TY - ADVS AU - McKay,Adam AU - Randolph,Charles AU - Pitt,Brad AU - Gardner,Dede AU - Kleiner,Jeremy AU - a AU - Rosner,Louise AU - Messick,Kevin J. AU - Ackroyd,Barry AU - Britell,Nicholas AU - Corwin,Hank AU - Hartley,Clayton R. AU - Bale,Christian AU - Carell,Steve AU - Gosling,Ryan AU - Matheson,Susan AU - Linklater,Hamish AU - Magaro,John AU - Spall,Rafe AU - Strong,Jeremy AU - Wittrock,Finn AU - Tomei,Marisa AU - Letts,Tracy AU - Mann,Byron AU - Oduye,Adepero AU - Gillan,Karen AU - Greenfield,Max AU - Magnussen,Billy AU - Lewis,Michael ED - Paramount Pictures Corporation, ED - Regency Enterprises, ED - Plan B Entertainment, ED - Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm), TI - The big short U1 - DVD 1618 PY - 2016/// CY - Hollywood, California PB - Paramount Pictures KW - Lewis, Michael KW - Global Financial Crisis (2008-2009) KW - fast KW - Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 KW - Drama KW - Financial crises KW - United States KW - 21st century KW - Economic history KW - Economic conditions KW - 2001-2009 KW - Feature films KW - local KW - Historical films KW - lcgft KW - Fiction films KW - Film adaptations KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired KW - Video recordings for people with visual disabilities N1 - Based upon the book by Michael Lewis; Originally produced as a motion picture in 2015; Director of photography, Barry Ackroyd ; production designer, Clayton Hartley ; edited by Hank Corwin ; costume designer, Susan Matheson ; music by Nicholas Britell; Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt, Melissa Leo, Hamish Linklater, John Magaro, Rafe Spall, Jeremy Strong, Finn Wittrock, Marisa Tomei, Tracy Letts, Byron Mann, Adepero Oduye, Karen Gillan, Max Greenfield, Billy Magnussen; MPAA rating: R; for pervasive language and some sexuality/nudity ; Canadian Home Video rating: 14A N2 - The financial meltdown from the perspective of a number of players: Michael Burry, a bizarre autistic-like stock-picking genius, and the first to realize that the market's housing boom is based on a "house of cards" sham; Mark Baum, self-loathing fictional character whose firm picks up insider trading information from a wrong number phone call; Jared Vennet, a smart-aleck broker who confirms the ominous suspicion; and Charlie Gellar and Jamie Shipley, small-time players who hit it big ER -