INSIDE JOB

Monday, February 7

Director: Charles Ferguson
Run Time: 108 minutes
Country: USA
Year: 2010
Language: English
Rating: PG (Coarse language)

Do you get angry when you think of the 2008 economic crisis? Prepare to get even angrier as you watch Inside Job, the latest from the Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Charles Ferguson. Premiering at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival®, Inside Job offers the definitive screen investigation of the global economic crisis. Beyond provoking rage, the film points some clarifying fingers.

It's a whodunit where the villains make no attempt to disguise themselves. Why should they? Their fraud caused trillions of dollars of losses, yet no one went to prison. In telling the story of what really happened, Inside Job brings accountability where the justice system has failed. As seen in his previous film, No End in Sight – which scrutinized America's failures in Iraq and went on to be nominated for an Academy Award – Ferguson is adept at securing high-level interviews and never shies away from asking tough questions.

Once again, he assembles an impressive roster of interview subjects, including George Soros, French Minister of Finance Christine Lagarde and U.S. congressman Barney Frank. Narrated by Matt Damon, Inside Job provides hard evidence of flagrant amorality, and that the ongoing international banking crisis was no accident. Ferguson examines how politicians dismantled regulations enacted after the Great Depression, how Wall Street escalated its high risk behaviour and how Ivy League business schools neglected to challenge dangerous trends.

Through extensive research and interviews with major financial insiders, politicians and journalists, Inside Job spells out with remarkable clarity the complicated financial matters at the heart of the meltdown. Illustrating the scope of the crisis, the film devotes screen time to economic victims in Iceland, England, France, Singapore and China in addition to those in the United States. Like No End in Sight, Ferguson's Inside Job aims to arm audiences with information and infuriate them to instigate change. The film traces the rise of a rogue industry and unveils the corrosive relationships which have corrupted politics, regulation and academia, leading to one of the biggest heists of all time.

"Inside Job deserves, in stock terms, a triple-A rating."
– Duane Byrge, The Hollywood Reporter

Reviews: www.metacritic.com/movie/inside-job

Official Site: www.sonyclassics.com/insidejob

Winter/Spring 2011 Film Schedule January 10 - The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest January 24 - Tamara Drewe February 7 - Inside Job February 21 - Oliver Sherman March 28 - Another Year