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The economic meltdown how America's fiscal fallout triggered a global crisis Cover Image DVD DVD

The economic meltdown how America's fiscal fallout triggered a global crisis

Kirk, Michael. (Screenwriter, Director, Producer). Wiser, Mike. (Screenwriter). Obenhaus, Mark. (Screenwriter). Schisgall, David. (Producer). Gilmore, Jim. (Reporter). Lyman, Will. (Narrator). Sawyer, Forrest. (Correspondent). Low, John E. (Composer). Decter, Ben. (Composer). Kirk Documentary Group. (Producer). Documentary Group. (Producer). WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.) (Producer, Distributor). Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.) (Producer, Distributor). PBS Distribution (Firm) (Distributor). Correspondent, Forrest Sawyer (Ten trillion and counting). (Cast).

Summary: Features five Frontline programs: Inside the Meltdown-Investigating the causes of the worst economic crisis in 70 years. Ten Trillion and Counting-The efforts to slow down the crisis added more debt. How debt constrains and challenges the government. Breaking the Bank-Wall Street risked billions and created massive losses, nearly breaking the banks. The Warning-Why did the meltdown happen? Cliffhanger-Investigation of how Washington has failed to solve the country's problems of debt.

Item details

  • ISBN: 9781608839193
  • ISBN: 1608839192
  • Physical Description: videorecording
    videodisc
    2 videodiscs (280 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Widescreen.
  • Publisher: [Arlington, VA?] : PBS Distribution, 2013.

Contents / Notes

General Note:
Title from sell sheet.
Videodisc release of five episodes of the documentary television series Frontline, originally aired on PBS in 2009 (Inside the meltdown, Ten trillion and counting, Breaking the bank, and The warning) and 2013 (Cliffhanger).
Aspect ratio 1.85:1.
Formatted Contents Note: Disc 1. Inside the meltdown / a Frontline co-production with Kirk Documentary Group Ltd. ; produced by Michael Kirk ... [et al.] ; written and directed by Michael Kirk. Ten trillion and counting / a Frontline production with The Documentary Group ; producer, David Schisgall ; written by Mark Obenhaus. Breaking the bank / a Frontline co-production with Kirk Documentary Group Ltd. ; produced by Michael Kirk ... [et al.] ; written and directed by Michael Kirk. -- disc 2. The warning / a Frontline co-production with Kirk Documentary Group Ltd. ; produced by Michael Kirk ... [et al.] ; written and directed by Michael Kirk. Cliffhanger / a Frontline production with Kirk Documentary Group Ltd. ; produced by Michael Kirk ... [et al.] ; written by Michael Kirk & Mike Wiser ; directed by Michael Kirk.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Director of photography, Ben McCoy; editors, Peter Rhodes (Inside the meltdown), Kenneth Levis, Peter R. Livingston, Jr. (Ten trillion and counting), Chad Ervin (Breaking the bank, and The warning), and Steve Audette (Cliffhanger); music, John E. Low (Inside the meltdown, Breaking the bank, The warning, and Cliffhanger), and Ben Decter (Ten trillion and counting).
Participant or Performer Note: Correspondent, Forrest Sawyer (Ten trillion and counting).
Narrator, Will Lyman. Reported by Jim Gilmore (Inside the meltdown, Breaking the bank, The warning, Cliffhanger).
Target Audience Note:
Rating: TVPG.
System Details Note:
DVD, NTSC, Region 1; stereo.
Language Note:
Open-captioned for the deaf and hard of hearing.

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Genre: Nonfiction television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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