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Wizard of Lies

Titolo originale: The Wizard of Lies
  • Film per la TV
  • 2017
  • TV-MA
  • 2h 13min
VALUTAZIONE IMDb
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Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer in Wizard of Lies (2017)
The story of Bernie Madoff and his Ponzi scheme.
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La caduta di Bernie Madoff, il cui schema Ponzi ha contribuito a rapinare 65 miliardi di dollari dalle vittime senza sospetti nella più grande truffa nella storia degli Stati Uniti d'America... Leggi tuttoLa caduta di Bernie Madoff, il cui schema Ponzi ha contribuito a rapinare 65 miliardi di dollari dalle vittime senza sospetti nella più grande truffa nella storia degli Stati Uniti d'America.La caduta di Bernie Madoff, il cui schema Ponzi ha contribuito a rapinare 65 miliardi di dollari dalle vittime senza sospetti nella più grande truffa nella storia degli Stati Uniti d'America.

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    • Barry Levinson
  • Sceneggiatura
    • Sam Levinson
    • John Burnham Schwartz
    • Samuel Baum
  • Star
    • Robert De Niro
    • Michelle Pfeiffer
    • Alessandro Nivola
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  • VALUTAZIONE IMDb
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      • Barry Levinson
    • Sceneggiatura
      • Sam Levinson
      • John Burnham Schwartz
      • Samuel Baum
    • Star
      • Robert De Niro
      • Michelle Pfeiffer
      • Alessandro Nivola
    • 86Recensioni degli utenti
    • 36Recensioni della critica
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    • Candidato a 4 Primetime Emmy
      • 4 vittorie e 20 candidature totali

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    Robert De Niro
    Robert De Niro
    • Bernie Madoff
    Michelle Pfeiffer
    Michelle Pfeiffer
    • Ruth Madoff
    Alessandro Nivola
    Alessandro Nivola
    • Mark Madoff
    Nathan Darrow
    Nathan Darrow
    • Andrew Madoff
    Diana Henriques
    • Diana B. Henriques
    • (as Diana B. Henriques)
    Michael Kostroff
    Michael Kostroff
    • Peter Madoff
    Kathrine Narducci
    Kathrine Narducci
    • Eleanor Squillari
    Steve Coulter
    Steve Coulter
    • Martin London
    David Lipman
    David Lipman
    • Martin Flumenbaum
    Kelly AuCoin
    Kelly AuCoin
    • Agent Cacioppi
    Don Castro
    Don Castro
    • Agent Kang
    Amanda Warren
    Amanda Warren
    • SEC Investigator
    Mark La Mura
    Mark La Mura
    • Ike Sorkin
    • (as Mark LaMura)
    Michael A. Goorjian
    Michael A. Goorjian
    • Dan Horwitz
    • (as Michael Goorjian)
    Sophie von Haselberg
    Sophie von Haselberg
    • Nicole De Bello
    Hank Azaria
    Hank Azaria
    • Frank DiPascali
    Gregory Abbey
    Gregory Abbey
    • FBI Agent
    Jane Dashow
    Jane Dashow
    • Annette Bongiorno
    • Regia
      • Barry Levinson
    • Sceneggiatura
      • Sam Levinson
      • John Burnham Schwartz
      • Samuel Baum
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    8reisen55

    Portrait of a Sociopath

    Richard Dreyfuss claims first portrayal of this monster, but he made Bernard out to be somewhat approachable, as he talked through the fourth wall and joked about the art of selling a scam. He was good but too likable. DeNiro is one of our great acting treasures and his take is nothing nice at all. In fact, it is impossible to like this man. He is evil here, and while one can have some sympathy for Ruth and her sons, the entire tragedy, almost out of Shakespeare, is well done. It bounces around a bit to the past and present, but easy to follow and under the direction of Barry Levinson, moves smartly. But don't watch this if you want a positive evening - hard film indeed. Shot of whiskey portrayal of a monster.
    8AlsExGal

    Whatever you do, don't steal from the very rich...

