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In this scene from the third episode of "50 Documentaries to See Before You Die," Alex Gibney's "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room" (2005) claims the No. 25 spot on the countdown. This Oscar-nominated documentary is based on Bethany McLean's 2003 book of the same name and profiles the rise and scandalous fall Enron Corporation, an American energy and services company. Musician Henry Rollins and "Vanguard" correspondent Christof Putzel praise the film for taking a complicated criminal scandal and making it understandable and compelling for any audience.
Renowned documentarian Morgan Spurlock hosts "50 Documentaries To See Before You Die," a celebration of the most remarkable and moving documentaries released in the past 25 years. It examines how the documentary feature has evolved into an increasingly popular genre, becoming a major box office draw and impacting contemporary American culture in ways never seen before.
"50 Documentaries To See Before You Die" airs Tuesdays at 9/8c throughout August on Current TV.
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In this "50 Documentaries to See Before You Die" extended interview, director Alex Gibney reveals why it just made sense to frame "Enron: The Smart Guys in the Room" as a heist film. The documentary was so effective that it helped influence the opening statements for the Enron trials.
Renowned documentarian Morgan Spurlock hosts "50 Documentaries To See Before You Die," a celebration of the most remarkable and moving documentaries released in the past 25 years. It examines how the documentary feature has evolved into an increasingly popular genre, becoming a major box office draw and impacting contemporary American culture in ways never seen before.
"50 Documentaries To See Before You Die" airs Tuesdays at 9/8c throughout August on Current TV.
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50 Documentaries To See Before You Die presents an exclusive interview with Alex Gibney.
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, Gibney’s look at the corrupt business practices that ultimately brought down the wildly successful energy company, Enron, was nominated for an Academy Award for best documentary in 2006. Two years later, Gibney won the Oscar for his documentary Taxi To The Dark Side, an in-depth examination of American uses of torture, focusing on the torture and death on an innocent taxi driver in Afghanistan in 2002 at the hands of American forces.
50 Documentaries To See Before You Die airs every Tuesday in August at 10pm.
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After the first episode of "50 Documentaries to See Before You Die," directors Penelope Spheeris and Seth Gordon shared their favorite documentaries with us. Although Current's own list is limited to the last 25 years, both had great affection for classic documentaries release well before the 1980s. This time, directors Alex Gibney (#36, "Taxi to the Dark Side") and Bruce Sinofsky (#34, "Brother's Keeper") reveal a few of their favorite documentary films.
Like ours, Alex Gibney's list seems heavily influenced by the last couple decades.
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"Waltz with Bashir" (2008)
"The Sorrow and the Pity" (1969)
"Gimme Shelter" (1970)
"Night and Fog" (1955)
"The Thin Blue Line" (1988)
"Grizzly Man" (2005)
"Capturing the Friedmans" (2003)
"Man on Wire" (2008)
"When We Were Kings" (1996)
"Sherman's March" (1986)
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Eliot Spitzer made some serious enemies during his reign as Attorney General in New York and his fall was just as hard. Best Movies Ever reviews Client 9: The Rise And Fall Of Eliot SpitzerEliot Spitzer made some serious enemies during his reign as Attorney General in New... more
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Casino Jack and the United States of Money is the only film I walked out on at Sundance (so far.) So this'll be a briefer bit than the others, but I'll explain why I left the press screening for it.
Thematically, there's nothing from with Alex Gibney's Casino Jack. It starts out with an email from Jack Abramoff claiming no one watches documentaries and he should do an action film instead. This comes back in hilarious fashion to Abramoff's own producer days with Red Scorpion, an 80s' Dolph Lundgren action film that has a much more frightening basis in reality.
Because it's based on an actual documentary Abramoff made.
This comes up around the 15 to 20 minute mark in Casino Jack, which slogs through year by year from the early days of Jack as a young boy up to his takeover of the College Republicans. The brunt of my problem with Jack is the heavy-handed flash and pizazz Gibney takes with the story, going year by year in an effort to explain every tiny detail of why this happened. Even going so far as to get enough talking heads to refer to them as "radicals" while various music plays to make sure you're getting the tone of the scene hammered into your skull: going to Nicaragua? Cue Guns n' Roses' "Welcome to the Jungle."
The film's already being released by Magnolia, so it isn't like this needs any backing. And it'll come out later this year regardless, but while at Sundance the last thing I want to do is watch a political version of VH1's Behind the Music.
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Casino Jack and the United States of Money is the only film I walked out on at Sundance (so far.) So this’ll be a briefer bit than the others, but I’ll explain why I left the press screening for it.
Thematically, there’s nothing from with Alex Gibney’s Casino Jack. It starts out with an email from Jack Abramoff claiming no one watches documentaries and he should do an action film instead. This comes back in hilarious fashion to Abramoff’s own producer days with Red Scorpion, an 80s’ Dolph Lundgren action film that has a much more frightening basis in reality.
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