Venue:
Prithvi House, Opp Prithvi Theatre,
Janki Kutir, Juhu Church Road,
Mumbai 400049.

Date & Time:
Monday, 26 th May, 7 pm.

Admission:
FREE. On a First Come, First Serve basis.

ENRON:
THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM
Written and Directed by Alex Gibney
110 mines/ USA/ 2005.
English..

The film is based on the book The Smartest Guys in The Room : The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron written by Fortune Magazine reporters Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind.

Enron once valued at 70 billion dollars to acquire the position of the seventh largest corporation in The United States of America declares bankruptcy, 20,000 employees lose their job and two billion dollars of pension and retirement funds disappear.

Through interviews with executives, stock analysts and ex-employees, we begin to understand the shocking story behind the collapse of the Enron Corporation in arguably corporate America's biggest accounting scam bust. What comes across is a case of intentional corporate fraud � fake accounting practices such as 'mark to market' and continuously inflating profits and concealing losses; creation of phony offshore companies to transfer debts and a sustained media campaign to consistently maintain an illusion of success and profits that would keep the stock prices high.

Credits

Director and Writer Alex Gibney.
Producers Alex Gibney, Jason Kliot, Susan Motamed.
Director of Photography Maryse Alberti.
Editor and Producer Alison Ellwood.
Original Music Matt Hauser.
Narrator Peter Coyote.

Awards/Festivals

Best Documentary, Independent Spirit Award (USA, 2006).
Nominee, Best Documentary Feature, Academy Awards (USA, 2006).
Nominee, Best Documentary, Chicago Film Critics Association Award (USA, 2006).

*The above information is courtesy Vikalp. Mumbai Theatre Guide takes no responsibility for change in schedule.