Hank: 5 Years from the Brink

6.8 / 10

(7 votes)

For three weeks in September 2008, one person was charged with preventing the collapse of the global economy. No one understood the financial markets better than Hank Paulson, the former CEO of Goldman Sachs. In Hank: Five Years from the Brink, Paulson tells the complete story of how he persuaded banks, Congress and presidential candidates to sign off on nearly $1 trillion in bailouts - even as he found the behavior that led to the crisis, and the bailouts themselves, morally reprehensible. Directed by Academy Award nominee Joe Berlinger (Paradise Lost Trilogy, Some Kind of Monster), the film features Paulson, and his wife of 40 years, Wendy. it's a riveting portrait of leadership under unimaginable pressure - and a marriage under unfathomable circumstances.

Country:
Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

86 minutes

Year:

2013

Director:

Joe Berlinger

Cast:
Henry Paulson

Self - Former Secretary of the Treasury (as Hank Paulson)

Wendy Paulson

Self - Hank’s Wife

Crew:
Joe Berlinger

Director

Jon Kamen

Executive Producer

Dave O'Connor

Executive Producer

Justin Wilkes

Executive Producer

Jeanine Brand

Producer