The Big Short Page #10

Synopsis: Three separate but parallel stories of the U.S mortgage housing crisis of 2005 are told. Michael Burry, an eccentric ex-physician turned one-eyed Scion Capital hedge fund manager, has traded traditional office attire for shorts, bare feet and a Supercuts haircut. He believes that the US housing market is built on a bubble that will burst within the next few years. Autonomy within the company allows Burry to do largely as he pleases, so Burry proceeds to bet against the housing market with the banks, who are more than happy to accept his proposal for something that has never happened in American history. The banks believe that Burry is a crackpot and therefore are confident in that they will win the deal. Jared Vennett with Deutschebank gets wind of what Burry is doing and, as an investor believes he too can cash in on Burry's beliefs. An errant telephone call to FrontPoint Partners gets this information into the hands of Mark Baum, an idealist who is fed up with the corruption in the f
Director(s): Adam McKay
Production: Paramount Pictures
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 37 wins & 79 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.8
Metacritic:
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Rotten Tomatoes:
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Year:
2015
130 min
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And people thought they

would never go down!

People who are watching and think

that I won't lose will make a side-bet

now this, is the first synthetic cdo

I love Selena Gomez!

I'll bet you fifteen million, she wins!

And I'll give you 3-to-1 odds!

3-to-1 odds?

Okay, I'll take that bet!

Now!

Somebody else is gonna wanna make

a bet on the outcome of their bet!

15 million she wins!

That will lead to synthetic cdo number two!

Hey!

I bet you 200 million,

that lady in the glasses, wins that bet!

She probably will win!

So I want great pay-off!

How about 20-to-1?

Deal!

And this will go on and on,

with more and more synthetic cdo's

and we can transform

an original ten million dollar investment

into billions of dollars

you're ok?

No!

I actually feel pretty sick!

So I'm going to leave

you think I'm a parasite

don't you mister baum?

But apparently society values me,

very much.

En fin, let's do this!

I'll tell you,

how much I'm worth.

You tell me how much you're worth!

You are an incredibly...

Big piece of sh*t!

Short everything that guy has touched,

I want half a billion more in swaps

sure about that?

The collateral calls could bankrupt you!

Yeah!

Where are you going?

I am going to try to find moral redemption

and to re-lactate

hey, hey, hey!

These are percentages of

honey, I do think the

economy might collapse!

You've been saying that

the system is broken for years mark

why are you so shocked?

It's more twisted, than

I could have imagined!

You love to be the virtuous one

I'm a banker, I'm a part of it!

You always have mark!

Like you're untainted

it changed me, it changed me!

Into a person,

who is not able to reach out to someone

he was in pain, my brother

was in real pain!

I lost so much!

There is no perfect way to help

it sounds scary!

So, stop!

Trying to fix the world!

He told me

you're not a Saint,

saints don't live on park Avenue!

That he was having bad thoughts.

Just feel the feelings,

like the rest of us!

My first response...

Was, to offer him some money.

I offered him f***ing money!

His face was so smashed!

Michael?

Michael?

Yes, yes!

Is everything ok?

Yes honey!

Sure?

Yeah baby!

All fine, hehe!

To all investors, as you may know,

our agreement allows me,

to take extraordinary measures

when markets aren't functioning properly

I currently have reason to believe

the mortgage-bond market is fraudulent

so, in order to protect investors

from this fraudulent market

I've decided to restrict

investor withdrawals

until further notice.

Sincerely,

Dr. Michael j. Burry

oh my god dude, we...

Please stop changing the channel

it's been driving me crazy!

Fine!

Just put the business-news on please.

Thank you!

And the s&p picked up three points

Jesus!

Mortgage meltdown continues

sub-prime mortgage-lender

new century financial

once the industry-leader by

the way, filed for bankruptcy

the company immediately, ahem!

Good time for my voice to go

fired 3,200 workers

the manufacturing-index also

put out the month of march

it's starting...

A warning that the

economic growth could slow

the institute of sub-prime assets

also reported a rise of prices

I'm gonna call my mom!

