Inside the meltdown [videorecording] / produced by Michael Kirk, Jim Gilmore, Mike Wiser ; reported by Jim Gilmore ; written and directed by Michael Kirk ; a FRONTLINE co-production with Kirk Documentary Group Ltd.
Publisher: Boston, MA : Alexandria, VA : WGBH Educational Foundation ; Distributed by PBS Home Video, c2009.
ISBN: 0793670659
Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject: Bear, Stearns & Co.
Fannie Mae.
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation.
Lehman Brothers.
Financial crises United States.
Bank failures United States.
Mortgages United States.
Mortgage loans United States.
Subprime mortgage loans United States.
Housing United States Finance.
Banks and banking United States.
Foreclosure United States.
Stock exchanges United States History.
Wall Street (New York, N.Y.) History 20th century.
United States Economic conditions.
Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Television programs United States. local
Other titles: Frontline (Television program).
Credits: Editor, Peter Rhodes ; director of photography, Ben McCoy ; original music, John E. Low.
Performers: Narrator, Will Lyman; commentators include Joe Nocera, Christopher Dodd, Barney Frank, Alan Greenberg, David Faber, Kate Kelly, Bill Bamber, Jeffrey Lane, Bryan Burrough, Gretchen Morgenson, Jon Hilsenrath, Alan Schwartz, John Cassidy, Paul Krugman, Mark Landler, Charles Duhigg, Mark Gertler, Peter Schiff, Thomas Ollquist, Michael Petrucelli, Adam Davidson, Michael Greenberger, Nick Ashooh, Martin Feldstein, Sheila Bair.
Target Audience: Not rated.
Notes: Closed-captioned.
Originally broadcast on Feb. 17, 2009, as an episode of the PBS television series Frontline.
Contents: Introduction -- First tremors -- Deal to save Bear Stearns -- Next crisis: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac -- Let Lehman fail -- As markets start crashing -- Contagion goes global -- Credits.
Summary: Frontline investigates the causes of the worst economic crisis in 70 years and how the government responded. The film chronicles the inside stories of the Bear Stearns deal, the Lehman Brothers collapse, the propping up of insurance giant AIG and the $700 billion bailout.
