Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
United States
2010
117 Min
Color
1.85:1
English
Synopsis
Academy Award® winner Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side) takes an in-depth look at New York governor and “Sheriff of Wall Street” Eliot Spitzer, whom many believed was on his way to becoming president. Shockingly, Spitzer’s meteoric rise turned into a precipitous fall when he was caught seeing prostitutes. And as the Sheriff fell, so did the financial markets…. With unique access to friends and enemies of the ex-governor, this documentary explores the hidden contours of this tale of hubris, sex, and power. —Tribeca Film Festival
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Christofer Pierson
7Oct11
A very stylish and worldly wise documentary. Chilling, like a paranoid political thriller from the 1970s, but it's all true. There really are guys with tons of money and (it goes without saying) political connections who can buy anything, including revenge on a popular and powerful enemy.
Jonathan Shields
30Mar11
Spitzer doesn't appear to understand the political mileage he could get out of admitting to, and facing, his anger issues. Having your staff refer to your outbursts as coming from your "evil twin, Erwin" is hardly the sort of personal endorsement I imagine Eliot Spitzer would have hoped he received from the doc. Nevertheless, he came off a helluva lot better than his enemies.
Tony Oswald
29Mar11
Just because I tend to agree with it, doesn't make it any less a fluffy propaganda piece. The best part of the documentary is certainly Spitzer extremely candid involvement. He truly makes no excuses for his actions, but also has absolutely no problems speaking about them honestly. I like a dude who can own up to his mistakes.
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TIFF 2010. Alex Gibney's "Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer"
By David Hudson on September 13, 2010
"Prolific documentarian Alex Gibney's latest take on power and its abuse is an engrossing look at the story of Eliot Spitzer, the once high
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Smooth, smart, and with an unexpected kick, Alex Gibney’s new doc CLIENT 9 goes down like an impeccably mixed cocktail—a Manhattan perhaps? For those who didn’t follow the story when it broke in 2008
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