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The Big Short (2015) The Big Short is a critically acclaimed movie from 2015 that delves into the heart of the financial

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The Big Short is a critically acclaimed movie from 2015 that delves into the heart of the financial crisis of 2007-2008. Directed by Adam McKay, this dark comedy-drama is based on Michael Lewis's 2010 book of the same name. The film brilliantly portrays the real-life events and the handful of people who were able to foresee the impending collapse of the housing market.

The stellar cast includes Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, and Brad Pitt. Christian Bale portrays Michael Burry, a brilliant yet eccentric hedge fund manager who discovers the flaws in the housing market. Steve Carell delivers a remarkable performance as Mark Baum, a jaded hedge fund manager who joins forces with others to bet against the housing market. Ryan Gosling's character, Jared Vennett, provides a gripping narration while also being involved in profiting from the crisis. Brad Pitt plays Ben Rickert, a retired banker who supports a group of young investors seeking to capitalize on the impending collapse.

The Big Short skillfully weaves together different storylines to unveil the complexities and corruption within the financial world. The movie sheds light on the unethical practices taking place during the time, such as the creation of collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) and the rating agencies' role in perpetuating the housing market bubble.

Despite dealing with a serious subject matter, The Big Short employs humor to engage the audience. The film cleverly breaks the fourth wall, with characters directly addressing the audience or incorporating celebrity cameos to explain complex financial terminology. This unique storytelling technique keeps the audience informed and entertained simultaneously.

The Big Short's screenplay, written by Charles Randolph and Adam McKay, received widespread acclaim and won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. The film was also nominated for four additional Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. Its success lies in its ability to entertain while providing a thought-provoking commentary on the financial crisis and its long-lasting impacts.

Whether you're a fan of thought-provoking movies or simply appreciate well-crafted storytelling, The Big Short is a must-watch. It not only educates viewers about the intricacies of the financial crisis but also raises important questions about our current economic system.

If you're intrigued by the sounds and music from The Big Short, you can immerse yourself further by playing or downloading them here. The soundtrack, composed by Nicholas Britell, perfectly captures the tension and urgency of the film. Its blend of classical and contemporary elements heightens the emotional impact and adds depth to the story being told.

In conclusion, The Big Short is a captivating exploration of the 2008 financial crisis, skillfully brought to life by an outstanding cast and visionary director. It has the ability to entertain, educate, and provoke reflection on the consequences of unchecked greed within the financial world. So, grab some popcorn, sit back, and allow this thought-provoking movie to take you on a rollercoaster of emotions.

