Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)

Director: Alex Gibney
Actors: John Beard, Tim Belden, Barbara Boxer
Genre: Documentary, Biography, History
Release: 2005
Region: All Region(Region Code:0)
Format: DVD, Ntsc, Widescreen
Running Time: 110min
Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0
Language: English
Subtitle: English, Korean, None

Storyline:
Enron dives from the seventh largest US company to bankruptcy in less than a year in this tale told chronologically. The emphasis is on human drama, from suicide to 20,000 people sacked: the personalities of Ken Lay (with Falwellesque rectitude), Jeff Skilling (he of big ideas), Lou Pai (gone with $250 M), and Andy Fastow (the dark prince) dominate. Along the way, we watch Enron game California's deregulated electricity market, get a free pass from Arthur Andersen (which okays the dubious mark-to-market accounting), use greed to manipulate banks and brokerages (Merrill Lynch fires the analyst who questions Enron's rise), and hear from both Presidents Bush what great guys these are.