'' Too Big to Fail '' is an American biographical drama television film first broadcast on HBO on May 23 , 2011 based on Andrew Ross Sorkin 's non-fiction book '' Too Big to Fail : The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System — and Themselves '' ( 2009 ) . The film was directed by Curtis Hanson . It received 11 nominations at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards ; Paul Giamatti 's portrayal of Ben Bernanke earned him the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie at the 18th Screen Actors Guild Awards
18th Screen Actors Guild Awards
18th Screen Actors Guild Awards
Too Big to Fail (film)