The Last Days of Lehman Brothers

A taut, talky weekend of boardroom brinkmanship that plays like a quiet disaster movie, all phone calls and cold calculations.

Directed by

Michael Samuels

Genres

Drama, Tv movie

Starring

Corey Johnson, James Cromwell, Michael Landes

Overview

The heads of Wall Street's biggest investment banks were summoned to an evening meeting by the US Treasury Secretary, Hank Paulson, to discuss the plight of another - Lehman Brothers. After six months' turmoil in the world's financial markets, Lehman Brothers was on life support and the government was about to pull the plug. Lehman CEO, Dick Fuld, recently sidelined in a boardroom coup, spends the weekend desperately trying to resuscitate his beloved company through a merger with Bank of America or UK-based Barclays. But without the financial support of Paulson and Lehman's fiercest competitors, Fuld's empire - and with it, the stability of the world economy - teeters on the verge of extinction.

How it feels

Tense, dark, cynical and melancholic. Brisk and needs your attention.

About

Power, greed, corruption, class

Content

Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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