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A two-part documentary directed by Emmy and Academy Award winner Alex Gibney (HBO’s The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley and Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief), The Crime of the Century is a searing indictment of Big Pharma and the political operatives and government regulations that enable over-production, reckless distribution, and mass abuse of synthetic opiates.
Exploring the origins, extent, and fallout of one of the most devastating public health tragedies of our time, with half a million deaths from overdoses this century alone, the film reveals that America’s opioid epidemic is not a public health crisis that came out of nowhere.
With the help of whistleblowers, newly leaked documents, exclusive interviews, sobering testimony from victims of opioid addiction, and access to behind-the-scenes investigations, Gibney’s exposé posits that drug companies are in fact largely responsible for manufacturing the very crisis they profit from, to the tune of billions of dollars -- and thousands of lives.
Original Release
05/10/2021 on hbo
US Release
05/10/2021
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Patrick Radden Keefe | Self |
Edward Byrne | Self (HSI Special Agent) |
Kadrolsha Ona Carole | Self |
Andrew Kolodny | Self |
Barry Meier | Self |
Anna Lembke | Self |
Art Van Zee | Self |
Lenny Bernstein | Self |
Alec Burlakoff | Self |
Scott Higham | Self |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Patrick Radden Keefe | Self |
Edward Byrne | Self (HSI Special Agent) |
Kadrolsha Ona Carole | Self |
Andrew Kolodny | Self |
Barry Meier | Self |
Anna Lembke | Self |
Art Van Zee | Self |
Lenny Bernstein | Self |
Alec Burlakoff | Self |
Scott Higham | Self |
Joe Rannazzisi | Self |
Giles Sartin | Self |
Paul Pelletier | Self |
Sidney Caleb Lanier | Self |
Roy Bosley | Self |
Fred M. Wyshak Jr. | Self |
David Lazarus | Self |
Nathaniel Yeager | Self |
Sari Horowitz | Self |
Jonathan Novak | Self |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Richard Perello | Executive Producer |
Nancy Abraham | Executive Producer |
Lisa Heller | Executive Producer |
Stacey Offman | Executive Producer |
Aaron Fishman | Executive Producer |
Todd Hoffman | Executive Producer |
Alex Gibney | Producer |
Thomas Augsberger | Producer |
Svetlana Zill | Producer |
Erin Edeiken | Producer |
Tina Nguyen | Producer |
John Jordan | Producer |
Sarah Dowland | Producer |
Hattie Bowering | Producer |