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Client 9 - The Call Girl and the Governor
Documentary about the meteoric rise and precipitous fall of Eliot Spitzer, the former New York attorney general and governor brought down in a scandal involving prostitutes.
Dubbed the Sheriff of Wall Street, Eliot Spitzer made his name as New York's attorney general, prosecuting criminal activity by America's largest financial institutions and some of the most powerful businessmen in the country. When he was then elected New York governor with the largest margin in the state's history, many believed Spitzer was on his way to becoming the nation's first Jewish president.
Then, shockingly, his meteoric rise turned into a precipitous fall when the New York Times revealed that Spitzer - a paragon of rectitude - had been seeing prostitutes. With unprecedented access to the escort world as well as friends, colleagues and enemies of the ex-governor, Academy Award-winning director Alex Gibney explores the hidden contours of this tale of hubris, sex and power.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Director | Alex Gibney |
Series Editor | Nick Fraser |
Broadcasts
- Tue 15 Nov 2011 22:00
- Wed 16 Nov 2011 02:15
- Wed 14 Mar 2012 23:20±«Óãtv Two except Northern Ireland
- Wed 14 Mar 2012 23:50±«Óãtv Two Northern Ireland
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