For years snippets of news about Freakonomics have taunted those of us eager to know when we’ll finally get a chance to see the adaptation of Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner’s international bestseller. Now we have not only a release date but an official trailer.

The film is divided into four main sections with an ensemble of directors tackling a subject each. Were you to create a fantasy league of documentary directors this would pretty close to mine. Seth Gordon (King of Kong) is in charge of tying all the segments together with interjections by the book’s authors, and Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me), Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side), Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing (Jesus Camp), and Eugene Jarecki (Why We Fight) take on subjects from cheating in sumo wrestling to financial incentives within high schools.

Freaknomics begins its limited theatrical release on October 1st and is available on iTunes from September 3rd. The official website here

Synopsis:

FREAKONOMICS is the highly anticipated film version of the phenomenally bestselling book about incentives-based thinking by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner. Like the book, the film examines human behavior with provocative and sometimes hilarious case studies, bringing together a dream team of filmmakers responsible for some of the most acclaimed and entertaining documentaries in recent years: Academy Award® winner Alex Gibney (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, Casino Jack and the United States of Money), Academy Award® nominees Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing (Jesus Camp), Academy Award® nominee Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me), Eugene Jarecki (Why We Fight) and Seth Gordon (The King of Kong).

The breakdown of which stories each filmmaker tackled is after the jump

Intro and Transitional Segments
Written and Directed by
Seth Gordon

“Pure Corruption”
Written By
Peter Bull & Alex Gibney

Directed By
Alex Gibney

“A Roshanda By Any Other Name”
Written By
Jeremy Chilnick & Morgan Spurlock

Directed By
Morgan Spurlock

“Can A Ninth Grader Be Bribed to Succeed?”
Written and Directed By
Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady

“It’s Not Always a Wonderful Life”
Written and Directed By
Eugene Jarecki