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The big short, directed by Adam McKay ; screenplay by Charles Randolph and Adam McKay ; produced by Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, and Arnon Milchan ; executive producers, Louise Rosner-Meyer, Kevin Messick ; Paramount Pictures and Regency Enterprises present a Plan B Entertainment production ; an Adam McKay film

eng

videorecording

MPAA rating: R; for pervasive language and some sexuality/nudity ; Canadian Home Video rating: 14A

The big short

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directed by Adam McKay ; screenplay by Charles Randolph and Adam McKay ; produced by Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, and Arnon Milchan ; executive producers, Louise Rosner-Meyer, Kevin Messick ; Paramount Pictures and Regency Enterprises present a Plan B Entertainment production ; an Adam McKay film

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The financial meltdown from the perspective of a number of players: Michael Burry, a bizarre autistic-like stock-picking genius, and the first to realize that the market's housing boom is based on a "house of cards" sham; Mark Baum, self-loathing fictional character whose firm picks up insider trading information from a wrong number phone call; Jared Vennet, a smart-aleck broker who confirms the ominous suspicion; and Charlie Gellar and Jamie Shipley, small-time players who hit it big

The financial meltdown from the perspective of a number of players: Michael Burry, a bizarre autistic-like stock-picking genius, and the first to realize that the market's housing boom is based on a "house of cards" sham; Mark Baum, self-loathing fictional character whose firm picks up insider trading information from a wrong number phone call; Jared Vennet, a smart-aleck broker who confirms the ominous suspicion; and Charlie Gellar and Jamie Shipley, small-time players who hit it big

adult

live action