Connection with the previous post (THE OTHER GUYS): Adam McKay co-wrote both films.
RATINGS: IMDB ― 7.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes ― 88%, ME ― 80%
Danny Moses: You're completely sure of the math?
RATINGS: IMDB ― 7.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes ― 88%, ME ― 80%
Danny Moses: You're completely sure of the math?
Jared Vennett: Look at him, that's my quant.
Mark Baum: Your what?
Jared Vennett: My quantitative. My math specialist. Look at him, you notice anything different about him? Look at his face.
Mark Baum: That's pretty racist.
Jared Vennett: Look at his eyes, I'll give you a hint, his name is Yang. He won a national math competition in China he doesn't even speak English! Yeah I'm sure of the math.
Rafe Spall as Danny Moses, Ryan Gosling as Jared Vennett, and Steve Carrell as Mark Baum
Trivia (From IMDB):
After Christian Bale met with the real Dr. Michael Burry, he asked to have Burry's cargo shorts and T-shirt, which he then wore in the movie. Bale later said he hoped Burry would make it to the film's L.A. premiere, "because I really want to sit next to him and see if he's going to punch me in the f****** face."
The quotation that appears on screen, "'Truth is like poetry. And most people fucking hate poetry.' - Overheard at a Washington, D.C. bar," was written by director and co-writer Adam McKay, after unsuccessfully searching for the perfect quotation to use for that segment.
Author Michael Lewis revealed in an interview that Paramount, the studio distributing the film, allowed director and screenwriter Adam McKay to make this film only if he agreed to make a sequel to Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004).
The character Mark Baum was based on real-life money manager Steve Eisman. Jared Vennett was based on real-life trader Greg Lippmann. Ben Rickert was based on Ben Hockett. Charlie Gellar and Jamie Shipley were based on Charlie Ledley and Jamie Mai.
The real Michael Burry made a cameo in the film as a Scion employee. At the beginning of the scene in which the fictional Burry's investors confront him at his office, he is briefly shown standing near the front door, talking on the phone.
Jeffry Griffin was an extra on set for the day. He was pulled out of the crowd to play Jared Vennett's assistant, Chris. Later, his role was expanded to two weeks of filming, sharing every scene with Ryan Gosling.
Lola FX did the special effects for Christian Bale's glass eye in the film. Director Adam McKaydid not want it to be too obtrusive since "in reality, you're not that aware of someone's glass eye, except the odd occasion when it doesn't move," so they painstakingly went through every shot to get it just right.
Michael Burry named his hedge fund company Scion Capital after a favorite childhood book, "The Scions of Shannara." Christian Bale is seen reading that book in one of his first scenes in the movie.
In the Specials of the Blu-ray, director Adam McKay revealed that he wrote the role of Jared Vannett with only Ryan Gosling in mind.
This was Ryan Gosling's first appearance in a film after announcing his "break" from acting in March 2013.
This was the second film based on a Michael Lewis book that Brad Pitt produced and appeared in. The first was Moneyball (2011).
The production crew recreated the offices of failed investment firm Lehman Brothers in the lobby of the New York State Department of Financial Services in Manhattan.
When Michael Burry looks at his e-mail inbox after informing his clients they can no longer make withdrawals from the fund, an e-mail from A. McKay Adam McKay with the Subject "Can I get some additional information?" is visible.
According to Adam McKay, Christian Bale injured his knee badly just before filming started. McKay wanted to use a double for Bale's drumming and swimming scenes, but Bale insisted on doing the scenes himself. McKay eventually agreed, but when he shot the drumming scenes, he brought in two doctors for the duration of the shoot, ready to perform in case anything happened to Bale.
This was Adam McKay's dramatic directorial debut.
In "The Big Short," there are three types of mortgage bonds. Subprime mortgage bond (SMB) is the most basic of the three; it is only home loans. The next is Mortage-backed security (MBS), this is tranches of loans that is backed up and all the loans in it are given a triple A rating. This means if you short the bond, it has a very low risk of defaulting, you will get paid first, but not earn as much money. And the final one (known as MBS on steroids) is a bond called collateralised debt obligations (CDO), which are loads of loan-backed security (so not specifically home loans and mortgages).
Richard Thaler played himself as the economist at the casino, who explains with Selena Gomez how derivatives can gear into each other and fail in sequence. Thaler is a well-known academic economist and is the author of "Nudge."
