The end credits are accompanied by a series of visual displays of the magnitudes, methods, and principal actors of various licit and illicit financial doings of the financial crisis, such as the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme, Goldman Sachs, AIG, or the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
Principal photography for the film began on September 23, 2009 in New York City,[REF][REF] with additional scenes filmed in Albany and Staten Island, New York [REF].