Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (DVD, 2006)

I enjoyed watching this movie although at the end I was nauseated by the whole Enron scandal, which means it was effective. I question the political tack the movie makes, trying to link Bush and Cheney to Lay. There's zero evidence at all of any favoritism Bush gave to Enron. In fact, Bush let the process work as it should and he did the right thing. The movie should have clarified that. Also, the movie as it was cut gave Gray Davis a large pass on his conduct during the energy crisis. To the filmaker's credit, they at least included in the deleted scenes discussion about how California considered taking police or military action to keep the power companies running, and Gray Davis declined to do so and instead was happy paying the insane power prices, hoping for a federal bailout. If the situation was as grave as was portrayed in this film, and if the outages were manufactured by Enron, then why didn't a few troops head over to a power plant and ensure the generators weren't shut down by Enron traders?

In the end this is a great documentary about what happens when a few evil folks do evil and everyone else looks the other way. A must-watch for any student of business or government.

I was sad to see this movie no win an Oscar. It is one of, or probably the best documentary I have ever seen. I in my early teens when Enron erupted and the market crashed, so I didn't remember too much; only that everyone I met wanted this guys gone.

My feelings on the issue of Enron are rather mixed. I feel that the executives did do what they felt was in the best interest of the company, but the violated very important business ethics and federal laws.

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room detailed everything so well that I am now always asked, 'what happened with Enron?' whenever the topic arises. I loved the movie so much I decided to buy. I have recommended it to many of my business and history teachers and they have loved the movie as well.

Screw Ebert and Roper, listen to me, 2 big thumbs way up! I encourage everyone buy this movie, if not at least see it!

I bought this DVD because it was an assignment for my college class. I found the Enron(ENWRONG!)fiasco disturbing. It shows the streotyped ways of greedy big business.
It has biographies of some the key people who schemed their way to creating ways to inflate the price of electricity and other energy sources by creating a shortage.
There is even a recording of company employee calling a power station to shut down the plant for a few hours, so that it created a shortage.
Another recording is with specaulators who just wnated to retire in thoer 30s and did not care about someone`s grandma who needed the power for the air conditioner or anyone else who needed power.
I recommend this video to those who like to get mad.
This video is rated R because of the topless dancer scene.

good movie ... if you like to knw about crime watch this! it's about white collar crime rather thanthe crime movies you are used to!! greatly recomended!!

Great Movie About The Enron scandal, Great Documentary
Plus the co-author Bethany McLean is a super hot, smart girl.

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If you are into the scandalous rise and fall of Enron you will love this movie. This movie explains and demonstrates some of the main reasons for the collapse of Enron and why it was so hard to distinguish when Ken Lay, Jeff Schilling, and Andrew Fastow crossed the line. This is a story for the history books.

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room is a very informative DVD about the Enron fiasco occurred. While facts were disclosed, it still kept the audience wanting to know what really happened a a given time.

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I find the DVD quite expensive considering the delivery charges. I hope it could have been cheaper considering this was bought in ebay. Delivery was quick. It only took a week.

I purchased this DVD to get an understanding of how an empire can destruct overnight just from greed! Also, it help me to understand that corporate america can be destructive.

Recently I read the book on Enron's demise entitled Conspiracy of Fools by Kurt Eichenwald. This book is over 700 pages long and through the entire reading, I sat shaking my head in disbelief and disgust at the arrogance of a few which made a huge American corporation crumble to the ground. I knew a few of the 'good' employees at Enron who really was ruined financially by he arrogant few who were responsible for its crash. Because of this, I had a special interest in how such a giant could fall. I've now read the book a second time trying to comprehend how people, supposedly intelligent people, could be so blinded by what was going on and be so arrogant about it when confronted or pre-warned. The little man got hurt, the big ones got their just reward. Due to my intense interest, I had to buy the movie which is what this review is about. The movie is very accurate and very well acted. I highly recommend it and the book to everyone whether you are familiar with the Enro case or not. It's a story you all would enjoy.

One of the best movies I've ever seen. I highly recommend it. It is chilling how a company can become so greedy. A great example of how group think can be evil.

Quick delivery. Arrived in excellent condition without any hassles. I decided to buy the movie for an undergraduate ethics course.

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Having worked in a technology development company for twenty years,
I find it absolutely incredulous that more people didn't whistle
blow sooner.

My company designed computers and semiconductors. You may not be
aware of this but every computer system, hardware and software, has
flaws. Nothing is perfect, including computers. Most flaws are found,
and corrected by flagging the user, or reversion routines meant to
retrace steps and try again. The nasty flaws are those that happen,
but are not reported or repaired. The nasty class of flaw is typically
researched, reengineered, and the fix is implimented in manufacturing.
If the flaw has a bad enough character, a field change is ordered, usually at great expense. There is another group of nasty flaw that goes unchanged
even when known. Here, collective engineering and management wisdom
decided that the expense to retrofit the world is too great compared to
the potential benefit. It is here that opinions differed. I was of the camp that thought any potentially undetected flaw in a customer's computer
system is worth changing because no one of us is wise enough to know every application of our systems. I don't want to be undergoing lasic eye surgury
when the positioning computer miscalculates depth-of-thrust. Sometimes the other camp prevailed. When that happened there was always a meaningful and honest rational that even my camp could understand, if not fully buy.

I think that if our decision process were any less robust, many would have blown the whistle.

Along comes Enron. A blatant nest of liars, snakes, and slimeballs, including many, many traders at the non-executive levels of the company. I suspect
that most but the janitorial staff could smell that something was badly amiss.

I believe that we all carry with us Original Sin, and are therefore capable of anything that went on at Enron, given the right circumstances. I like to think that under most circumstances, many people should have blown the whistle. But none seeiming did.

Along come the funding banks. These people too were consumed with abject greed to the point of jeopordizing their investor's money in a scheme so shallow it is criminally laughable.

Many people in many places took a bite of Eve's apple, and I cannot say I am any better than they. I can only have faith that I would not succumb, and I know it is not for me to judge them.

Regarding the film itself, I only wish that the editor would have excluded
the topless tittie scenes to make the reshowing of this in mixed company
more comfortable.