Too Big to Fail

Main Street took the fall. Wall Street got the check.

An intimate look at the epochal financial crisis of 2008 and the powerful men and women who decided the fate of the world's economy in a matter of a few weeks.

William Hurt

(Henry Paulson)

Paul Giamatti

James Woods

Billy Crudup

(Timothy Geithner)

Topher Grace

(Jim Wilkinson)

Matthew Modine

Tony Shalhoub

Bill Pullman

Cynthia Nixon

(Michele Davis)

Ed Asner

(Warren Buffett)

Fiona Choi

(Second Reporter)

Evan Handler

(Lloyd Blankfein)

Joey Slotnick

Peter Hermann

(Christopher Cox)

Michael O'Keefe

(Chris Flowers)

Maria Bartiromo

Chance Kelly

Ben Livingston

(Investment Banker)

Kathy Baker

(Wendy Paulson)

Amy Carlson

Erin Dilly

(Christal West)

John Heard

Bea Miller

(Buffett's Great Grandkid)

Beau Baxter

Ajay Mehta

(Vikram Pandit)

Laurence Lau

Ayad Akhtar

(Neel Kashkari)

Dan Hedaya

(Congressman Barney Frank)

Steve Tom

(Senator Chris Dodd)

Jonathan Freeman

(Senator Richard Shelby)

Linda Glick

(Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi)

Rutanya Alda

(Admiral Evans)

Rob Evans

(Sir Christopher)

Laila Robins

(Christine Lagarde)

Patricia Randell

(Chairman Sheila Bair)

Jennifer Van Dyck

Erin Burnett