The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron

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The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron
Directed byPenelope Spheeris
Written byStephen Mazur
Produced byRobert Greenwald
StarringBrian Dennehy
Shannon Elizabeth
Christian Kane
Mike Farrell
Cameron Bancroft
Music byBrad Chiet
Release date
January 5, 2003
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron is an American television movie aired by CBS in January 2003, which was based on the book Anatomy of Greed by Brian Cruver.[1] The film, which stars Brian Dennehy, Christian Kane and Mike Farrell, and was directed by Penelope Spheeris, was a ratings hit for the network.[2][3]

Synopsis

Based on the first-person book by Brian Cruver,

Jeff Skilling played by Jon Ted Wynne, and whistleblower Sherron Watkins played by Jan Skene, while other characters are renamed (presumably to protect the innocent) such as senior executive Mr. Blue played by Brian Dennehy
.

Production

The Crooked E was filmed in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Criticism

The author of the book and ex-Enron employee says that the strippers hired as secretaries have more exposure in the film than they did in his book and that the employee rallies were more dramatic in real life than in the film, but for the most part, the TV movie gets it right.[1]

Related books and films

References

  1. ^ a b Hart, Hugh. "Writing Enron's last chapter Ex-employee's 'Anatomy of Greed' book made into TV movie." San Francisco Chronicle. Saturday January 4, 2003. Retrieved on July 23, 2011.
  2. ^ McDaniel, Mike and Clifford Pugh. "'Crooked E' scores direct hit in local ratings battle." Houston Chronicle. January 7, 2003. Retrieved on July 23, 2011.
  3. ^ Article about The Crooked E

External links

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