Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room full movie is released on May 20, 2005. Watch Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room online - the English Documentary movie from United States , which has achieved a worldwide gross of $4,854,164. Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room is directed by Alex Gibney and created by Alex Gibney with John Beard and Tim Belden. Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room is available online on Hoopla and Kanopy.

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.