Margin Call

Margin Call follows the employees of a large investment bank over a tension-filled 24-hour period as they discover their firm is on the brink of collapse. As junior analysts uncover devastating data, senior executives face impossible moral and financial choices that will affect the global economy. The film is a gripping character study exploring greed, responsibility, and survival in the cutthroat world of high finance.

• The film was shot in just 17 days.
• Kevin Spacey allegedly cried real tears in his scenes.
• Director J.C. Chandor's feature film debut.
• The film was inspired by the 2008 Lehman Brothers collapse.
• Almost the entire story takes place over one night.

• Be first, be smarter, or cheat.
• There are three ways to make a living in this business.
• It's just money. It's made up.
• If you're the first one out the door, that's not called panicking.
• You're not even old enough to know how bad things can get.