Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream

2012

Action / Biography / Documentary / History

Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 81% · 1 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 81% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.3/10 10 1409 1.4K

upper class billionaire economics inequality poor wealth differences

Plot summary

If income inequality were a sport, the residents of 740 Park Avenue in Manhattan would all be medalists. This address boasts the highest number of billionaires in the United States.

Director

Alex Gibney Photo
Alex Gibney

Top cast

George W. Bush Photo
George W. Bush as Self
John Boehner Photo
John Boehner as Self - R-Ohio, Speaker of the House
Alex Gibney Photo
Alex Gibney as Narrator
Michele Bachmann Photo
Michele Bachmann as Self
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649.65 MB
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1 hr 10 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by JoeBobJones 8 / 10

Excellent. Infuriating. Frightening

Short and sweet, Park Avenue is an excellent documentary about the class warfare in existence in the US. It succinctly blends figures with interviews into a fabric of one hour of eye popping financial realities for the uninitiated. The vast sums of money at work from a tiny fraction of our nation, but imbued with enormous wealth, control the strings of democracy. This one hour piece puts it together into one very powerful, useful, and important message, culminating with the fruits of market deregulation which nearly brought down the entire nation: the Great Recession and crash of 2008. Watch it. I would challenge the conservative to view this objectively and come away with the same laissez faire attitudes toward our nation.
Reviewed by poperatzo 8 / 10

Powerful, unsettling

It let's the rich and powerful speak in their own words, telling their own story of entitlement, selfishness, and disregard of anyone who is not equally rich and powerful. They unintentionally give us a glimpse into a world that is usually wrapped in gauze and press agents.Forget about your political ideology for a moment and watch this movie. Nobody puts words in the mouths of people like Jack Abramoff or Michele Bachamann. They're saying what's on their minds. If you've come to believe that something about the promise of America has gone wrong, just watch this movie with an open mind. You'll come away wondering what's more important to the elite: making more money for themselves, or making sure nobody else makes any.The editing is first rate, and the pace is good. The story comes through loud and clear without having to be pushed in your face. Watch this movie.
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