倒塌的大厦

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在美国能源巨头安然公司倒台一年有余之际，美国哥伦比亚广播公司宣布以安然丑闻为题材的电影《惊天大骗局》(The Crooked E)将于1月5日首次公映。透过电影银幕，人们将了解到安然公司如何从得克萨斯州乡间崛起，成为美国最大的能源交易商，以及被盈利冲昏头脑的公司管理人员又是如何不择手段，把安然推入万劫不复的深渊。 影片改编自安然前业务员的一部热销回忆录——《解剖贪婪》(Anatomy of Greed)，男主角布赖恩·登内希曾因扮演经典名剧《推销员之死》而获得第58届美国金球奖最佳男演员。据哥伦比亚广播公司介绍，该片“从内部人士的视角，讲述了10年来最大的商业丑闻之一的故事”。 安然公司于2001年12月申请破产保护，其申请破产时所列的总资产为631亿美元，成为当时美国最大的破产案。 Based on Brian Cruver s first-person book, Anatomy of Greed, this strident TV movie chronicles the rise and fall of the notorious Houston-based Enron Corporation in the early years of the 21st century. The film is related from the perspective of Cruver himself (played by Christian Kane), here depicted as a brilliant but naïve young trader who, after being hired by Enron, was dazzled and seduced by the company s get rich quick by whatever means necessary credo. The obscenely extravagant Enron Culture (represented by endless office parties and nubile young ladies) was built upon the backs of the company s stockholders and lower-echelon employees -- and, when everything inevitably crashed and burned in the spring of 2002, it was the little people who suffered the most. Although several real-life personalities are portrayed in the film, among them Enron CEO Ken Lay (played Mike Farrell), executive Jeff Skilling (Jon Ted Wynne), and conscience-stricken whistleblower Sherron Watkins (Jan Skene), many of the characters are composites, chief among them the mysterious, sinister Enron higher-up Mister Blue (Brian Dennehy), whose primary function is to spout blatantly mercenary exposition. Due to budget restraints, The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron was filmed not in Houston but in Canada; and thanks to copyright restrictions, the company s famous slanted E logo is considerably altered onscreen. The film made its CBS debut on January 5, 2003. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide