Movies by Alex Gibney
As a director:
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Magic Trip (2011)
Cast: Stanley Tucci, Timothy Leary, Jack Kerouac …
Directed by: Alison Ellwood, Alex Gibney
Using found footage captured by author Ken Kesey (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest), filmmakers Alison Ellwood and Alex Gibney re-create the writer's infamous 1964 road trip to New…
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30 for 30: Catching Hell (2011)
Cast: Steve Bartman, Matt Liston
Directed by: Alex Gibney
This documentary uses the case of Steve Bartman -- the fan who interfered with an in-play ball and was vilified for costing the Chicago Cubs a crucial 2003 playoff game -- to examine the…
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Freakonomics (2010)
Cast: Steven Levitt, Stephen Dubner
Directed by: Heidi Ewing, Alex Gibney, Seth Gordon …
Freakonomics explains different elements of popular culture through economic theory and statistics. Issues include everything from cheating sumo wrestlers to whether Roe v. Wade produced a…
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Casino Jack and the United States of Money (2010)
Cast: Jack Abramoff, Tom Delay, William Branner …
Directed by: Alex Gibney
Documentarian Alex Gibney (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room) turns his acute focus on convicted Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff, reproaching him and other legislators for their negative…
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My Trip to Al-Qaeda (2010)
Cast: Lawrence Wright
Directed by: Alex Gibney
Journalist Lawrence Wright brings his multilayered one-man play to the screen as he discusses how a reporter remains objective while covering highly charged issues such as 9/11, Al-Qaeda,…
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Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer (2010)
Cast: Eliot Spitzer, Joseph Bruno, Kenneth Langone …
Directed by: Alex Gibney
Director Alex Gibney turns the spotlight on the life and career of politician Eliot Spitzer, the New York governor whose potential to become the first Jewish president of the United States…
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Taxi to the Dark Side (2007)
Cast: Brian Keith Allen
Directed by: Alex Gibney
Alex Gibney (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room) directs this Best Documentary Oscar winner that uses interviews, news footage and firsthand reports to examine the Bush…
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Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (2007)
Cast: Hunter S. Thompson, Johnny Depp, Melissa Otero …
Directed by: Alex Gibney
Always ready to hurl himself into the heart of the action, journalist and author Hunter S. Thompson was fearless as well as reckless. This admiring documentary looks beyond his wild antics to…
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Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)
Cast: Peter Coyote, John Beard, Jim Chanos …
Directed by: Alex Gibney
Based on the book of the same name by Peter Elkin, director Alex Gibney's documentary takes a behind-the-scenes look at the powerful energy company whose downfall forever changed the…