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An in-depth look at the rise and fall of New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, including interviews with the scandalized, former politician.
- DIRECTOR
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- Alex Gibney
- WRITERS
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- Alex Gibney
- A&E IndieFilms
- STUDIOS
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- A&E IndieFilms
- Jigsaw Productions
- Wider Film Projects
- CAST
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Alex Gibney as Himself - Narrator (voice) -
Eliot Spitzer as Himself - Former Governor, New York -
Hulbert Waldroup as Himself - Painter -
Lloyd Constantine as Himself - Former Spitzer Advisor -
Peter Elkind as Himself - Author, Rough Justice: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer -
Darren Dopp as Himself - Spitzer Communications Director
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Documentary on the rise of Eliot Spitzer, first as Attorney General and then Governor of New York and his subsequent downfall due to a sex scandal. Spitzer had a hard driving, take no prisoners approach to prosecuting criminals. When he focused his efforts on Wall Street, he came up against some very powerful men. The chink in his armor was an escort whom he met regularly. When the fact that he spent time with a prostitute became public the knives came out so to speak, and Spitzer found himself isolated, resigning the Governorship. At one point, Spitzer recounts the story of a friend who gave him a t-shirt with 'Hubris is Terminal' printed on the front. A fitting epitaph somehow for his political career.
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2003 •7 min -
2008 •42 min -
2009 •40 min -
2010 •125 min