Margin Call · written by J.C. Chandor · 2011

Seth answers Peter’s call amid the bar noise and moves somewhere quieter.

Scene 18 of 76 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act one

Seth
Peter

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Begins 14 min into a 1:36 film

The story so farBefore scene 18

When a junior analyst discovers exposure that could wipe out his investment bank, its executives race to unload the danger on their customers while a veteran executive confronts the price of helping them survive.

Scenes 1–12
The bank’s surviving employees return to familiar routines after firing Eric; Sam manages the floor while his dog is dying.
Just before
Scene 15
Peter finishes running the models and studies their troubling results.
Scene 16
Sam remains beside his dog at the veterinary office.
Scene 17
Peter tries Eric’s disconnected phone, then calls someone else for help.
Scene 18
This scene

18INT. BAR - INTERCUT

SETH

Hello.

PETER

I can’t hear you.

SETH

What.

PETER

Go outside, I can’t hear you.

SETH

Wait... Give me a sec... OK.