4. Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
Site Score: 7, IMDb Score: 6 Overall Score: 13
Directed by Alex Gibney
Year: 2010
In 2008, Eliot Spitzer resigned his office of the Governor of New York in the midst of a prostitution scandal. Most folks write the incident off as just another example of how power corrupts and pay no more attention to it. Alex Gibney decided to dig a bit deeper and try to discover if everything was as straightforward as we are led to believe. Without even trying to defend Spitzer – in a way, he did dig his own grave – Gibney reveals the events that led to the investigation and uncovering of an elite prostitution ring former Governor was a part of. The secret deals between Wall Street executive, who Spitzer rubbed the wrong way during his tenure as the Attorney General and New York politicians, who feared new Governor’s agenda, have led the police in the right way. And with Spitzer out of the picture, it was back to business as usual. The only question is who really benefited from Spitzer’s resignation.
