The big short   [videorecording] / 
Paramount Pictures and Regency Enterprises present a Plan B Entertainment; directed by Adam McKay ; screenplay by Charles Randolph and Adam McKay ; produced by Brad Pitt ...[et al.]. 
 - Hollywood :  Paramount Home Entertainment,  2015. 
 - 1 videodisc (130 min.) :  sd., col. ;  12 cm. 
<br/><br/> Originally released as a motion picture in 2015.  Based on the book The big short : inside the doomsday machine by Michael Lewis. 
<br/><br/>Director of photography, Barry Ackroyd ; production designer, Clayton Hartley ; edited by Hank Corwin ; costume designer, Susan Matheson ; music by Nicholas Britell.  Director of photography, Barry Ackroyd ; production designer, Clayton Hartley ; edited by Hank Corwin ; costume designer, Susan Matheson ; music by Nicholas Britell. 
<br/><br/>Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt. 
<br/><br/> The financial meltdown from the perspective of a number of players: Michael Burry, a bizarre autistic-like stock-picking genius, and the first to realize that the market's housing boom is based on a "house of cards" sham; Mark Baum, self-loathing fictional character whose firm picks up insider trading information from a wrong number phone call; Jared Vennet, a smart-aleck broker who confirms the ominous suspicion; and Charlie Gellar and Jamie Shipley, small-time players who hit it big. 
<br/><br/> MPAA rating: R; for pervasive language and some sexuality/nudity ; Canadian Home Video rating: 14A. 
<br/><br/><br/>DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1. 
<br/><br/><br/>English dubbed French and Spanish dialogue with optional English, French, Spanish and Portuguese subtitles. <br/>English closed caption. 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>03242924015 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009--Drama<br/>Financial crises--United States--21st century--Drama
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Biographical films<br/>Feature films<br/>Fiction films