Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

2005 · 110 MIN · IMDB 7.6 · 20,605 VOTES · DIR. Alex Gibney

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Overview

A documentary about the Enron corporation, its faulty and corrupt business practices, and how they led to its fall.

Dialogue Timeline — 2,274 lines

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00:00:34 What's he building in there?
00:06:25 Could we have a word with you real quickly?
00:11:19 But while he was governor of Texas
00:15:33 What we could do is just try and find out
00:20:14 whatever Enron said they were.
00:24:29 Enron on-line will change the markets
00:29:16 and he usually brought some of the traders along with him.
00:33:51 Skilling was, and everyone else in the company was.
00:38:36 Why were the analysts blinded to the company's deceit?
00:43:15 The perception is the reality.
00:47:36 I said... said to her
00:51:32 People pressured by the need to keep the stock price up
00:56:00 It's sort of the Who's Who of Wall Street:
01:00:49 As I understand it, you called him an asshole.
01:05:02 Reducing electricity cost is only one benefit
01:09:40 Oh, yeah.
01:14:03 because I think people lost their sense of morality.
01:18:18 I work for an organization.
01:22:08 Yes. Could I predict that Arnold Schwartzerneger
01:26:49 I'm sorry Jeff did resign.
01:31:18 Probably in more normal circumstances
01:35:58 'I take responsibility' for a thing.
01:41:01 And what's he have to show, at the end day
20:00:00 had lost their jobs.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed2,274
Dialogue density20.7 lines / min
First line00:00:34
Final line20:00:00

Production Record

DirectorAlex Gibney
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes20,605