Too Big to Fail is a U.S. television drama film first broadcast on HBO on May 23, 2011. It is based on Andrew Ross Sorkin's non-fiction book Too Big to Fail. The film was directed by Curtis Hanson. It received 11 nominations at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards; Paul Giamatti's portrayal of Ben Bernanke earned him the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie at the 18th Screen Actors Guild Awards.