to report profits that never existed. The corrupt and closely-guarded mismanagement by Enron executives (including Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling, later placed on criminal trial) is revealed through such heinous concepts as "Hypothetical Future Value" (a way of reaping fortunes based on false profit projections) and the use of offshore "shell" companies to hide the massive losses that eventually toppled the company (along with the venerable Arthur Anderson accounting firm) and left 20,000 employees jobless. As a maddening portrait of hubris and white-collar crime, Enron transcends political and corporate boundaries by showing how smart and powerful men grew blinded by greed and brought ruin upon themselves, along with thousands of otherwise innocent victims. For better and worse, it's a perfect double-feature with eye-opening 2004 documentary The Corporation. --Jeff Shannon
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- Worth seeing, and sharing with a friend.
This is a smart and well-paced look both in front of, and behind, the scene to explain what happened with Enron, and how things went so wrong.I highly recommend it to people who want to understand the perils of deregulation of energy markets, and more broadly about how private incentives for capitalists can be so at odds with the public interest.The simple explanation of how California taxpayers were left tens of billions of dollars in the hole because of flawed deregulation and price manipulation ... Read More
Rating: - Good movie, but nudity and rough language
This is an excellent documentary of the Enron saga. It brings along the uninformed viewer on a level where they can grasp the chain of events. I teach accounting and unfortunately I can not use this as part of my ethics discussion. Although the material is excellent is has unncessary nudity and rough language through out the video.
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- Great Business Movie
I am in the transportation industry and I'm currently studying for my Series 3 exam for Commodities and this movie gave me a lot of information on what to and not to do.This is a great business movie for anyone.It's a documentary and long, but if you're into business you'll love it, but your it's not something to watch for fun.This was produced by the Dallas Mavericks' Mark Cuban.
Rating: - Educational, well edited and extremely interesting
I have lived in Houston for 15 plus years, and the fall of Enron happened when I was in highschool, so my knowledge of the entire scadal was minimal at best, so watching this hit many places, it filled in all the gaps I had missing, the interviews are great, and the fact that something like that happened in my own home town seemed to weigh in.. I have watched this documentary many times and it doesn't get old. after watching, driving past the old enron building in downtown Houston was different. it was ... Read More
Rating: - Great!
This is a great product. The documentary is eye-opening, informative, and entertaining. The DVD came in great quality, and I'm very happy I purchased it!
- Worth seeing, and sharing with a friend.This is a smart and well-paced look both in front of, and behind, the scene to explain what happened with Enron, and how things went so wrong.I highly recommend it to people who want to understand the perils of deregulation of energy markets, and more broadly about how private incentives for capitalists can be so at odds with the public interest.The simple explanation of how California taxpayers were left tens of billions of dollars in the hole because of flawed deregulation and price manipulation ... Read More
- Good movie, but nudity and rough languageThis is an excellent documentary of the Enron saga. It brings along the uninformed viewer on a level where they can grasp the chain of events. I teach accounting and unfortunately I can not use this as part of my ethics discussion. Although the material is excellent is has unncessary nudity and rough language through out the video.
- Great Business MovieI am in the transportation industry and I'm currently studying for my Series 3 exam for Commodities and this movie gave me a lot of information on what to and not to do.This is a great business movie for anyone.It's a documentary and long, but if you're into business you'll love it, but your it's not something to watch for fun.This was produced by the Dallas Mavericks' Mark Cuban.
- Educational, well edited and extremely interestingI have lived in Houston for 15 plus years, and the fall of Enron happened when I was in highschool, so my knowledge of the entire scadal was minimal at best, so watching this hit many places, it filled in all the gaps I had missing, the interviews are great, and the fact that something like that happened in my own home town seemed to weigh in.. I have watched this documentary many times and it doesn't get old. after watching, driving past the old enron building in downtown Houston was different. it was ... Read More
- Great!This is a great product. The documentary is eye-opening, informative, and entertaining. The DVD came in great quality, and I'm very happy I purchased it!
