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Title:
The big short
Author:
Pitt, Brad, 1963- film producer, actor.
Publication Information:
Los Angeles, CA : Paramount, [2016]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary:
The financial meltdown from the perspective of a number of players: Michael Burry, a bizarre autistic-like stock-picking genius, and the first to realize that the market's housing boom is based on a house of cards sham; Mark Baum, self-loathing fictional character whose firm picks up insider trading information from a wrong number phone call; Jarred Vennet, a smart-aleck broker who confirms the ominous suspicion; and Charles Gellar and James Shipley, small-time players who hit it big.
General Note:
Based upon the book by Michael Lewis.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2015.

Special features: Deleted scenes; In the tranches: casting; The big leap: Adam McKay; Unlikely heroes: the characters of "The big shot"; The house of cards: the rise of the fall: Getting real: recreating an era.
Language:
English
Reading Level:
Rating: R; for pervasive language and some sexuality/nudity.
Personal Subject:
Lewis, Michael (Michael M.)-Film and video adaptations.
Subject Term:
Stockbrokers -- Drama.

Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 -- Drama.

Financial crises -- United States -- History -- 21st century -- Drama.
Genre:
Feature films.

Comedy films.

Film adaptations.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
Added Author:
Pitt, Brad, 1963-

Randolph, Charles,

McKay, Adam, 1968-

Bale, Christian, 1974-

Carell, Steve, 1962-

Gosling, Ryan, 1980-

Motion picture adaptation of (work): Lewis, Michael (Michael M.). Big shot.
Added Corporate Author:
Paramount Pictures Corporation,

Regency Enterprises,

Plan B Entertainment
Added Uniform Title:
Container of (work): Big short (Motion picture)

Container of (expression): Big short (Motion picture). French.

Container of (expression): Big short (Motion picture). Portuguese.

Container of (expression): Big short (Motion picture). Spanish.
UPC:
032429240125
Format :
Blu-Ray

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