Boom Bust Boom
Documentary, History
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2015
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Terry Jones presents Boom Bust Boom. The result of a meeting between writer, director, historian and Python Terry Jones and economics professor and entrepreneur Theo Kocken. Co-written by Jones and Kocken and featuring John Cusack, Nobel Prize winners Daniel Kahneman, Robert J Shiller and Paul Krugman, the film is part of a global movement to change the economic system through education to protect the world from boom and bust. A unique look at why economic crashes happen, Boom Bust Boom is a multimedia documentary combining live action with animation and puppetry to explain economics to everyone.
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Rated:
G
Runtime:
70 min
Release date:
12 Sep 2015
Country:
US, GB, NL
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
N/A
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
A remarkably enjoyable, and sometimes very funny, documentary about a frightening topic.
– Ken Jaworowski,
New York Times,
10 Mar 2016
fresh:
For those who aren't automatically turned off by the idea of an issue-doc that Schoolhouse Rock-ifies a serious, grown-up subject, Boom Bust Boom is a worthwhile way to spend an hour.
– Noel Murray,
AV Club,
10 Mar 2016
fresh:
The point of Boom Bust Boom, a friendly little pic hosted by Monty Python's Terry Jones, is that the world is little closer to acknowledging the causes of that trauma, and until we digest its lessons, something similar is bound to happen again.
– John DeFore,
Hollywood Reporter,
8 Mar 2016
fresh:
Jones presents a stark picture of a bifurcated economic system: the real one, in which ordinary citizens struggle; and the financial economy, in which the livelihoods of citizens are leveraged by the wealthy for speculative bets.
– Chris Packham,
Village Voice,
8 Mar 2016