The Panic of 2008 – Production begins

Tom Woods’ book Meltdown: A Free Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worse spent 10 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.  We are adapting this book into a feature length documentary, The Panic of 2008, which Tom will be narrating.  The difference between this film and Academy Award Winner Inside Job is the story we tell is actually backed up by the people who understood what was happening before it happened.

We will also be releasing the raw footage from a new interview each month between now and the film’s release next spring.   If you don’t want to watch an hour long interview, check them out as mp3′s or just read their transcript.   If you feel that you get more value out of these interviews than what you paid for them, ($0) please consider pre-ordering the documentary or buying one of our books.

At some point in 2012, we plan on hosting a panel with as many people from the documentary as possible.  They will watch one segment of the film at a time, pausing to discuss their reactions.  This footage will be available on The Panic of 2008 Blu-ray, but we also hope to use it in combination with the corresponding segments from the film as a 4 part television mini-series.

Thanks to the Supreme Court ruling Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, we are allowed to express our right to free speech and promote this documentary leading up to the 2012 election.  We will invite every Presidential candidate to be interviewed for the film, but so far former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson is the only one confirmed.   Governor Johnson also filmed this short promo for us at the Chicago Federal Reserve.  For the sake of full disclosure: Writer/Director Jimmy Morrison is the Iowa Grassroots Coordinator for Gary Johnson 2012.  Writer/Narrator Tom Woods chairs Revolution PAC‘s advisory board.

Available on Blu-ray, DVD, and digitally on Vimeo on Demand! Watch the new sequel The Fall of 2008 before it’s released!
Thanks to a generous benefactor, you can now send the film to your friends and family for just $10!

The Audience Award winner The Housing Bubble has already been seen in over 70 countries and is being hailed as the “best economics documentary of all time!”

| Ron Paul | Jim Rogers | Jim Grant | Marc Faber | Doug Casey | Peter Schiff |
| David Stockman | Gene Epstein | Joseph Salerno | Robert Murphy |
| Mark Thornton | Jeff Herbener | Roger Garrison | Peter Wallison | Patrick Barron |

9 *’s on IMDB

Co-written by NY Times bestselling author Tom Woods, THE HOUSING BUBBLE is a critical, non-partisan examination of the policies and events that shaped the United States economy into one bursting bubble after another.

Traveling the world for answers after starting a house painting business just in time for the crash, filmmaker Jimmy Morrison drove over 35,000 miles to track down the experts who saw it coming, seeking to understand the root causes, so that we can avoid being blindsided by the bigger bubbles and the inevitable crises that follow.

Informative, eye-opening, fresh, funny, and occasionally shocking, THE HOUSING BUBBLE skillfully de-mystifies the boom/bust link between the stock market, the FED, and the housing market for the economist and layperson alike.

Bonus Features include The Story Behind The Bubble films, which began shooting in May of 2011.  An early teaser premiered at Freedom Fest in front of over 1,300 people in 2012, followed by a panel featuring Tom Woods, Peter Schiff, Doug Casey, and Gene Epstein.  The film was finally shown there in 2018, winning an Audience Award at the Anthem Film Festival.  They added 50 seats after 250 were filled and there were still over a dozen people who stayed to watch from the hallway through the door.  The film was released digitally on June 26, 2019 with a sold out NYC Premiere at the legendary Angelika Film Center.  This panel was moderated by Fox Business’s Liz Claman and featured Jim Grant, Peter Schiff, Gene Epstein, David Tice, Tom Woods, and Jimmy Morrison.

Please help spread the word by joining our street team and contribute finishing funds for the sequel The Bigger Bubble!

Want to make a difference by reaching the general public?  You can sponsor copies of the film with additional materials for prisons, schools, & libraries!

Events have included Mises University, the Anthem Film Festival, Anarchapulco, Hillsdale College, Mises Canada, Mises Poland, the Lithuanian Free Market Institute, Mises Estonia, Freedom Fest, & the Mercatus Center.

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Written by: Jimmy Morrison | Tom Woods Narrated by: Naomi Brockwell Produced by: Jimmy Morrison | David Tice | Naomi Brockwell | Jeff Moe Edited by: Matt Hartman Music & Sound by: Jake Dilley Motion Graphics by: Fernando Castillo

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