“Thriller than reality.“
“The Forecaster is as serpentine and fascinating as a John le Carré novel.“
LA Weekly
“It plays like a slickly elaborate sketch for a future Hollywood retelling in the Wolf of Wall Street mold.”
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The Story
of martin armstrong
MARTIN ARMSTRONG, once a US based trillion dollar financial advisor, developed a computer model based on the number pi and other cyclical theories to predict economic turning points with eerie accuracy. In the early 80s he established his financial forecasting and advising company Princeton Economics. His forecasts were in great demand worldwide. As Armstrong’s recognition grew, prominent New York bankers invited him to join “The Club” to aid them in market manipulation. Martin repeatedly refused. Later that same year (1999) the FBI stormed his offices, confiscating his computer model and accusing him of a 3 billion dollar Ponzi scheme. Was it an attempt to silence him and prevent him from initiating a public discourse on the real Ponzi scheme of debts that the world has been building up for decades? Armstrong predicts that a sovereign debt crisis will start to unfold on a global level after October 1, 2015 – a major pi turning point that his computer model forecasted many years ago.
“Marty was held in jail from 2000 until 2006, not; because he was convicted of a crime, but because he is in a stand-off with the government.“
Cycle of Imprisonment
Martin Armstrong was imprisoned for 7 years for civil contempt, one of the longest-ever such cases in American history. From prison, he continued to work on his economic models, writing articles and analyzing the impact of current events.
“Here is a man who I believe in my heart did absolutely nothing wrong. And I can tell you, even if he did, he did not deserve the treatment that he received.“
Protagonists
Thomas Sjoblom
Thomas Sjoblom; is a trial lawyer and litigator in Washington D.C., specialize in defending people charged with securities fraud by the SEC and DOJ. He represented Martin Armstrong for many years without getting payed because Armstrong was not allowed any money to pay for his defence. In Sjoblom´s point of view, this case held not one piece of evidence that Martin Armstrong himself was engaged in fraud. For more information please visit www.tvs-law.com
Larry Edelson
Larry Edelson; is a commodities advisor and former client of Armstrong, who lives and works in Bangkok, Thailand. He has known Armstrong since 1980 and was soon fascinated by the accuracy of his forecasts. When Armstrong went to jail, he stood ready to finance Princeton Economics International and to take it out of receivership and keep it going. But he says that Tancred Schiavoni, the court-appointed receiver, told him: “I don´t care how much money you have to finance the operations. We want the source code.”
Oliver Brown
Oliver Brown; was an employee at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in New York City. He operated the law-library at the MCC as an education specialist and met Martin Armstrong at his daily visits to the library. He declared in court that in his 30 years at the Bureau of Prisons, he has never seen the policies and processes so manipulated as in this case. He says: MCC’s protocols and policies were not followed for Martin Armstrong.
Barclay Leib
Barclay Leib, fund manager and market analyst in New York, specialised in hedge fund research and asset allocation. Before he worked for Martin Armstrong as the Assistant to the Chairman, he asked some people in the business what they knew about him. Some people at Goldman Sachs told him that Marty was a big metals trader and that they had bumped up against him a few times in the market – and that most of the time he ended up winning.
Michael Campbell
Michael Campbell; is one of the most respected business analysts in Vancouver. His radio show “Money Talks” on the Corus Radio Network is Canadas top rated business show. Michael Campbell followed Martin Armstrong´s work since the early eighties. He has been convinced of the accuracy of his forecasts since Armstrong predicted the high of the Nikkei Index in 1989 quite ahead of time– and was absolutely correct. Campbell uses Armstrong´s forecasts even today and invited him to his show in 2013.
Tony Godin
Tony Godin; is an IT-specialist living and practicing in Perth, Australia. He was the programmer for Armstrongs Princeton Economic International (PEI) and built the internal IT-security system. He programmed a network that reacted with self-destruction on any interference from outside. When some of the PEI-Systems were under attack, he built honey traps and tracked the intruders back to certain IT-adresses in Langley, Virginia – where the CIA has its headquaters.
Nigel Kirwan
Nigel Kirwan, used to be one of Martin Armstrong´s closest associates before the FBI stormed the offices of PEI worldwide. He still believes that Martin Armstrong is a spectacular goods trader and that he had so many enemies in the market because he never “joined the club”. He lives in Byron Bay, Australia, where he just had to sell his house, because his reputation is in tatters due to his association with Martin Armstrong.
“The fascinating aspect is the stark difference between the American and European press. The American press, in general, are too engaged in self-censorship to report the truth to the people. At least in Germany, they are willing to discuss hard issues.”
Press & Interviews
“The Forecaster plays like a slickly elaborate sketch for a future Hollywood retelling in the Wolf of Wall Street mold.”
