American Casino

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American Casino

2009

1h 29m

Documentary

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A look into how the Wall Street meltdown affected workers.

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American Casino presents the causes and effects of the American banking crisis with just enough clarity and rage to overcome its flaws.

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Jonathan F. Richards

Film.com

11/22/2009

The Cockburns paint a picture of a financial world devoid of morality and scruples, a culture in which reckless disregard of reason and caution led to a towering house of cards that could only come crashing down.

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Dan Kois

Washington Post

11/05/2009

3/4

As Leslie Cockburn's camera roams the foreclosed rowhouses of Baltimore, their planked-up doors reminiscent of shots from The Wire, I thought: Baltimore needs some good PR.

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Mark Feeney

Boston Globe

11/05/2009

2.5/4

Much of the final two-thirds of the documentary can have a TV newsmagazine feel: solidly presented, but not shaped to a larger end. As self-righteousness sets in, however justified, so does a certain artistic slackness.

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John Powers

NPR's Fresh Air

05/17/2018

This smart, touching documentary traces the connections between Wall Street's high-flying practices and the countless citizens on Main Street who now face bankruptcy and eviction.

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Michael Sragow

Baltimore Sun

11/13/2009

3.5/4

It's a nightmare that starts like a normal daytime drive and ends in a vortex-like sinkhole.

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09/08/2012

this film does what no other film which covered the Wall Street CDOs and other scams ever attempted....to bring in the HUMAN story of those who were used to satisfy the need for greed...the targets who were the mortgage holders who were used by mortgage corps & banks to sell sell sell. This film as no other explains HOW this happend and why the actual victims ended up being blamed for the thefts and crimes of the financial industry which we, the tax payers Bailed out in order to keep this house of cards from collapsing entirely. Most instructive.

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Synopsis

A look into how the Wall Street meltdown affected workers.

Director: Leslie Cockburn
Producer: Andrew Cockburn, Leslie Cockburn
Screenwriter: Andrew Cockburn, Leslie Cockburn
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 14, 2009, Original
Box Office (Gross USA): $50.9K
Runtime: 1h 29m