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Freakonomics THE MOVIE Trailer HD Official! CAN’T WAIT!

Posted on August 24, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

FREAKONOMICS is the highly anticipated film version of the phenomenally bestselling book about incentives-based thinking by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner. Like the book, the film examines human behavior with provocative and sometimes hilarious case studies, bringing together a dream team of filmmakers responsible for some of the most acclaimed and entertaining documentaries in recent years: Academy Award

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VIDEO: Eliot Spitzer Plays Himself in Untitled Eliot Spitzer Film

Posted on April 15, 2010 by | Leave a comment

Maybe I overlooked a few things or simply didn’t do enough probing to understand that Eliot Spitzer is actually in Alex Gibney’s new, untitled documentary about the disgraced former New York governor. Like, if I were Spitzer? And I saw the Oscar-winning investigative filmmaker behind Taxi to the Dark Side , Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room and the upcoming Casino Jack and the United States of Money approaching my front door? I would turn off every light, close every curtain, hide beneath the bed and quite possibly consider relocating to another state under cover of night, kind of like the Colts fled Baltimore back in 1982. The last thing I would do is talk to the guy. And on camera? Forget about it. But: That’s why he’s Spitzer, I guess, and this first clip from Gibney’s doc hints at some of the interrogation to expect.

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Magnolia Acquires, Explains All-Star Freakonomics Doc

Posted on April 5, 2010 by | Leave a comment

With Tribeca’s closing-night slot already locked up , the documentary adaptation of the best-selling book Freakonomics has officially found a U.S. distributor in Magnolia Pictures. It’s not especially surprising considering the relationship Magnolia has with half the filmmakers involved, having helped boost the likes of Alex Gibney ( Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room ) and Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady ( Jesus Camp ) to Oscar nominations over the last few years. Meanwhile non-fiction stars Morgan Spurlock ( Super Size Me ), Eugene Jarecki ( Why We Fight ) and Seth Gordon ( The King of Kong , not to mention his Hollywood narrative debut Four Christmases ) are also involved; click through for a breakthrough of which directors are doing what.

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