The principle source of the

slowdown of economic growth

time, and time, and time again

have I bought them back from you Marcus

we've know each-other for seventeen years

she's got some lungs on her I'm impressed!

Can't help but enjoy it.

There's no f***ing way, there's no f***ing

way, that the big banks are that stupid!

Bye Kathy!

Well?

Kathy thinks it would be a good

idea if we sold our shorts

what else is new?

And she said that

Morgan-Stanley will buy them

holy sh*t!

What did you say?

I told her we're not selling sh*t!

Ah, if you need the.. Ehm,

files for 2005

mister field's suit is very specific

to files from the past year

good, then get out!

Say hi to Lawrence for me! And both do!

You can't call me back for a week?

I'm so sorry Mike!

Goldman had a systems failure

I lost a ton of messages!

B of a said they had a power outage, and

Morgan-Stanley said their server crashed!

Huh!

That's weird!

Meh, I will, I will call

it, improbable sue.

Where do you have our position-mark?

I think it's the same Mike

what? Can you explain that to me please?

H-h-h how can the value

of an insurance-contract

not be affected by the demise

of the very thing it insures?

They're independent markets,

they're not always correlated!

I know it sounds odd,

but these are very complicated products!

They are correlated!

They're gonna lose their

houses, they're gonna

lose their jobs, they're

gonna lose their p..

Will you listen to me!

This is like... the end of capitalism!

This is like the dark ages all-over again!

I don't want to talk to dad!

Okay, I love you too, save your money!

She says I need to be on Xanax,

and double my dose of Zoloft

I asked bear-stearns to price our shorts

they tell me the cdo's still haven't moved

this is f***ing insane!

You realize that? These people are

crooks and they should be in prison!

Look at the theta-graphics,

you can see that the cdo's are worth zero!

So you know what they're doing huh?

You know what they're doing right?

Yeah!

They're not loading them...

They're selling their dogshit cdo's

then they go to another bank

and short the sh*t, while they f***ing sold it!

Whoo ho ho, let's go to the press man!

This is a massive story!

Who wouldn't publish it?

Robert redford!

Shorting the ones they were gonna buy

I got it, I got it!

I got it, I got it...

And what am I supposed to do?

Want me to write a piece called:

"We're all f***ed!"

Yes!

That's a perfect title!

Right now, every bank in town

is unloading these sh*t-bonds

under un-suspecting customers

and they won't devalue them

until they get them off their books

this level of criminality is unprecedented

even on f***ing wall-street!

Jamie...

This is me being honest here okay.

It took me years to build my

relationships on wall-street

no bank or ratings-agency

is gonna confirm a story like this

just because it comes from two guys in a...

Garage-band hedge-fund that

thinks it's the apocalypse.

Wow!

I thought you were for real Casey

you know, I have to say, I really did!

Yeah Jamie, you try being for

real with a three-year old

and a wife getting her masters-degree

I'm not gonna burn my

reputation on your wild hunch

wow!

Thanks for coming guys,

totally f***ing awesome to see you!

Yeah. Casey, I've always hated you

because you were a prick in college

and you are a prick today!

Thanks Charlie!

Still living with your mom?

Charlie, come on!

It's mark baum again. Call me!

Sub-prime bonds fell off a cliff

rumor has it default-numbers are huge!

Who got their remittance-data early?

I bet it's Goldman

nah, f*** you very much!

Jared!

It's chaos down here, where are we?

And Caesar wept,

for there were no more worlds to conquer.

Shane...

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Charles Randolph

Charles Randolph is an American screenwriter and producer for film and television. Randolph was born in Nashville, Tennessee. He was a cultural studies and philosophy professor. At age 33, Randolph spent a weekend in Los Angeles giving lectures at the University of Southern California. From a chance meeting with someone who worked for the Farrelly brothers, Randolph was inspired to attempt screenwriting.Randolph is married to Israeli actress Mili Avital, with whom he has two children. more…

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