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Line 1: '''''Ámerican Casino''''' ([[2009 in film\|2009]]) is a [[documentary film]] directed and produced by [[Leslie Cockburn]] with [[Andrew Cockburn]] as co-producer. The film premiered at the [[Tribeca Film Festival]] [[New York City]] in April 2009. ''American Casino'' relates the story of the origins, progress and consequences of the suprime mortgage disaster that led to the greatest financial crisis since the [[Great Depression]]. Beginning filming in early 2008, Cockburn laid bare both the financial machinations and miscalculations on Wall Street that produced the disaster as well as its effects on an array of Baltimore homeowners struggling to stay afloat. The film premiered at New York's [[Tribeca Film Festival]] in April 2009. ~~The film premiered at the [[Tribeca Film Festival]] in April 2009.~~ ''[[Variety]]'' described it as a " searing expose of the subprime mortgage crisis (matching) Wall Street's numbers and graphics to the flesh-and-blood individuals whose lives have been devastated by the deliberate machinations of bankers and traders." <ref>[http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117940114.html?categoryid=31&cs=1 ''Variety'' review of ''American Casino'']</ref> [[Slant Magazine\|Slant]]'' magazine called it a "revelatory howl against the still-gestating, $8 trillion-and-counting financial-services industry bailout." <ref>[http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/film_review.asp?ID=4260 ''Slant'' review of ''American Casino'']</ref> [[Nobel Prize]] prizewinning economist [[Joseph Stiglitz]] said “''American Casino'' is a powerful and shocking look at the subprime lending scandal. If you want to understand how the US financial system failed and how mortgage companies ripped off the poor, see this film.” <ref>[http://www.americancasinothemovie.com/ ''American Casino'' official website]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==External Links== [''American Casino'' at IMDB] [http://www.americancasinothemovie.com Film's Official Website]]