Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Alex Gibney
Written by	Alex Gibney
Based on	The Smartest Guys in the Room ; by Bethany McLean; Peter Elkind
Produced by	Alex Gibney; Jason Kliot; Susan Motamed; Alison Ellwood;
Narrated by	Peter Coyote
Cinematography	Maryse Alberti
Edited by	Alison Ellwood
Music by	Matthew Hauser
Production; companies	2929 Entertainment; HDNet Films; Jigsaw Productions;
Distributed by	Magnolia Pictures
Release date	April 22, 2005;
Running time	109 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$700,000
Box office	$4.9 million

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room is a 2005 American documentary film based on the best-selling 2003 book of the same name by Fortune reporters Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind, who are credited as writers of the film alongside the director, Alex Gibney. It examines the 2001 collapse of the Enron Corporation, which resulted in criminal trials for several of the company's top executives during the ensuing Enron scandal, and contains a section about the involvement of Enron traders in the 2000-01 California electricity crisis. Archival footage is used alongside new interviews with McLean and Elkind, several former Enron executives and employees, stock analysts, reporters, and former Governor of California Gray Davis.

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