The Wizard of Lies

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2017

2h 13m

English

Crime, Drama, History, Thriller, TV Movie

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A look behind the scenes at Bernie Madoff's massive Ponzi scheme, how it was perpetrated on the public and the trail of destruction it left in its wake, both for the victims and Madoff's family.

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The Wizard of Lies

Movie

2017

2h 13m

English

Crime, Drama, History, Thriller, TV Movie

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Watch on HBO (Via Hulu)

A look behind the scenes at Bernie Madoff's massive Ponzi scheme, how it was perpetrated on the public and the trail of destruction it left in its wake, both for the victims and Madoff's family.

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Cast

Bernie Madoff

Ruth Madoff

Frank Dipascali

Stephanie Madoff

Catherine Hooper

Mark Madoff

Eleanor Squillari

Andrew Madoff

Martin London

Dan Horwitz

Ostrow

Michael Schwartz

Waitress

Agent Ted Cacioppi

SEC Investigator

Peter Madoff

Reporter

Upscale Gala Guest

David Sheehan

News Reporter

Reed

Club Codette

Trader

Party Guest

Pinks

Directed By: Barry Levinson

Written By: Sam Levinson (Screenplay), Samuel Baum (Screenplay), + 1 more

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FinFan says...

7 years ago

The movie isn´t bad at all. DeNiro is doing a great job. It just left me a little confused about what Levinson motivation and intentions were regarding the portrayal of Madoff. The movie shows more about what Bernies actions did to his family then about his victims. Madoff is still serving his sentence and from what I´ve read he is doing well even making deals inside prison. So why put him in the focus of a movie ?

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josephg5 says...

6 years ago

Madoff was a scapegoat, if ever there was one, just like all big scandals. And now we are supposed to feel sympathy for him and his family? That's what this film seems to portray.

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DatBabyAintMine says...

6 years ago

The Madoff miniseries was 20x better than this.

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sah777 says...

3 years ago

I couldn't be bothered finishing it. The acting was good, but I didn't think there was enough happening in the storyline. Also when Madoff became like a grumpy old man he started to annoy me. I also didn't like how they kept jumping timelines around, instead of following the rise/deals and then fall/capture of Bernie in a linear fashion. You might like it more than me though.

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SerenadB

7/10 7 years ago

For me personally, this was a very interesting movie. I hadn't heard of this event before because I was a bit too young when it happened I guess. The Wallstreet world is very interesting and complicated, and I find it to be quite Intriguing. This movie is a bit of an inside in this financial wor More

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