The cast includes four Oscar winners (not necessarily for acting), Christian Bale, Melissa Leo, Brad Pitt, and Marisa Tomei, and two Oscar nominees, Steve Carell and Ryan Gosling.
This was the first Adam McKay film not to feature regular collaborator Will Ferrell.
During the end of the Las Vegas trip, the transition scene ends overlooking a highway with a giant billboard of Martin Short. It is literally a "big Short."
This film marked the second collaboration between Ryan Gosling, Marisa Tomei and Steve Carell. The three first starred together in Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011).
Steve Eiseman, the inspiration for the character Mark Baum, met CDO specialist Wing Chau at Okada, a Japanese restaurant at the Wynn Las Vegas. Okada had closed by the time this movie was shot, so Harrah's casino in New Orleans was used.
Michael Burry's cell phone number (603-320-7220) appears once in the movie. It is actually the business number for Geaux Video, LLC, owned by Zack Holmes, who served as video playback supervisor.
Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider.
From the Author of "Moneyball" and "The Blind Side".
This film marked the second collaboration between John Magaro and Finn Wittrock, who both portrayed World War II soldiers in Unbroken (2014). They shared a considerable amount of screen time in this movie with Brad Pitt, whose second wife, Angelina Jolie, directed Unbroken.
Despite Adam McKay regular Will Ferrell not appearing in the film, there is a nod to him. During one of the earlier transition themes, there is a shot of a young girl saying 'I want my money'. This is taken from a Funnyordie sketch, 'the landlord' featuring Will Ferrell and his young daughter. The short film was written by Adam McKay.
An assistant counsel for the Department of Financial Services played one of the extras in the scene.
Vinny Daniel - the character played by Jeremy Strong - chews a gum in all of his scenes.
This was the second Plan B project starring Jeremy Strong. The first project was Selma (2014).
Cars can be seen driving past outside the windows of Scion Capital, suggesting that the office is on the ground floor. In reality, Scion's suite was on the fourth floor of their Silicon Valley offices.
Christian Bale and Margot Robbie are both linked to Batman characters. Bale played Batman/Bruce Wayne in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight trilogy (2005-2012) and Robbie played Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad (2016).
At 1 hour and 30 minutes, two billboards for Canadian comedians, Martin Short and Kids in the Hall, are displayed in the background.
Rafe Spall as Danny Moses, Ryan Gosling as Jared Vennett, and Steve Carrell as Mark Baum
Trivia (From IMDB):
After Christian Bale met with the real Dr. Michael Burry, he asked to have Burry's cargo shorts and T-shirt, which he then wore in the movie. Bale later said he hoped Burry would make it to the film's L.A. premiere, "because I really want to sit next to him and see if he's going to punch me in the f****** face."
The quotation that appears on screen, "'Truth is like poetry. And most people fucking hate poetry.' - Overheard at a Washington, D.C. bar," was written by director and co-writer Adam McKay, after unsuccessfully searching for the perfect quotation to use for that segment.
Author Michael Lewis revealed in an interview that Paramount, the studio distributing the film, allowed director and screenwriter Adam McKay to make this film only if he agreed to make a sequel to Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004).
The character Mark Baum was based on real-life money manager Steve Eisman. Jared Vennett was based on real-life trader Greg Lippmann. Ben Rickert was based on Ben Hockett. Charlie Gellar and Jamie Shipley were based on Charlie Ledley and Jamie Mai.
The real Michael Burry made a cameo in the film as a Scion employee. At the beginning of the scene in which the fictional Burry's investors confront him at his office, he is briefly shown standing near the front door, talking on the phone.
Jeffry Griffin was an extra on set for the day. He was pulled out of the crowd to play Jared Vennett's assistant, Chris. Later, his role was expanded to two weeks of filming, sharing every scene with Ryan Gosling.
Lola FX did the special effects for Christian Bale's glass eye in the film. Director Adam McKaydid not want it to be too obtrusive since "in reality, you're not that aware of someone's glass eye, except the odd occasion when it doesn't move," so they painstakingly went through every shot to get it just right.
Michael Burry named his hedge fund company Scion Capital after a favorite childhood book, "The Scions of Shannara." Christian Bale is seen reading that book in one of his first scenes in the movie.
In the Specials of the Blu-ray, director Adam McKay revealed that he wrote the role of Jared Vannett with only Ryan Gosling in mind.
