The inside story behind the most infamous corporate fraud of all time - the Enron scandal - has been brought to light in a fascinating documentary. For the year 2001, Enron was ranked as the 6th largest corporation in the world, but before the year was out, the company was rocked by scandal and filed for bankruptcy. Millions of people lost their life savings, and thousands of employees lost their jobs. A suspenseful, darkly comic and ultimately tragic behind-the-scenes story of one of history's greatest business scandals.
Special Agent Matti
Enron: The smartest guys in the room looks at big business, the evil that lurks within the human breast and the failure of Capitalism. Some might consider that list tautological, not the least of whom would be those partaking in the Islamic jihad against the Great Satan™. For the bosses at Enron there is no ethical sensibility; there is only the rule that you make as much money as you can by doing whatever you can get away with. This parallels the political rule that you gather as much power as you can by doing whatever you can get away with. Are we talking about evil? Yes, we are, and you do get to see George W Bush and his clan of power players. A documentary like this could inspire jihad even without the Islamic religion.
It's hard-core but ever economics, accounting, political studies and philosophy student needs to see.
M (Moderate coarse language, moderate sexual references, adult theme)
105 minutes (1:45 hours)
Film: 13 October 2005
