Owning Mahowny [videorecording (DVD)] / Alliance Atlantis/Andras Hamori production in association with Natural Nylon Entertainment ; producers, Andras Hamori, Seaton McLean, Alessandro Camon ; screenplay writer, Maurice Chauvet ; director, Richard Kwietniowski.
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Minnie Driver, Maury Chaykin, John Hurt, Ian Tracey, Sonja Smits, Chris Collins. Based on the book "No limit" by Gary Ross.
Summary:
Based on real events that occured in between 1980 and 1981. Dan Mahowney is a quiet, unassuming assistant manager at a bank in Toronto. He is a compulsive gambler and runs up a massive debt with his bookie. Dan's bank responsibilities include approving loans. Needing to cover his debts, Dan starts approving loans to non-existent clients and adding hundreds of thousands of dollars to other accounts. As Dan's debts begin to grow into the seven figure range, his dealings become harder to hide, both from the authorities and from Belinda.
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