A CDO manager? Yup, at Harding Advisors
A player makes a bunch of shots in a row
A warning that the economic growth could slow
A's ... Zero
Adjustables are bread and honey
All social interf.. actions are awkward for me and for the.... person
Alright, I'll buy that.
Alright, the originals were simple
Alright! Where are you going?
Alright?
And a wife getting her masters degree
And Danny Moses, the optimist of the bunch.
And ehm... I've been very clear!
And how his bank will let customers write ten..
And i can profit off of their stupidity
And I'm offering you fire insurance on it
And if it seems almost too perfect... trust me!
And ninety percent AAA rating?
And ready to believe the whole system was a lie.
And so the CDO's..
And then that happens!
And then, I'm rich as fuck and I got my house in Aspen!
And then... the whores of the rating agency,
And they'll take every dime we have to offer!
And this will go on and on, with more and more synthetic CDO's
And we can transform an original ten million dollar investment
And yeah i got a bonus cheque for it
And...
Are you done?
Are, are, are, of the highest quality
As the housing markets and banks continues to hemorrhage, only one of the big shorts refused to sell.
At least i went
Banking wasn't a job you went into to make large sums of money.
Because they always, always do! Thirty two?
Become a nationwide economic disaster
Ben call us when you get home!
Ben, look!
Big bank is gonna buy it by Monday lunch.
Big banks, small bank... I like to make money
Brownfield Funds? Yes! yes!
But apparently society values me,
But hey!
But in reality, they're more like twenty five percent, some of them are zero percent!
But that should lay to rest any concerns about the bank self!
But then they ran out of mortgages to put in them
But trust me, it's fueled by stupidity!
But we did.
But, they're a little risky, sometimes they fail
But... It is a shitstorm out here sweetie. You have no idea the kind of crap people are pulling
But... some of the fresh doesn't sell.
By the way, these risky mortgages are called: Sub Prime
Call Ben!
Can't help but enjoy it.
Core mortgage shorts on the swaps
Dinky wet page and some inheritance money,
Do not throw our acception agreement in my face Michael!
Do you even know how to do laundry? Make a bed? Okay!
Do you feel it? No!
Do you have any idea what you just did?
Do you mind if i take your pass? Borrow it? I don't give a shit anymore, you can do what you want!
Don't do that! Stop, Stop!
Easy.. I got a 20 million a month negative carrier
Eh..
Ehh, we're expecting to be expecting..
Ehm.. Having fun?
Eighty five
Er.. How much eh...
Even if they have no money?
Every, E E Anyone can see there's a real estate bubble
Everybody in this place wants to get in on the action
Everybody wants our swaps
Except through lawyers.
Face time! I'd like some face time! Just remember, we're here just to gather information!
Five, if you use the helicopter!
Forty million against the Double A
Gentlemen! When do we get a chance to face time with some of these lovely folks?
Good!
Grown ups
He doesn't even speak English!
He has so many numbers, and i always forget,
He wasn't afraid to let anyone know, when and where the bull had gone number 2
He's been there for seven hours
He's gone!
Hello!
Here's a number! Every one percent unemployment goes up,
Hey Ben it's Jamie!
Hey Lawrence!
Hey!
Hi ya Frank, how are the wife and kids?
His head must have caught up with his hole or do something... I don't know
His name is Yang!
His small team his... distrust of the system.
Hold on..
Holy shit
Holy shit!
How do you know?
How is wanting to eat good food, being Chipper?
How much is eligible for withdrawal before they're due? Say in the next two quarters.
I believe... maybe... it's because of... my glass eye.
I don't know if it's the first one Just try it!
I don't know why, maybe it just came out,
I don't think they even know what they've made
I don't understand!
I got bosses trying to pull the plug, because they're thinking I'm out of my fucking mind
I guess....
I have an extremely pronounced epididymis Enriveted that is.
I have five houses
I love my job! You're miserable!
I mean, you're supposed to be the ones policing the big banks
I miss Colorado anyway. The weed's better!
I need to talk to my wife
I never hung out with these idiots after work, Ever! I had fashion friends
I ordered my fish on Friday, which is the mortgage bond that Michael Burry shorted
I rarely ever say these words but i think Charlie is right!
I understand perfectly Bob! Want the deal?
I was a bartender, now i own a boat!
I..... eh..
I'd be upset clearing this out, but we're .. That's exciting!
I'll go in for a scan Hmm
I'll tell you,
I'm not, and never have been.... familiar
I'm on a winning streak
I'm standing in front of a burning house,
I'm telling you
I've got no angle, we're new to this, we're just so hyped!
I've seen some that are 65 percent AAA rating
If I can get this CDO machine to run for another two years
In basketball it's called the Hot Hand Fallacy
In the late seventies
Instead, i start drilling him about overdraft analyses
Is it maybe in your best interest to have the ratings changed? Is it, perhaps?
Is there any way to do two hundred million?
It looks like someone just hit a piñata that was filled with white people who suck at golf
It's important to understand, because it's what allowed the housing crisis
It's like a hundred houses, it can't be four people living here.
It's like insurance on the bond, and if it goes bust, you can make 10 to 1
It's not so enjoyable
It's possible, I just don't know how!
It's that .. for fifteen thousand years
Jamie and Charlie found: Markets will sell options very cheaply on things they think will never happen.
Jared
Jared Vennett, from Deutsche, sounded very sketchy. Sounds like a douche bag.
Jared! It's chaos down here, where are we?
Jesus! I'm sorry dude!
Just feel the feelings, like the rest of us!
Just when i start thinking you guys are clowns!
Keep up those returns
Lawrence...
