{"id":1898,"date":"2017-01-15T19:10:33","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T00:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=1898"},"modified":"2017-01-15T19:10:33","modified_gmt":"2017-01-16T00:10:33","slug":"hbo-films-the-wizard-of-lies-starring-robert-de-niro-and-michelle-pfeiffer-in-the-story-of-the-bernie-madoff-scandal-debuts-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/15\/hbo-films-the-wizard-of-lies-starring-robert-de-niro-and-michelle-pfeiffer-in-the-story-of-the-bernie-madoff-scandal-debuts-in-may\/","title":{"rendered":"HBO films &#8220;The Wizard of Lies,&#8221; starring Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer in the story of the Bernie Madoff scandal, debuts in May"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1899\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1899\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1899\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/hbo20170114.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/hbo20170114.jpg 480w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/hbo20170114-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1899\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robert De Niro as Bernie Madoff in the HBO Film, <em>The Wizard of Lies<\/em>. 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Henriques&#8217; 2011 New York Times bestselling book &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2iAIiUc\">The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust<\/a>,&#8221; which featured unprecedented access and more than 100 interviews, including Madoff&#8217;s first interviews for publication since his arrest. &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2iANGqk\">Truth and Consequences: Life Inside the Madoff Family<\/a>,&#8221; by Laurie Sandell, is additional source material.<\/p><div id=\"morty-2385129771\" class=\"morty-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>The film also stars Alessandro Nivola (&#8220;<em>American Hustle<\/em>&#8220;) as Mark Madoff, Bernie and Ruth&#8217;s oldest son, and Nathan Darrow (&#8220;<em>House of Cards<\/em>&#8220;) as Andrew Madoff, their youngest son, both of whom worked with their father at his investment firm. 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