This was Ryan Gosling's first appearance in a film after announcing his "break" from acting in March 2013.
This was the second film based on a Michael Lewis book that Brad Pitt produced and appeared in. The first was Moneyball (2011).
The production crew recreated the offices of failed investment firm Lehman Brothers in the lobby of the New York State Department of Financial Services in Manhattan.
When Michael Burry looks at his e-mail inbox after informing his clients they can no longer make withdrawals from the fund, an e-mail from A. McKay Adam McKay with the Subject "Can I get some additional information?" is visible.
According to Adam McKay, Christian Bale injured his knee badly just before filming started. McKay wanted to use a double for Bale's drumming and swimming scenes, but Bale insisted on doing the scenes himself. McKay eventually agreed, but when he shot the drumming scenes, he brought in two doctors for the duration of the shoot, ready to perform in case anything happened to Bale.
This was Adam McKay's dramatic directorial debut.
In "The Big Short," there are three types of mortgage bonds. Subprime mortgage bond (SMB) is the most basic of the three; it is only home loans. The next is Mortage-backed security (MBS), this is tranches of loans that is backed up and all the loans in it are given a triple A rating. This means if you short the bond, it has a very low risk of defaulting, you will get paid first, but not earn as much money. And the final one (known as MBS on steroids) is a bond called collateralised debt obligations (CDO), which are loads of loan-backed security (so not specifically home loans and mortgages).
Richard Thaler played himself as the economist at the casino, who explains with Selena Gomez how derivatives can gear into each other and fail in sequence. Thaler is a well-known academic economist and is the author of "Nudge."
The cast includes four Oscar winners (not necessarily for acting), Christian Bale, Melissa Leo, Brad Pitt, and Marisa Tomei, and two Oscar nominees, Steve Carell and Ryan Gosling.
This was the first Adam McKay film not to feature regular collaborator Will Ferrell.
During the end of the Las Vegas trip, the transition scene ends overlooking a highway with a giant billboard of Martin Short. It is literally a "big Short."
This film marked the second collaboration between Ryan Gosling, Marisa Tomei and Steve Carell. The three first starred together in Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011).
Steve Eiseman, the inspiration for the character Mark Baum, met CDO specialist Wing Chau at Okada, a Japanese restaurant at the Wynn Las Vegas. Okada had closed by the time this movie was shot, so Harrah's casino in New Orleans was used.
Michael Burry's cell phone number (603-320-7220) appears once in the movie. It is actually the business number for Geaux Video, LLC, owned by Zack Holmes, who served as video playback supervisor.
Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider.
From the Author of "Moneyball" and "The Blind Side".
This film marked the second collaboration between John Magaro and Finn Wittrock, who both portrayed World War II soldiers in Unbroken (2014). They shared a considerable amount of screen time in this movie with Brad Pitt, whose second wife, Angelina Jolie, directed Unbroken.
Despite Adam McKay regular Will Ferrell not appearing in the film, there is a nod to him. During one of the earlier transition themes, there is a shot of a young girl saying 'I want my money'. This is taken from a Funnyordie sketch, 'the landlord' featuring Will Ferrell and his young daughter. The short film was written by Adam McKay.
An assistant counsel for the Department of Financial Services played one of the extras in the scene.
Vinny Daniel - the character played by Jeremy Strong - chews a gum in all of his scenes.
This was the second Plan B project starring Jeremy Strong. The first project was Selma (2014).
Cars can be seen driving past outside the windows of Scion Capital, suggesting that the office is on the ground floor. In reality, Scion's suite was on the fourth floor of their Silicon Valley offices.
Christian Bale and Margot Robbie are both linked to Batman characters. Bale played Batman/Bruce Wayne in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight trilogy (2005-2012) and Robbie played Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad (2016).
At 1 hour and 30 minutes, two billboards for Canadian comedians, Martin Short and Kids in the Hall, are displayed in the background.
Spoilers
In the original script, the celebrity cameos were different. Instead of Margot Robbie explaining MBS and shorting in a bubble bath, it was scripted as Scarlett Johansson standing under a waterfall. Instead of Selena Gomez explaining synthetic CDOs, it was to be Beyoncé with the assistance of her husband Jay Z. Jay-Z was even scripted as saying losing the bet was "a hard knock life," in reference to his hit song.
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