Lawrence.... I don't know how to be sarcastic!
Let's say i bet ten million o a black jack hand.
Like selling insurance, or.... accounting
Look at his eyes! I'll give you a hint..
Look at the theta graphics, you can see that the CDO's are worth zero!
Look at this, Look at this!
Look... It's two very simple questions:
Lump.. in my ball
Makes it a little less tedious.... :)
Mark Baum
Mark Baum really did that! when we were in Vegas he did that!
Mark, are you there?
Mark, do you hear me?
Metro Capitol backed you four years ago when you were a Doctor with a
Michael, that's highly distressing!
Michael? Yes, Yes!
Michael....
My first response...
No we're not, we're not the bad guys here!
No, as a matter of fact, when we're done here, I'll probably go buy some more!
No, he's not!
No, no, we agreed, if it interfered with work
No...
Nobody knows what's in them!
Nobody's buying CDO's and mortgage bonds anymore
Nope, no bank will give us our ISDA.
Now
Now, we didn't find Jared Vennett's housing bubble pitch in a lobby of a bank that rejected us.
O, motherfucker!
Ofcourse i'd buy more, why not?
Oh... we just moved here from Boulder.
OK, so why are you calling me? I don't do this anymore!
OK.. Hi.... how are you?! Have a seat!
Okay.
Once the industry leader by the way, filed for bankruptcy
One second! We're going, we're going!
Opportunity!
Or even better....
Pay on time.
People have meetings all the time... You know!
People lose retirement savings, people lose pensions!
People who are watching and think that I won't lose will make a side bet
Please stop changing the channel
Right?
Schmuck! Fuck you! Fuck you!
Seeds are gonna be the new currency!
Separates me from people.
She 's got some lungs on her I'm impressed!
She wrote back...
So .. I get the job? I really think i could help you fund.
So he had to set up his fund under Morgan Stanley's umbrella.
So I was right.
So, a housing Armageddon is not prudent investing
So, do applicants ever get rejected?
So, how many of these are eh.. adjustable rate mortgages?
So, when they were wrong, they were wrong small. But when they were right.......
Sounds like there's a lot of interest. Alright.
Surely, they're motivated right?
Ten.... but maybe fifteen.
Thank you!
Thanks.
That is so cool!
That sub prime losses stop at five percent?
That way you'll only put down like five percent
That way, they can keep that profit machine churning right?
That we didn't know what the capitol requirements were.
That's a good one
That's correct!
That's pretty phenomenal returns
That's right!
The bonds.... I'd like to .. eh...
The bonuses on those skyrocketed a few years ago
The fact that we're not, doesn't make me feel all right and superior!
The market is in an itsybitsy little gully right now
The Morgan Stanley risk guys are here They called in Kathy Tao
The mortgage bond market is fraudulent
The party is over! I don't know, I don't know...
The premiums on the swaps ate into his desks profit
The principle source of the slowdown of economic growth
The second quarter of '07 is when the adjustable rates kick in!
The, the...
There must be some kind of law against working for a financial institution
These are percentages of
They call me Bubble boy
They call me chicken little
They don't ask questions, don't understand the rates.
They had started working out of Jamie's garage,
They were doing fifty, a hundred, two hundred billion in mortgage bonds
They were right big! Boooooom!
They're charging penny's on the dollar to bet against Double A's
They're not loading them...
Think it was strange when...
This bond gentlemen... Is AAA Rating!
This is Brownfield Fund, I'm wanting to unload my credit default swaps.
This is..... crazy stuff!
This isn't about you!
This Uzi is fucking awesome!
Twenty Double A tranches of ABS CDO's
Twenty five million!
Uh, gentlemen...
Wall street loves to use confusing terms, to make you think only they can do what they do
Want to do another movie?
Was, to offer him some money.
We can..
We didn't defraud the American people and prey on their dreams of owning a home
We get... thirty cents on the dollar, Not bad!
We know, it's completely backwards!
We lose everything.. I'm gonna have to move back in with my mom!
We ought to be buying every swap we can get our hands on! Just hold on okay, hold on!
We paid for mortgages with collaterals They knew!
We wanna do fifteen million in swaps on the Double A tranche
We're dead in the water...
We've know each other for seventeen years
Well can you tell us how much you manage?
Well... He's ... A liar.
What else is new?
What exactly is the credit rating on this bond?
What he said!
What I don't understand
What if he's right?
What? Can you explain that to me please?
What's in Vegas? Vegas!
What's that smell? Cologne?
When markets aren't functioning properly
Where's the trash?
Who is not able to reach out to someone
Who's not gonna take that bet?
Why did you do this with us?
Woohoo!
Would you still buy more?
Yeah that's right. How come nobody's talking about this?
Yeah, bitch better like me, sent her ass to Cabo!
Yeah, I took a good hard look at the CDO's you want to short.
Yeah, I'd say about ninety percent
Yeah, it's a gully
Yeah! I'm sure of the math
Yeah... Just tell the bankruptcy court
Yep, Yeah we're going, Let's go!
Yes, there's some shady shit going down!
YES!
You always have Mark!
You are not going to be able to refinance
You bought into a rigged game
You can read our agreement
You didn't have to, and eh.. you know, thank you, but, eh....
You hate Wall street, but maybe it's time to quit?
You have a good relationship with Merrill Lynch?
You just bet against the American economy!
You see, Lewis didn't know it yet, but he already changed banking forever
You should call... You should call him!
You want him to be right! Yes, I do!
You work for the bank, i bet your margins are pretty nice and fat
You'll get caught We're at thirty seven
You're very lucky!
Zero!
3 to 1 odds?
15 million she wins!
40 thousand people die! Did you know that?!
50 million.. hmm..
302
No, I didn't know that.