    ... is the lesson I took away from the Bernie Madoff story, even before I saw this film. Think about this - Bernie Madoff is serving 150 years, and his earliest release date is 2039. Charles Manson has been getting regular parole hearings since the 1990s. Who is more dangerous? A better question is who is more dangerous to the plutocracy.

    The whole story is basically done in flashback after Madoff is incarcerated and is being interviewed by a reporter. This film takes the approach of assuming that the wife and sons knew nothing until Bernie told them right before he was arrested. If there is anything the Bernie Madoff story would teach you, it is "Don't steal from the very rich". The movie emphasized all of the little people who lost everything to the Ponzi scheme, but there were enough people with enough money left over - as in hundreds of millions - that they could hire attorneys and even claw back money from people who withdrew all of their money before Bernie went bust, even though they knew nothing of the scheme. Compare that to what happened to the banksters who swindled the entire nation - which was absolutely nothing, or Enron, where the Bush administration had to practically be shamed into prosecuting the executives who swindled investors. To date about 70% of the money Bernie Madoff swindled has been recovered, with "small" investors - those that invested less than a million - being made completely whole.

    Anyways, back to "The Wizard", which doesn't mention any of this. DeNiro was terrific as a guy who decided to keep his swindling secret to himself - and one smarmy associate played by Hank Azaria. Michelle Pfeiffer as Ruth Madoff almost stole the show from DeNiro as a woman who can't deal with being ostracized and hated for something she had nothing to do with. She wonders aloud how she got to be almost 70 and never learned to do anything for herself. De Niro's Madoff is shown as being able to compartmentalize how he is stealing from investors, many of whom are family and friends, encouraging those at the end to put in huge amounts of money to keep the scheme afloat in the wake of the 2008 crash, which is ultimately what did him in, and somehow sees taking what is left of his ill gotten gains and distributing it to his family and "a few loyal employees" before he turns himself in as "noblesse oblige" not just more theft, which it was.

    Hints to Madoff's personality are in the little scenes. He is very stoic about being the world's biggest and most brazen thief caught to date, but he does get animated about a dirty dish and the way lobster is served at a society dinner he is hosting.

    There is one particularly odd scene for Turner Classic Movie fans. At one point, while Bernie is under house arrest, Bernie and his wife decide to commit suicide in "a nice way" using Ambien and a bunch of other pharmaceuticals they have around the house. It doesn't work - they wake up the next morning. But as they lay in bed expecting to die, who pops up on the TV screen they are watching but the recently deceased Robert Osborne and TCM with him introducing Judy Garland singing "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas". What an odd touch. I didn't even think anybody at HBO even knew that TCM existed.
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    John Kennedy-Eby's movie pick of the day on HBO

    "In a world full of lies, the most dangerous ones are those we tell ourselves." - Diana Henriques

    On March 12, 2009, Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty to 11 federal felonies and admitted to turning his wealth management business into a massive Ponzi scheme.

    But to describe STUPID, would be the Security Exchange Commission. Madoff said he could have been caught in 2003, but the bumbling Inspector Clouseau's never asked the right questions.

    "I was astonished" says Madoff. "They never even looked at my stock records. If investigators had checked with The Depository Trust Company, it would've been easy for them to see. If you're looking at a Ponzi scheme, it's the first thing you do."

