Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer | |
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Directed by | Alex Gibney |
Produced by | Alex Gibney Jedd Wider Todd Wider Maiken Baird |
Starring | Eliot Spitzer |
Cinematography | Maryse Alberti |
Edited by | Plummy Tucker |
Music by | Peter Nashel |
Distributed by | Magnolia Pictures |
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Running time | 118 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $189,416[1] |
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer is a documentary directed by Alex Gibney about former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer and the sex scandal that derailed his political career.[2] It premiered at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival on April 24, 2010;[3] on iTunes and Magnolia On Demand on October 1, 2010;[4] and in movie theaters in limited release on November 5, 2010.[5]
Gibney made the film with on-camera cooperation from Spitzer.[6] The director also shared ideas and information with writer Peter Elkind, who wrote the book “Rough Justice: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer".[7]
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 91% based on 69 reviews, and an average rating of 7.3/10.[8] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 68 out of 100, based on 24 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[9]