Watch Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005) Free Online

Release Date: 2005

Cast: Amanda Martin-Brock, Bethany McLean, Peter Coyote, S. David Freeman, John Beard, Kenneth Lay, Gray Davis, Jeffrey Skilling, Andrew Fastow, Lou Pai

Categories: Movies, Crime Fiction, Indie, Finance & Investing, Law & Crime, Documentary, Culture & Society, Biography, Business

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room is a 2005 documentary film based on the best-selling 2003 book of the same name by Fortune reporters Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind, a study of one of the largest business scandals in American history. McLean and Elkind are credited as writers of the film alongside the director, Alex Gibney. The film examines the 2001 collapse of the Enron Corporation, which resulted in criminal trials for several of the company's top executives; it also shows the involvement of the Enron traders in the California electricity crisis. The film features interviews with... MORE

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room is a 2005 documentary film based on the best-selling 2003 book of the same name by Fortune reporters Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind, a study of one of the largest business scandals in American history. McLean and Elkind are credited as writers of the film alongside the director, Alex Gibney. The film examines the 2001 collapse of the Enron Corporation, which resulted in criminal trials for several of the company's top executives; it also shows the involvement of the Enron traders in the California electricity crisis. The film features interviews with McLean and Elkind, as well as former Enron executives and employees, stock analysts, reporters and the former Governor of California Gray Davis. The film won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature and was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 78th Academy Awards in 2006. The film begins with a profile of Kenneth Lay, who founded Enron in 1985. Two years later, Enron became embroiled in scandal after two traders began betting on the oil markets, resulting in suspiciously consistent profits for the company. Enron's CEO, Louis Borget, was also discovered to be diverting LESS