At the end of August, Adam McKay unveiled “The Big Short” to a test audience on the Paramount Pictures lot.
In one sense the film, with its jaundiced take on the financial institutions and money men whose reckless bets plunged the global economy into disaster, was a departure for McKay, a director best known for broad comedies such as “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.” But what impressed Paramount executives who attended the showing that day was that McKay had excavated the humorous side of “too big to fail.”
“We were shocked by how much laughter we were getting,” remembered Rob Moore, Paramount’s vice-chairman. “Adam has such a wry sense of humor that he was able to take a subject matter that’s dense and academic and make it entertaining.”
“The Big Short” was originally slated to debut in February or March, but believing they might have an Oscar contender on their hands,...
In one sense the film, with its jaundiced take on the financial institutions and money men whose reckless bets plunged the global economy into disaster, was a departure for McKay, a director best known for broad comedies such as “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.” But what impressed Paramount executives who attended the showing that day was that McKay had excavated the humorous side of “too big to fail.”
“We were shocked by how much laughter we were getting,” remembered Rob Moore, Paramount’s vice-chairman. “Adam has such a wry sense of humor that he was able to take a subject matter that’s dense and academic and make it entertaining.”
“The Big Short” was originally slated to debut in February or March, but believing they might have an Oscar contender on their hands,...
- 12/13/2015
- by Brent Lang
- Variety - Film News
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