    Yes, Bernard Madoff is and will always be a dishonest thieving criminal (he's currently serving a life sentence at The FCC Butner in North Carolina). However, when the sh-- hit the fan in 2008 (largely due to the BUSH Administration), the banks and Insurance Companies were actually rewarded with a 700 billion dollar bail out (which was eventually "paid" back at virtually ZERO percent interest)

    The moral of the story; When there is GREED, there's always more than just 1 BAD GUY.
    8Br4ve-trave1or

    Prepare yourself

    Some reviews argue that it should have been a mini series but I argue the opposite, this is perfection! To add would only dilute it. Yes, your left pleading for more but that's not because it's left unsatisfactory. No, it's because during the entire film, you're absolutely riveted and captivated! People, this is Barry Levinsons film, headed by De Niro and Michelle Pheifer! Levinson is a genius at his craft as are the formers. This film is bleak and at times depressing but I promise you never for a second not so engaged in it! De Niro becomes Madoff physically even the way he walks. The cast is incredible. Finally De Niro immersed himself into a character that can portray his craft. This is one vehicle, the cast-directing-editing, that sums up to make a masterpiece! This is by far the most captivating, engaging, riveting movie I've seen this year by far! Do yourself a favor and watch this immediately!
    9DrWilhielmWonk

    Surprisingly fascinating... even when you the story well!

    I was somewhat surprised by this biopic, since I'm well-acquainted with the modern Ponzi scheme story and the $65 Billion ripoff committed at the private investment firm. But even for those familiar with the general story, the documentary film provides a fascinating portrait of the Madoff family and the key characters. Overall it reminds me of an epic Greek tragedy.

    The principal crime committed by Bernie Madoff is clearcut. Officially, Madoff run a phenomenal hedge fund, but in reality it was just one big hoax and pyramid investment scheme. All ROIs were fictitious and existing investors were paid by the money provided by subsequent investors. Aside from defrauding rich individuals of European royalty, Madoff took advantage of the fact that he as a jewish investor had excellent contacts to other wealthy American jews, which allowed him to swindle countless of the latter of all their retirement savings. All in all, in the end it led to countless tragedies and suicides on both continents.

    The financial thriller behind it has been well-told by previous accounts, particularly 'No One Would Listen' by Harry Markopolos (i.e. the financial analyst struggled to expose the fraud for many years). It's also true that the ramifications would have been much more limited if the SEC would have done their job properly.

    However, what this biopic does is following Bernie Madoff and the effects of the exposure on his own family, i.e. particularly his wife Ruth and his two adult sons. It seems as his family was completely unaware of the fraud and the movie does a good job in explaining how his sons never got the information from their dominating father. Later, when it all blew up the fraud also wreaked havoc on the lives of his wife and sons.

    In the end, it was all for nothing. The family members would lived longer and happier lives without massive fraud committed by the Bernard. While the portrait of him is by no means completely unsympathetic, he remains seemingly oblivious even to this day to the devastation he caused in so many lives, including to those nearest to him.

    The main roles played by Robert de Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer are brilliant, but also the less-known actors playing his two sons.

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      Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter Diana Henriques was the first to interview Bernie Madoff on August 24, 2010, after his incarceration on June 29, 2009. She plays herself in various scenes throughout this movie interviewing Madoff (Robert De Niro). She has said that the resemblance was so uncanny, she got goosebumps just sitting opposite him.
    • Blooper
      When Mark Madoff's wife checks her phone the morning of his suicide, she has 4 messages from him. She opens the first two, which are dated December 11, 2010. However, the screen showing the list of text messages has all 4 of them dated 9/30/2015.
    • Citazioni

      [last lines]

      Bernie Madoff: Let me ask you a question. Do you think I'm a sociopath?

    • Connessioni
      Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Tina Fey/Alessandro Nivola/Dirty Projectors feat. DAWN (2017)
    • Colonne sonore
      Winter Wonderland
      Written by Richard B. Smith (as Dick Smith), Felix Bernard

      Performed by Mitch Miller

      Courtesy of Columbia Records

      By arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

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    • Data di uscita
      • 22 settembre 2017 (Italia)
    • Paese di origine
      • Stati Uniti
    • Sito ufficiale
      • HBO
    • Lingua
      • Inglese
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    • Luoghi delle riprese
      • 17 East 89th Street, New York, New York, Stati Uniti(Entrance to Madoffs apartment building)
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      • Tribeca Productions
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