In Popular Culture
The events of the weekend leading up to Lehman's bankruptcy were dramatized in The Last Days of Lehman Brothers, a 2009 British-made television film.
In the 2010 animated film Despicable Me, Lehman Brothers is referenced near the beginning. The main character travels to the Bank of Evil, the bank that funds all evil plots for villains around the world, to try to take out a loan. As he passes under the banner with the bank's name, and under "Bank of Evil", in small letters, it reads, "Formerly Lehman Brothers".
The 2011 American independent drama film Margin Call focuses on the events of a 24-hour period at a large investment bank loosely modeled on Lehman Brothers.
The 2011 HBO movie Too Big to Fail recounted the days before Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy.
In the movie Horrible Bosses, the three main characters run into a former high school classmate at a bar who formerly worked for Lehman Brothers and had to turn to prostitution after losing his job.
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