“It would be like Rome selling the Vatican to the Japanese to make it a hotel, and hiring the Pope as a bellboy,” he deadpans – from Bloomberg’s review1 of the new BBC drama "The Last Days of Lehman Brothers"
… and the NYT has the scoop2 on "American Casino" — here’s the trailer:
Any Doomers actually see these things? Ideas for better productions?3
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[1]: "Lehman Brothers Collapses All Over Again in BBC Drama: Review", by Farah Nayeri, Bloomberg, September 4, 2009.
[2]: "Movie review — ‘American Casino’: Meltdown on Wall Street, and Homeowners Left in the Lurch on Main Street", by Stephen Holden, New York Times, September 2, 2009.
[3]: Igor’s already signed up to lay waste to a Vacantville in next summer’s big disaster blockbuster









John-
That American Casino movie needs to be billed as a horror flick. Clearly not a show for the faint of heart!
Igor thinks it is sad. Maybe we shouldn’t let him go- he’s such a mess when he starts crying and his soggy tissues get stuck in his scales.
First I’d heard of this movie – now I’m dying to see it!