In 1990, Giancarlo Parretti, an Italian ex-waiter, bought MGM and promised a new Hollywood era. Instead, stars weren’t paid, Bond was benched, and the FBI came knocking. We dive into one of Tinseltown’s biggest financial disasters, with explosive interviews from insiders, journalists, and prosecutors. A jaw-dropping true story of ego, ambition, and the spectacular collapse of a movie empire.

Rialto Recommends: The Man Who Definitely Didn’t Steal Hollywood. This true story proves Hollywood doesn’t need scripts to create its wildest dramas. In 1990, ex-waiter Giancarlo Parretti bought MGM and nearly sank it. Through candid interviews with insiders and investigators, this gripping documentary exposes the dizzying mix of greed, glamour, and chaos, behind one of cinema’s greatest corporate catastrophes.