The #1 New York Times bestseller?Now a Major Motion Picture from Paramount Pictures From the author of The Blind Side and Moneyball , The Big Short tells the story of four outsiders in the world of high-finance who predict the credit and housing bubble collapse before anyone else. The film adaptation by Adam McKay ( Anchorman I and II , The Other Guys ) features Academy Award? winners Christian Bale, Brad Pitt, Melissa Leo and Marisa Tomei; Academy Award? nominees Steve Carell and Ryan Gosling. When the crash of the U.S. stock market became public knowledge in the fall of 2008, it was already ... More from Amazon