Better to do that, one assumes, then to put words in their mouths and risk lawsuits. Former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling, who received the longest sentence in one of the most notorious corporate fraud cases, was recently released from … the only real problem (in my eyes) is the slight level of predictablility in the romantic aspect of the story. Dennehy explains to Cruver, in that conversation where he used the bad word, that he knew about something that wasn't right. There are suspicions at first, some voiced by an old friend of Cruver's on Wall Street.
His life at Enron runs parallel to the company as he over extends his credit based on future earnings.
But their dialogue is based almost primarily on the available public record. As the bottom drops out of everything, most of the employees shown in the movie have a lot to lose. Was this review helpful? CBS’s Enron movie – scheduled for Sunday, Jan. 5 – is based on “Anatomy of Greed: The Unshredded Truth From an Enron Insider” by Brian Cruver, who joined Enron in 2001 at the age of 30 (in the movie, he’s 26) to work in the bankruptcy-protection unit. The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron is an American television movie aired by CBS in January 2003, which was based on the book Anatomy of Greed by Brian Cruver. CBS’s Enron movie – scheduled for Sunday, Jan. 5 ... there’s a fictionalized exec to fulfill that purpose named Mr. Blue, played by Brian Dennehy. Look, it’s all very complicated and I don’t possess an MBA. Having had ambitions since a being young man, Brian Cruver is fired up when he gets a desk at Enron one the largest companies in America. 4 out of 7 found this helpful. If everything that goes on in CBS' "The Crooked E" really occurred at Enron during the Houston company's halcyon days, then America is in serious trouble. 0 out of 0 found this helpful. This movie was a true tale of the rise and fall of one of the top ten companies in the world. An outstanding performance (as usual) was given by Brian Dennehy, who appears all too briefly as one of the top Enron employees and a friend of Cruver's father (though, ironically, he didn't seem to be behind Cruver's hiring).
What he isn't told is that the people getting rich are doing it by falsifying numbers and making everything look good with future projected earnings. The script was so weak, using cliche after cliche. POSSIBLE SPOILERS FOR ANYONE: In fact, Dennehy was transferred to a less desirable job, though he still believes he is going to prison, apparently because he didn't really press the issue. Would you like to receive desktop browser notifications about breaking news and other major stories?
0 out of 0 found this helpful. And that’s another way to make a complicated financial scandal come to life on TV – focus on the mid-level employees whose lives were ruined by greedy execs. Cruver learns quickly what is expected of Enron employees and how they can get rich.
The role of salesman was played by upstart actor Anthony Hibbs and was a true testament to how sales should be done. I was disappointed we didn't get to see him behind the scenes (the focus is really on the low-level employees); we were only shown his public face--his statements to the press and his speeches to employees--plus one scene with a whistleblower. ok, well, theres really no way to give a spoiler for this movie, cause, unless you've been living in a hole for the last year or so, you know enron went under and why. 11 out of 13 found this helpful. Been there done that. But as he begins to realize just what is happening there, he quickly becomes disillusioned and, by the time the company has gone belly-up, he has regained his integrity (to the point of destroying a contract that would have badly hurt the client) and his fiancee. Except the lead character is more stupid, and his actions don't make sense. Be they the victim or the conman. Was this review helpful?
It seems as though the writers pieced this story together with a few articles on Enron.