Christian Bale scored a well-deserved Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for his staggering performance as quirky fund manager Mike Burry, in Paramount Pictures' critically acclaimed cautionary tale, “The Big Short.”
(Watch the featurette “Meet Mike Burry” at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XveXN52rnGQ.)
The film itself received five Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director (Adam McKay), Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Film Editing.