The truth is, we've been sold a lie.
An uproarious critique of the world financial crisis. Building on actor, comedian, and provocateur Russell Brand’s emergence as an activist following his 2014 book Revolution, where he railed against “corporate tyranny, ecological irresponsibility, and economic inequality".
Michael Winterbottom
Director, Writer
Russell Brand
Writer

Russell Brand
Self

George W. Bush
Self (archive footage)

David Cameron
Self (archive footage)

Jean-Paul Belmondo
Self (archive footage)

Bill de Blasio
Self (archive footage)

Bernie Ecclestone
Self (archive footage)

Alan Greenspan
Self (archive footage)

Michael Heseltine
Self (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
McQueen74%
Voyeur59%
A Decade Under the Influence79%
Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story62%
Fuck64%
Welcome to Chechnya69%
Maternal Instinct72%
The Kid Stays in the Picture65%
The Shock Doctrine71%
The Age of Stupid65%
Overnight63%
The Velvet Underground67%
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room72%
Night Will Fall76%
Love, Antosha74%
Gilbert67%
We Live in Public68%
Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me60%
Room 23761%
Unknown Number: The High School Catfish67%