Economic Snapshot: Who Should Play Bernard Madoff in the Movie?

Minyanville Staff  Dec 18, 2008 4:50 pm

Economic Snapshot: Who Should Play Bernard Madoff in the Movie?
 
Our unscientific poll.
 

 

Having allegedly engineered one of the biggest frauds in the history of finance (a full $12.5 billion bigger than the Enron debacle) you can be sure Hollywood is saying about Bernard Madoff that his rise to -- and fall from -- grace would make one hell of a movie.

Not since the fictional Gordan Gekko in Wall Street have we seen a financier so morally bankrupt. It's a juicy role. The only question is, who should play it?

 

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12-18-2008, 10:09 pm
You're kidding

Who else but Dustin Hoffman?

He needs the work, same age bracket, great actor.

A little makeup and he looks like Bernie.
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12-18-2008, 10:56 pm

Best Mr. Burns voice as he rubs his bony greedy hands together...

"Ehhxcellent"
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12-18-2008, 11:06 pm

I hereby nominate Bernard L. Madoff for "American Scrooge of the 21st century" (absent epiphany of course).
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12-19-2008, 2:14 pm
Rumpelstiltskin: We can dig him up and dump Madoff in his place.


JPM
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12-19-2008, 5:41 pm
...would bring the right touch of bufoonery to a role so natural to him.

Ol' Bill wouldn't have the least bit of trouble bringing great sympathy for the character to his performance. He could be the center of attention. And
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