记录华尔街有史以来最大的商业丑闻,揭露一群绝顶聪明的高阶经理人,如何将美国第七大企业搞挂,轻轻松松卷走十亿美金,让投资人血本无归,上万员工失去工作。 本片根据安隆事件畅销书The Smartest Guys in the Room摄制,运用访谈画面、录音、企业内部数据制作而成,甚至揭露布什家族可能涉案的内幕。安隆案影响甚巨,不仅使全球五大会计师事务所之一的安达信(Arthur Andersen LLP)被美国证期会吊销执照,也让国际知名的麦肯锡顾问公司重伤五内,更让所有商学院洗心革面,在高喊利润至上之外,重新向MBA学生传授「伦理与道德」。 全球各大企业也把「公司治理」捧上天,希望能够赢回投资人的信任。但安隆风暴尚未结案,高潮将可能再度袭卷华尔街…Enron dives from the seventh largest US company to bankruptcy in less than a year in this tale told chronologically. The emphasis is on human drama, from suicide to 20,000 people sacked: the personalities of Ken Lay (with Falwellesque rectitude), Jeff Skilling (he of big ideas), Lou Pai (gone with $250 M), and Andy Fastow (the dark prince) dominate. Along the way, we watch Enron game California's deregulated electricity market, get a free pass from Arthur Andersen (which okays the dubious mark-to-market accounting), use greed to manipulate banks and brokerages (Merrill Lynch fires the analyst who questions Enron's rise), and hear from both Presidents Bush what great guys these are.