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The Last Days of Lehman Brothers (2009)

The Last Days of Lehman Brothers (2009)

Drama TV Movie
Release Date: 2009, September 9
Directors: Michael Samuels
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: BBC
Cast: Peter Polycarpou, Josh Dallas, William Hope, Corey Johnson, James Cromwell, Henry Goodman, Tony Devon, Richard Durden, Michael Brandon, Michael Landes, David Annen, Katrena Rochell

Overview:

The heads of Wall Street's biggest investment banks were summoned to an evening meeting by the US Treasury Secretary, Hank Paulson, to discuss the plight of another - Lehman Brothers. After six months' turmoil in the world's financial markets, Lehman Brothers was on life support and the government was about to pull the plug. Lehman CEO, Dick Fuld, recently sidelined in a boardroom coup, spends the weekend desperately trying to resuscitate his beloved company through a merger with Bank of America or UK-based Barclays. But without the financial support of Paulson and Lehman's fiercest competitors, Fuld's empire - and with it, the stability of the world economy - teeters on the verge of extinction.

Keywords:

ceo financial crisis secretary of the treasury investment bank