Television Takes On Two of the Biggest Crime Stories of the Past 25 Years

Oscar-winner Richard Dreyfuss stars in the story of one of the biggest financial frauds of all time, Bernie Madoff’s $65 billion Ponzi scheme, with Blythe Danner as his wife.

People who want to know more should watch the documentary “Chasing Madoff.”

Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer will appear in another Madoff movie, “The Wizard of Lies,” directed by Barry Levinson.

And Oscar-winner Cuba Gooding, Jr. stars as O.J. Simpson in the story of his criminal trial for the murder of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ronald Goldman.

The cast includes John Travolta as defense attorney Robert Shapiro, Courtney B. Vance as Johnny Cochran, David Schwimmer as Simpson friend Robert Kardashian, Selma Blair as Kris Kardashian, Connie Britton as Nicole Simpson’s friend, Faye Resnick, and Evan Handler as Alan Dershowitz.