Margin Call: Peter shows Will and Seth that the bank’s exposure could produce losses exceeding the firm’s value. (scene 20)

20INT. MAIN TRADING FLOOR- FIFTEEN MINUTES LATER

SETH and WILL walk through the door and into the empty main trading floor. The lights are down and there is a cleaning person vacuuming in the far background. They walk over to PETER’S desk.

WILL EMERSON

Hey, look who it is, burning the candle

at both ends. There aren’t anymore cuts

planned though, so you can stop kissing

my ass, honestly I don’t even understand

what you guys do.

PETER

Will, I am so sorry to call you back but

I really think..

WILL EMERSON

Don’t worry about it.

SETH

Hey.

WILL is a bit drunk but SETH looks at PETER’S face and realizes something is up.

SETH (cont’d)

What’s going on?

PETER

Look at this.

SETH comes around and sits at PETER’S desk.

PETER (cont’d)

Eric gave me this file before he left.

SETH

Eric?

PETER

Dale. And he told me he couldn’t quite

figure it out, then the last thing he

says as the doors on the elevator close

is ‘be careful’.

WILL EMERSON

Be careful?

PETER

So I’m obviously a little curious. So I

get into it a bit and I realize that all

he was missing was...well it’s not good.

SETH looks at the screen and starts to scroll through the pages.

SETH

What is he doing here?

PETER

Go to model four, and it makes more

sense.

SETH

Oh.

WILL is now paying closer attention, standing over their