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This documentary feature takes an in-depth look at the rapid rise and dramatic fall of New York Governor Eliot Spitzer. Nicknamed "The Sheriff of Wall Street," when he was NY's Attorney General, Eliot Spitzer prosecuted crimes by America's largest financial institutions and some of the most powerful executives in the country. After his election as Governor, with the largest margin in the state's history, many believed Spitzer was on his way to becoming the nation's first Jewish President. Then, shockingly, Spitzer's meteoric rise turned into a precipitous fall when the New York Times revealed that Spitzer - the paragon of rectitude - had been caught seeing prostitutes. As his powerful enemies gloated, his supporters questioned the timing of it all: as the Sheriff fell, so did the financial markets, in a cataclysm that threatened to unravel the global economy. With unique access to the escort world as well as friends, colleagues and enemies of the ex-Governor (many of whom have come forward for the first time) the film explores the hidden contours of this tale of hubris, sex, and power.
Original Release
11/05/2010
US Release
11/05/2010
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Alex Gibney | Self - Narrator / Self - Narrator (voice) |
Eliot Spitzer | Self - Former Governor, New York |
Hulbert Waldroup | Self - Painter |
Lloyd Constantine | Self - Former Spitzer Advisor |
Peter Elkind | Self - Author, Rough Justice: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer |
Darren Dopp | Self - Spitzer Communications Director |
Zana Brazdek | Self - Formerly of Emperors Club VIP |
Natalia | Self - Former Escort |
Ashley Dupré | Self - Escort |
David Brown | Self - Former Spitzer Staff Lawyer |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Alex Gibney | Self - Narrator / Self - Narrator (voice) |
Eliot Spitzer | Self - Former Governor, New York |
Hulbert Waldroup | Self - Painter |
Lloyd Constantine | Self - Former Spitzer Advisor |
Peter Elkind | Self - Author, Rough Justice: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer |
Darren Dopp | Self - Spitzer Communications Director |
Zana Brazdek | Self - Formerly of Emperors Club VIP |
Natalia | Self - Former Escort |
Ashley Dupré | Self - Escort |
David Brown | Self - Former Spitzer Staff Lawyer |
Noreen Harrington | Self - Former Executive, Stern Asset Management |
Wrenn Schmidt | Angelina |
Kenneth Langone | Self - Chairman & CEO, Invemed Associates / Self - Chairman & CEO, Invemed Associates (as Ken Langone) |
Hank Greenberg | Self - Former Chairman and CEO AIG / Self - Former Chairman and CEO AIG (as Maurice 'Hank' Greenberg) |
Richard Beattie | Self - Legal Counsel to the Independent Directors of AIG |
John Houldsworth | Self - Former CEO of Gen Re Subsidiary / Self - Former CEO of Gen Re Subsidiary (archive footage) |
Elizabeth Monrad | Self - Former CFO of Gen Re / Self - Former CFO of Gen Re (archive footage) |
Robert Graham | Self - Former Gen Re Counsel |
John C. Whitehead | Self - Former Chairman Goldman Sachs |
Cecil Suwal | Self - Former CEO, Emperors Club VIP |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Robert DeBitetto | Executive Producer |
Alexandra Johnes | Executive Producer |
Mason Speed Sexton | Executive Producer |
Rob Sharenow | Executive Producer |
Molly Thompson | Executive Producer |
Robert Sharenow | Executive Producer |
Peter Elkind | Producer |
Alex Gibney | Producer |
Maiken Baird | Producer |
Sam Black | Producer |
David Boardman | Producer |
Jedd Wider | Producer |
Todd Wider | Producer |