Character Relationship Map: Inside Job

Characters

• Narrator (played by Matt Damon) — protagonist
• Self - Hedge Fund Manager (played by Bill Ackman) — protagonist
• Self - Therapist (played by Jonathan Alpert) — supporting
• Self - Finance Minister, France (played by Christine Lagarde) — supporting
• Self - Chairman, Soros Fund Management (played by George Soros) — supporting
• Self - Managing Director, Westwood Capital (played by Daniel Alpert) — supporting
• Self - Former Governor, New York (played by Eliot Spitzer) — minor
• Self - Former Director, Greenlining Institute (played by Robert Gnaizda) — minor
• Self - Professor of Investment Banking, Harvard Business School (played by Samuel Hayes) — minor
• Self - Chief Economic Adviser, Bush Administration (played by R. Glenn Hubbard) — minor
• Self - Professor, NYU Business School (played by Nouriel Roubini) — minor
• Self - U.S. Managing Editor, The Financial Times (played by Gillian Tett) — minor
• Self - Prime Minister, Singapore (played by Lee Hsien Loong) — minor
• Self - Chief Adviser, China Banking Regulatory Commission (played by Andrew Sheng) — minor
• Self - Special Investigative Committee, Icelandic Parliament (played by Sigridur Benediktsdottir) — supporting
• Self - Chairman, Financial Services Committee (played by Barney Frank) — minor
• Self - Chief Lobbyist, Financial Services Roundtable (played by Scott Talbott) — minor
• Self - Writer & Filmmaker (played by Andri Snær Magnason) — supporting
• Self - Professor of Economics, University of Iceland (played by Gylfi Zoega) — supporting
• Self - Former Federal Reserve Chairman (played by Paul Volcker) — supporting

Story Analysis

An investigative documentary exposing the systemic causes, institutional failures, and human consequences of the 2008 global financial crisis.

Plot Progression

1. Deregulation and Early Crises
2. The Financial Bubble Expands
3. The Systemic Collapse
4. Aftermath and Impunity