“The Forecaster Is a Compelling Doc of Financial Espionage.“
Village Voice Review by Chris Packham
International Press
The Forecaster – The story of espionage
05/07/2015 | LA Weekly & OC Weekly | by Chris Packham
The Forecaster – DOXA Review Vancouver
04/29/2015 | Straight | by Miranda Nelson
The Forecaster – IDFA Review
16/12/2014 | The Hollywood Reporter | by Neil Young
German Press
Thriller als die Wirklichkeit
05/06/2015 | ZEIT ONLINE | by Karsten Polke-Majewski
Ein Gespräch mit „Börsenprophet“ Martin Armstrong
05/06/2015 | Nordkurier| Interview
“Es wird zu einem großen Crash kommen”
Finanzprophet Armstrong sagt Ende des Euro voraus
05/07/2015 | Die Welt | by Nando Sommerfeld & Holger Zschäpitz
Hellseher mit dunkler Vita
05/07/2015 | ZEIT ONLINE | by Heike Buchter
Filmkritik: „Ich habe um mein Leben geschnitten“
05/07/2015 | Stuttgarter Nachrichten | by Cornelius Oettle
Alles auf Rot
05/07/2015 | Junge Welt | by Arnold Schölzel
Finanzmarkt-Star sagt den Zerfall des Euro voraus
05/08/2015 | Huffingtonpost | by Dr. Gunda Windmüller
Von Glaskugeln und Verschwörungstheorien
05/09/2015 | derFreitag | by Christine P. Krohne
Börsen-Analytiker Martin Armstrong: “Ich erwarte einen Crash im Oktober”
04/16/2015 | Huffingtonpost | by Marcel Bohnensteffen
Interview with Martin Armstrong
04/13/2015 | Wirtschaftswoche | by Rüdiger Strum
PRESSKIT FOR JOURNALISTS
Factsheet The Forecaster Movie (PDF 713kb) >
Fact Sheet Martin Armstrong PDF (2.9 MB) >
The Secret Cycle – The New Yorker Oct 2009 PDF (2.4 MB) >
Lost in Tokio – Wallstreet Journal Aug 2000 PDF (90 KB) >
Presskit English Language (ZIP 32 MB) >
Presskit Deutsch (ZIP 32 MB) >
Press kit incl. images ,list of images, fact sheet, IDFA Logline and Screening dates.
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Forecaster Flyer A7 (PDF) >
Forecaster postcard A6 (PDF) >
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“The guys weren´t happy about all the stuff he was writing in his reports about them. So he is a player in the market, he exposed that market, but he is also outing this other major market players.“
Behind the Scenes
USA – Australia – Canada – Germany – Switzerland – Indonesia – Thailand
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in Co-Production with Eikon, TV Plus, SWR, Arte and NDR
Filmperspektive GmbH
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BRD 2014, 100min
HD/DCP /Dolby Digital / Cinescope
| A production of | FILMPERSPEKTIVE GmbH |
| In co-production with | EIKON Berlin TV Plus Hannover SWR /ARTE /NDR |
| Supported by | MFG | MEDIENBOARD NORDMEDIA | DFFF |
| Directed and edited by | Marcus Vetter |
| Co-Director | Karin Steinberger |
| Camera | Georg Zengerling |
| Sound | Aljoscha Haupt |
| Mix | Jonathan Schorr |
| Original Music | Sven Kaiser |
| Art Director | Michele Gentile |
| Associate Producer | Anne Walser C-Films Ulf Meyer addictive film |
| Producers | Ulli Pfau Michael Heiks Marcus Vetter |
| Commisioning editors | Gudrun Hanke El Ghomri, SWR Kai Henkel, SWR Barbara Biemann, NDR Claudia Bucher, ARTE |
| Distribution, Germany | Farbfilm |
| Distribution, Switzerland | Praesensfilms |
| Distribution, World | Autlook Filmsales welcome (at) autlookfilms.com |
- Directed and Edited by
- Marcus Vetter
- Co-Director
- Karin Steinberger
- Director of Photography
- Georg Zengerling
- Camera
- Michele Gentile
- Legal Advisor
- Albert Kitzler
- Associate Producers
- Anne Walser
- Jennifer Schense
- Ulf Meyer
- Producers
- Ulli Pfau
- Michael Heiks
- Marcus Vetter
- Art Director
- Michele Gentile
- Hand Drawings
- Stephan Klotz
- Original Music
- Sven Kaiser
- Location Sound
- Aljoscha Haupt
