Tonight, HBO will air its adaptation of NY Times reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin's portrait of the financial crisis, Too Big To Fail. It features a wide array of stars playing real life figures, including William Hurt as former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Billy Crudup as former NY Federal Reserve head (and current Treasury Secretary) Timothy Geithner, Paul Giamatti as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, Ed Asner as Warren Buffett, Evan Handler (yes, Harry Goldenblatt from Sex and the City) as Goldman Sachs chairman Lloyd Blankfein and Tony Shalhoub as Morgan Stanley's John Mack. However, if the movie were to have a romantic lead, it might be Bill Pullman, who plays JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon.
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Too Big To Fail: Will Paul Giamatti, Billy Crudup Make Credit Default Swaps Sexy?
Looking Into the Crystal Ball for the Oscars
As Jon Stewart takes to the stage this Sunday at 8 pm to host the 78th Annual Academy Awards, the movie-lovin' Gothamist will be watching with eager anticipation from our couch. The spectacle, the glamour, the bad musical numbers and cheesy memorial montages -- we love it all. In fact, Gothamist (ie. Jen Chung and movie correspondent Karen Wilson) will be live blogging the ceremony but in the meantime, here's a few predictions for the winners:
Oscar Nominations 2006: Indie Movies Broke(back) Out of the Pack
It's the itch we can't scratch - the Academy Awards. We make sure we see the announcements at 8:30AM and then rush to work, thinking about the nominations while on the train. This morning, Academy President Sid Ganis and Mira Sorvino (who isn't doing anything else, anyway) announced the nominations. As expected, Brokeback Mountain, Good Night and Good Luck, and Capote earned many nominations, and Crash made a surprising showing with Best Picture, Best Director and even a Best Supporting Actor nomination for Matt Dillon. Other surprises/interesting things:
Weekly Movie Guide
Once again, movie lovers have plenty to rejoice about over the next week. Three international heavyweights have new releases and we're not including Jodie Foster going crazy on an airplane in that equation. One of New York's most important production companies gets saluted at MoMA plus there's this little thing starting at Lincoln Center tomorrow night which should dominate much of the city's film landscape for the coming fortnight just as it does this week's .
Theater Review: Hurlyburly
The new hit off-Broadway production by the New Group of Hurlyburly is reportedly transfering to Broadway, we are especially glad that we had the chance a few nights ago to see it at the intimate Acorn Theatre at 42nd Street's Theatre Row complex.
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