Too Big to Fail

The film "Too Big to Fail" is a 2011 American biographical drama that chronicles the 2008 financial crisis, focusing on the collapse of Lehman Brothers investment bank and its impact on the global economy. Directed by Curtis Hanson and written by Peter Gould, it explores the efforts of Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson (William Hurt) and Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke (Paul Giamatti) to stabilize the system, including rescuing AIG and lobbying Congress to pass the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). The film stars Billy Crudup as Timothy Geithner, a key player in these efforts.