For three weeks in September 2008 one person was charged with preventing the collapse of the global economy. No one understood the financial markets better than Hank Paulson the former CEO of Goldman Sachs. In Hank Five Years from the Brink Paulson tells the complete story of how he persuaded banks Congress and presidential candidates to sign off on nearly $1 trillion in bailouts - even as he found the behavior that led to the crisis and the bailouts themselves morally reprehensible. Directed by Academy Award nominee Joe Berlinger (Paradise Lost Trilogy Some Kind of Monster) the film features Paulson and his wife of 40 years Wendy. its a riveting portrait of leadership under unimaginable pressure - and a marriage under unfathomable circumstances.
Review
A film is a well directed beautifully edited piece of cinematography. A joy to watch... if you're death retarded or come from a remote village somewhere on the Ohuahu islands in the Pacific. An absolute one sided view of a one man actions with no opposite opinion being presented. Even though most of the economic community think that the actions of Hank Paulson did more harm to the world's economy than anything else and Mr. Paulson should be convicted of treason he is portrayed as a larger that life Jesus like figure. Once again I would recommend to watch this movie only for people who do understand what had happened during this period of time in world's economy. Otherwise we will end up with a false perception of the processes happening in the economy now as a result of a reckless use of taxpayer's money to save several banksters from bankruptcy. Bringing the economy back to the dark ages for the slow and painful recovery and a deflation spiral we're experiencing now.