A Lehman Brothers movie to air

The British Broadcasting Corporation will air a made-for-television movie that dramatizes the fall of Lehman Brothers. "The Last Days of Lehman Brothers" will focus on CEO Richard Fuld and this 11th hour moves to save the historic firm.

Hopefully, it will air in the United States as well. I can't wait for the scene in which Erin Callan gets canned. I'm wondering whether we'll ever get a definitive novel or nonfiction effort that really nails this period in Wall Street history. One could point to novels like "The Bonfire of the Vanities," "Barbarians at the Gate," "Liar's Poke" and even some of those John Brooks classics, such as "Once in Golconda," as having really nailed previous eras of excess. I'm sure lots of journalists are working on this. 

For more:
- here's the Reuters article on the BBC movie

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