The Big Short
2015 · Movie · 123 min. · United States
Three separate but parallel stories of the U.S mortgage housing crisis of 2005 are told. Michael Burry, an eccentric ex-physician turned one-eyed Scion Capital hedge fund manager, has traded traditional office attire for shorts, bare feet and a Supercuts haircut. He believes that the US housing market is built on a bubble that will burst within the next few years. Autonomy within the company allows Burry to do largely as he pleases, so Burry proceeds to bet against the housing market with the banks, who are more than happy to accept his proposal for something that has never happened in American history. The banks believe that Burry is a crackpot and therefore are confident in that they will win the deal. Jared Vennett with Deutschebank gets wind of what Burry is doing and, as an investor believes he too can cash in on Burry's beliefs.
Direction Adam McKay
Cast Christian Bale · Steve Carell · Ryan Gosling · John Magaro · Finn Wittrock · Brad Pitt · Hamish Linklater · Rafe Spall · Jeremy Strong · Marisa Tomei · Melissa Leo · Stanley Wong · Byron Mann · Tracy Letts · Karen Gillan · Max Greenfield · Margot Robbie · Selena Gomez · Richard Thaler · Anthony Bourdain
Soundtrack Nicholas Britell
Screenplay Adam McKay · Charles Randolph · Michael Lewis
Cinematography Barry Ackroyd
Original title The Big Short
6.8
31K votes (FilmAffinity)
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