The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
2009 · 60 MIN · IMDB 6.1 · 699 VOTES · DIR. Michael Samuels
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.
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00:00:09 This programme contains strong language.
00:02:04 Hold on. Jamie, I'll call you back.
00:04:22 This better be good news, Bart.
00:06:18 - Bullshit. - Not a penny.
00:07:59 You wanna call it a game?
00:10:25 I can get Paulson to turn around. I'll call you back.
00:12:31 OK, so...I want someone to buy our toxic assets.
00:14:49 - And when do you not want this done by? - This weekend.
00:17:55 So, we handed him our pay slips and he made corrections
00:20:09 and loans were somehow connected to the CDOs in some funny legal way
00:22:44 Man, I'm made of chemicals. You see?
00:25:12 where we can place all of our toxic assets.
00:27:22 maybe Paulson won't be so...
00:29:22 You're all crazy!
00:32:35 How can we just be cut apart from the rest?
00:34:35 LAUGHS
00:37:50 Where did you hear the laughing?
00:40:35 The world is different now.
00:44:28 Don't worry about it.
00:46:53 - Maybe you should turn on the news. - Why should I watch the news?
00:49:03 Goodies. Ribs. Meat.
00:52:13 I've been on the phone with Dick for six months trying to get him to sell.
00:55:49 and naturally they thought I was losing my marbles.
100:01:00 to tell you they hate bankers