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  • 2015
  • PG
  • Random Media
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2015
  • PG
  • Random Media
  • 1 h 40 m

Summary Martin Armstrong, once a US based trillion dollar financial advisor, developed a computer model based on the number pi and other cyclical theories to predict economic turning points with eerie accuracy. In the early 80s he established his financial forecasting and advising company Princeton Economics. His forecasts were in great demand w...

Directed By: Marcus Vetter, Karin Steinberger

Written By: Karin Steinberger, Marcus Vetter

  • 2015
  • PG
  • Random Media
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2015
  • PG
  • Random Media
  • 1 h 40 m

The Forecaster

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Summary Martin Armstrong, once a US based trillion dollar financial advisor, developed a computer model based on the number pi and other cyclical theories to predict economic turning points with eerie accuracy. In the early 80s he established his financial forecasting and advising company Princeton Economics. His forecasts were in great demand w...

Directed By: Marcus Vetter, Karin Steinberger

Written By: Karin Steinberger, Marcus Vetter

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Apr 2, 2015
The story of espionage and duplicity that financial adviser Martin Armstrong relates in Marcus Vetter's documentary The Forecaster is as serpentine and fascinating as a John le Carré novel.
By Chris Packham FULL REVIEW
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Apr 2, 2015
An unambiguously partisan profile of controversial economics whiz Martin Armstrong — who spent a decade in jail on technicalities relating to fraud charges — it plays like a slickly elaborate sketch for a future Hollywood retelling in the Wolf of Wall Street mold.
By Neil Young FULL REVIEW
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Apr 9, 2015
The bigger mystery is whether the models actually work. Though the Armstrong partisans in the film strongly suggest that they do, director Marcus Vetter struggles to convince the lay viewer.
By Michael O'Sullivan FULL REVIEW
50
Apr 2, 2015
The Forecaster has the distinct hermetic feel of a documentary that employs an echo chamber of people too close to the material.
By Nicolas Rapold FULL REVIEW
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Apr 2, 2015
The Forecaster, a documentary study of the rise and fall of commodities advisor Martin Armstrong, would have paid greater dividends by taking a more impartial approach to its subject.
By Michael Rechtshaffen FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Filmperspektive GmbH, Eikon Film, TV Plus, Bukera Pictures, Südwestrundfunk (SWR), ARTE, Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR), C-Films, Addictive Films
Release Date Mar 27, 2015
Duration 1 h 40 m
Rating PG
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Website http://forecaster-movie.com/
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Awards

Vukovar Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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