BNC Closing Credits and the Implausible “Mad Money” Heist
In this episode of “Closing Credits,” co-hosts Kiah Haslett and Catherine Leffert discuss the somewhat forgettable 2008 crime comedy film Mad Money.
The film — which stars Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah, Katie Holmes and Ted Danson — is about three low-level Federal Reserve employees who conspire to steal currency that about to be destroyed. Critics derided the film as implausible, even though it was loosely based on a real theft at the Bank of England.
The conversation also touches on the world's most dedicated bank examiner and what it means that a movie about working-class economic anxiety…
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