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The big short

Randolph, Charles. (Added Author). McKay, Adam, 1968- (Added Author). Gosling, Ryan, 1980- (Added Author). Bale, Christian, 1974- (Added Author). Carell, Steve, 1962- (Added Author). Pitt, Brad, 1963- (Added Author). Lewis, Michael (Michael M.). Motion picture adaptation of (work): Big short. (Added Author). Paramount Pictures, Inc. (Added Author). Ryan Gosling, Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Brad Pitt, Marisa Tomei, Jeffry Griffin, Finn Wittrock, Karen Gillan. (Cast).

The financial meltdown from the perspective of a number of players: Michael Burry, a bizarre autistic-like stock-picking genius, and the first to realize that the market's housing boom is based on a "house of cards" sham; Mark Baum, self-loathing fictional character whose firm picks up insider trading information from a wrong number phone call; Jarred Vennet, a smart-aleck broker who confirms the ominous suspicion; and Charles Gellar and James Shipley, small-time players who hit it big.

DVD  - 2016
FIC Big
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  • Physical Description 1 videodisc (130 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
  • Publisher [Los Angeles, California] : Paramount Pictures, [2016]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Title from container.
Adapted from the book by Michael Lewis.
GMD: videodisc.
Participant or Performer Note:
Ryan Gosling, Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Brad Pitt, Marisa Tomei, Jeffry Griffin, Finn Wittrock, Karen Gillan.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2015.
Target Audience Note:
Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.
System Details Note:
DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
For private home use only.
Language Note:
In English, French or Spanish, or subtitled in English, French, Portuguese or Spanish.
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Described video for the blind and visually impaired (English).

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