I.O.U.S.A. (2008)

User Rating:

7.7/10   

Director:

Patrick Creadon

Writers:

Patrick Creadon (writer) and
Christine O'Malley (writer) ...

Release Date:

14 November 2008 (UK)

Genre:

Documentary

Tagline:

One Nation. Under Stress. In Debt.

Plot:

Few are aware that America may be on the brink of a financial meltdown. I.O.U.S.A. explores the country's shocking current fiscal condition and ways to avoid a national economic disaster.

Plot Keywords:

Economics | National Debt | Financial Crisis | Entire Title Is Capitalized Acronym | Acronym In Title

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

Robert Bixby	...	Himself
Humphrey Bogart	...	Himself (archive footage)
Warren Buffett	...	Himself
George Bush	...	Himself (archive footage)
George W. Bush	...	Himself (archive footage)
Jimmy Carter	...	Himself (archive footage)
Bill Clinton	...	Himself (archive footage)
Stephen Colbert	...	Himself (archive footage)
Kent Conrad	...	Himself (as Sen. Kent Conrad)
Ander Crenshaw	...	Himself (as Rep. Ander Crenshaw)
Bing Crosby	...	Himself (archive footage)
Douglas Durst	...	Himself
Dwight D. Eisenhower	...	Himself (archive footage)
Gerald Ford	...	Himself (archive footage)
Alan Greenspan	...	Himself
Judd Gregg	...	Himself (as Sen. Judd Gregg)
Yoni Gruskin	...	Himself
Kay Harms	...	Herself
Sue Herrera	...	Herself (archive footage)
Chrissy Hovde	...	Herself
John F. Kennedy	...	Himself (archive footage)
Steve Kroft	...	Himself (archive footage)
George Miller	...	Himself (as Rep. George Miller)
Richard Nixon	...	Himself (archive footage)
Paul O'Neill	...	Himself
Chris Parnell	...	Budget Book Author (archive footage)
Ron Paul	...	Himself (as Rep. Ron Paul)
Peter G. Peterson	...	Himself (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan	...	Himself (archive footage)
Diane Rehm	...	Herself
Franklin Delano Roosevelt	...	Himself (archive footage)
Robert Rubin	...	Himself
Donald Rumsfeld	...	Himself (archive footage)
Tim Russert	...	Himself (archive footage)
Scott Spradling	...	Himself
Mike Tully	...	Himself
David M. Walker	...	Himself
Brian Williams	...	Himself (archive footage)

Also Known As:

Untitled Patrick Creadon and Christine O'Malley/Debt Project (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for some thematic elements.

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Mandarin

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG | UK:U | Australia:G

Company:

Agora Entertainment

Movie Connections:

References Girls Gone Wild (1998) (V)

It's really up to us - we, the people.

There is probably no solution to our problem. This documentary is not so much a call to arms, but a history of how we got into the fiscal situation we are in, and how the future we face is going to look.

We have spent and tax cut our way into a fiscal crisis that will never be resolved. It's not as if we can't do it. We did it during the Clinton years, but we immediately lost the nerve. It is not a liberal or conservative problem, it is a problem of will.

Four years from now, all we would be able to pay for is interest on the federal debt and some Medicaid and Medicare. We have no money for anything else.

The state of our union is not strong.