The read
Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 79% of the 2,030 2010s documentary movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 26m.
Synopsis
Controversy erupts when an unassuming young man floods the American wine market with fake vintages valued in the millions, bamboozling the wine world elite, in this humorous and suspenseful tale of an ingenious con on the eve of the 2008 stock market crash.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes96%
Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do.
98 audience votes
Key crew
- Reuben AtlasDirector
- Jerry RothwellDirector
Cast
- Rudy KurniawanHimself (archive footage)
- Corie BrownSelf - food and wine writer
- Laurent PonsotHimself
- Jason HernandezSelf - Prosecutor in the Rudy Kurniawan case
- Jerome H. MooneySelf - Rudy Kurniawan's defense attorney
- Vincent VerdiramoSelf - Rudy Kurniawan's defense attorney
- Bill KochSelf - Businessman and collector
- Arthur M. SarkissianSelf
- Don CornwellSelf - Lawyer and burgundy wine expert
- James P. WynneSelf - FBI agent specialized in counterfeit goods
- PercySelf - Brad Goldstein's dog
- Brad GoldsteinSelf - Bill Koch's spokesperson
Stills
Themes
auctionfraudwine drinking
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