Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer (2010)

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Country: USA
Genres: Documentary
Release: 2011-03-04
Director: Alex Gibney
Writers: Alex Gibney
Language: English
Stars: Eliot Spitzer , Alex Gibney , Hulbert Waldroup
Runtime: 117 min
Awards: 8 nominations
AKA: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer (United States of America) , Клиент 9: Взлёт и падение Элиота Спицера (Russian Federation) , Client 9 (Sweden) , Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer (Canada) , El cliente nº 9. La caída de Eliot Spitzer (Spain) , Untitled Eliot Spitzer Project (United States of America) , Client Nine , Cliente 9: Ascensão e Queda de Elliot Spitzer (Brazil) , Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer , Client 9 , Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer (United Kingdom) , Upadek gubernatora (Poland) , Client 9 (United States of America)
Plot: Documentary on the rise of Eliot Spitzer, first as Attorney General and then Governor of New York and his subsequent downfall due to a sex scandal. Spitzer had a hard driving, take no prisoners approach to prosecuting criminals. When he focused his efforts on Wall Street, he came up against some very powerful men. The chink in his armor was an escort whom he met regularly. When the fact that he spent time with a prostitute became public the knives came out so to speak, and Spitzer found himself isolated, resigning the Governorship. At one point, Spitzer recounts the story of a friend who gave him a t-shirt with 'Hubris is Terminal' printed on the front. A fitting epitaph somehow for his political career.
IMDB:tt1638362