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2016
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Brainstorm Media
1 h 10 m

2016
G
Brainstorm Media
1 h 10 m

Summary Terry Jones presents Boom Bust Boom. The result of a meeting between writer, director, historian and Python Terry Jones and economics professor and entrepreneur Theo Kocken. Co-written by Jones and Kocken and featuring John Cusack, Nobel Prize winners Daniel Kahneman, Robert J Shiller and Paul Krugman, the film is part of a global moveme...

Directed By: Bill Jones, Terry Jones, Ben Timlett

Written By: Theo Kocken, Terry Jones

2016
G
Brainstorm Media
1 h 10 m

2016
G
Brainstorm Media
1 h 10 m

Boom Bust Boom

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews

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Summary Terry Jones presents Boom Bust Boom. The result of a meeting between writer, director, historian and Python Terry Jones and economics professor and entrepreneur Theo Kocken. Co-written by Jones and Kocken and featuring John Cusack, Nobel Prize winners Daniel Kahneman, Robert J Shiller and Paul Krugman, the film is part of a global moveme...

Directed By: Bill Jones, Terry Jones, Ben Timlett

Written By: Theo Kocken, Terry Jones

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Top Cast

Terry Jones

Self - Presenter

George Magnus

Self - Economist & Author

Robert Shiller

Self - Nobel Prize Winner, Economic Sciences

Zvi Bodie

Self - Professor of Management

John Cusack

Self - Actor & Writer

Andy Haldane

Self - Chief Economist of the Bank of England

Laurie Santos

Self - Associate Professor of Psychology & Cognitive Science

Willem Buiter

Self - Bank of England's Monetary Police Committee

Dirk Bezemer

Self - Associate Professor of Economics

Steve Keen

Self - Professor of Economics

Paul Mason

Self - Channel 4 News Economics Editor

James K. Galbraith

Self - Professor of Government

Randall Wray

Self - Professor of Economics

Nathan Tankus

Self - Associate to Institute of New Economic Thinking

Lucy Prebble

Self - Author, ENRON

Steven Kinsella

Self - Senior Lecturer of Economics

Perry Mehrling

Self - Professor of Economics

John Cassidy

Self - Writer, The New Yorker

Daniel Kahneman

Self - Nobel Prize Winner, Economic Sciences

Paul Krugman

Self - Nobel Prize Winner, Economic Sciences

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Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews

83% Positive
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17% Mixed
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Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews

83% Positive
5 Reviews

17% Mixed
1 Review

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The New York Times

Mar 10, 2016

A remarkably enjoyable, and sometimes very funny, documentary about a frightening topic.

By Ken Jaworowski FULL REVIEW

Mar 8, 2016

Jones presents a stark picture of a bifurcated economic system: the real one, in which ordinary citizens struggle; and the financial economy, in which the livelihoods of citizens are leveraged by the wealthy for speculative bets.

By Chris Packham FULL REVIEW

Feb 1, 2018

With its frequent use of puppetry and quirky animation, Boom Bust Boom suggests what an old-school episode of “Sesame Street” would’ve played like, had it focused solely on the subprime crash.

By Matt Fagerholm FULL REVIEW

Mar 9, 2016

For those who aren’t automatically turned off by the idea of an issue-doc that Schoolhouse Rock-ifies a serious, grown-up subject, Boom Bust Boom is a worthwhile way to spend an hour.

By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW

Mar 8, 2016

And John Cusack. “One semester at NYU” is all the Internet Movie Database gives him, as far as credentials. But he’s got opinions, especially about the meltdown of 2007-8. And he’s outraged. So anyway.

By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW

The Hollywood Reporter

Mar 10, 2016

A tough sell theatrically despite its merits, the film will rely on Jones' name to reach viewers via home-video outlets.

By John DeFore FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Bill and Ben Productions

Release Date Mar 11, 2016

Duration 1 h 10 m

Rating G

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