Project Detail

Boom Bust Boom

Synopsis

A documentary to explain economics to everyone and why economic crashes will keep happening, presented by Terry Jones, covering the history of financial crashes and featuring a combination of live action, animation, puppetry and song.
Contributors include high profile advocates such as John Cusack, journalists such as Paul Mason and John Cassidy plus leading experts including Andy Haldane, the Chief Economist of the Bank of England and Nobel Prize winners Daniel Kahneman, Robert J Shiller and Paul Krugman.

Details

Year
2014
Type of project
Features
Running time
72 mins
Director
Bill Jones, Terry Jones
Producer
Bill Jones, Theo Kocken, Ben Timlett
Editor
Bill Jones
Screenwriter
Terry Jones, Theo Kocken
Director of Photography
Nick Rutter
Composer
André Jacquemin, Terry Jones
Principal cast
Dirk Bezemer, Zvi Bodie, Willem Buiter, John Cusack
Animation Producer
Justin Weyers
Illustrator
Maisie Noble

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

UK, Netherlands, USA coproduction

Bill and Ben Productions

20 Great Chapel Street
London
W1F 8FW

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