- Sound Design
- Lena Zagikyan
- Re-Recording Mixer
- Jonathan Schorr
- With (in order of appearance)
- Ofer Cohen
- Vicky Armstrong
- Danielle White
- Larry Edelson
- Ida Armstrong
- Sam Colavita
- Anthony Godin
- Michael Campbell
- Barclay Leib
- Nigel Kirwan
- Justin Pfeiffer
- Neill Macpherson
- Jana Aspray
- David Glovin
- Tomas V. Sjoblom
- Lesslie Macpherson
- Georg Sperber
- Oliver Brown
- and
- Martin Armstrong
- Editing
- Marcus Vetter
- Michele Gentile
- Georg Zengerling
- Assistant Editors
- Hannes Jo Rühle
- Leon Füngers
- Alan Attridge
- Dialogue Editing
- Aljoscha Haupt
- Foley Artist
- Peter Deiniger
- Foley Disposition
- Inken Griese
- Foley Studio
- Cine Impuls
- Color Grading
- Elmar Weinhold
- Additional Music
- Jens Ole Huercamp
- Visual Effects Supervisor
- Michele Gentile
- Junior Animators
- Leon Füngers
- Sascha Schmidt
- Animation Supervisor Soul Pix
- Frank Sennholz
- Additional Animators Soul Pix
- Nils Dechenthin
- Post Production Supervisor
- Georg Zengerling
- Post Production Advisor
- Peter Pfanner, Timeline Studio
- Stefan Bingeser
- Post Production Advisor
- Additional Legal Advisors
- Post Production Advisor
- Stefan Lieberum
- F. Robert Stein, Pryor Cashman LLP
- W. Wilder Knight II, Pryor Cashman LLP
- Englisch Translators
- Dr. Jo Van Vliet
- Babelfisch Translations
- Media Consultant
- Florence Olara
- Camera Engineers
- Georg Zengerling
- Achim Johne
- HD Post Production
- POST-FX
- Animation Studios
- Bukera Pictures
- Soul Pix
- Sound Mix
- K13 Kinomischung
- Post Production Studio
- Bukera Pictures
- DCP Mastering
- POST-FX
- Title and Credit Design
- Michele Gentile
- Leon Füngers
- Webdesign & Concept
- Ulf Meyer addictive film
- Executive in Charge of Production
- Hans-Jürgen Bubser
- Bookkeeping Eikon
- Boris Hoffmann-Plato
- Bookkeeping Filmperspektive
- Dietmar Neubrand
- Controlling Eikon
- Tina Schröder
- Interns
- Konstanze Ramsperger
- Lulu DeBoer
- Oliver Markgraf
- Alona Rudolph
- Researchers
- Sonja Blaschke
- Konrad Edge
- Fakhri Hamad
- Transcription Services
- Scarlett Lorenz
- Francisco Barata
- Max Herbert
- Ulf Meyer
- Christiane Gentile
- Wena Sanchez
- Stringers USA
- Decker Campbell
- Ann Williams
- Court Transcription
- Alan Attridge
- Line Producer Eikon
- Jan Bullerdieck
- Line Producer Filmperspektive
- Annette Burchard
- Line Producer SWR
- Thomas Lorenz
- Creative Producer TV Plus & Crossmedia TV Plus
- Addick Addicks
- Line Producer TV Plus
- Christiane Enders
- Production Assistant Eikon
- Heike Menzel
- Set Photos
- Alan Attridge
- Georg Zengerling
- Archival Footage
- Family Footage Armstrong
- PEI Footage Armstrong Economics
- Getty Images
- Shutterstock
- Bloomberg News
- ITN Sources
- Bukera Pictures
- With Thanks to
- Timo Baur
- Tom Burchard
- Walter Bressert
- Harry Gröner
- Michael C. Falker
- Gesine Füngers
- Christiane and Nocola Gentile
- Davide and Samuel Gentile
- Chris McGinty
- Marc Hug, Filmgalerie Stuttgart
- Michelle Jacquemai
- Pierre Johne
- Katharina Sophia Mercedes
- Denise Kalipciyan
- John Lemon
- Beate Nonhoff
- Jürgen Ott
- Philip Peterson
- Erwin Pletsch
- Sabrina and Benjamin Rothenbacher
- Harold Sampson
- Gökhan Salici
- Mary Schense
- Patricia Schormann
- Juvelier Seeger
- Polly and Slatko Stürmer
- Milan Stürmer
- Ashley Warren
- Jan Christoph Wiborg
- Gisela Wendel
- Ursula Klotz
- Kostümparadies Weinundbrot
- Edda Sert
- Anna Boeckh
- Carina Cavegn
- Special Thanks to
- Martina Zöllner
- Dr. Christoph Hauser
- Commissioning Editors
- Gudrun Hanke-El Ghomri SWR
- Kai Henkel SWR
- Barbara Biemann NDR
- Claudia Bucher ARTE
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