TY - GEN N2 - The financial meltdown from the perspective of a number of players: Michael Burry, a bizarre autistic-like stock-picking genius, and the first to realize that the market's housing boom is based on a "house of cards" sham; Mark Baum, self-loathing fictional character whose firm picks up insider trading information from a wrong number phone call; Jared Vennet, a smart-aleck broker who confirms the ominous suspicion; and Charlie Gellar and Jamie Shipley, small-time players who hit it big. AB - The financial meltdown from the perspective of a number of players: Michael Burry, a bizarre autistic-like stock-picking genius, and the first to realize that the market's housing boom is based on a "house of cards" sham; Mark Baum, self-loathing fictional character whose firm picks up insider trading information from a wrong number phone call; Jared Vennet, a smart-aleck broker who confirms the ominous suspicion; and Charlie Gellar and Jamie Shipley, small-time players who hit it big. T1 - The big short AU - McKay, Adam, AU - Randolph, Charles, AU - Pitt, Brad, AU - Gardner, Dede, AU - Kleiner, Jeremy, AU - Milchan, Arnon, AU - Gosling, Ryan, AU - Bale, Christian, AU - Carell, Steve, AU - Tomei, Marisa, AU - Magaro, John, AU - Wittrock, Finn, AU - Gillan, Karen, AU - Britell, Nicholas, AU - Corwin, Hank, AU - Ackroyd, Barry, AU - Lewis, Michael CN - PN1997.2 CN - PN1997.2 LA - eng LA - fre LA - spa LA - In English, dubbed French, or dubbed Spanish; English, French, Spanish, or Portuguese subtitles; closed-captioned; English audio description track for people with visual disabilities. N1 - Adapted from the book by Michael Lewis. N1 - Originally produced as a motion picture in 2015. N1 - Widescreen. ID - 742434 KW - Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 KW - Financial crises TI - The big short ER -