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Margin Call: Eric crosses the trading floor toward the dismissal meeting while his remaining colleagues watch. (scene 3) · The Reading Room

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

Eric crosses the trading floor toward the dismissal meeting while his remaining colleagues watch.

Scene 3 of 76 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act one

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Begins 3 min into a 1:36 film

The story so farBefore scene 3

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.

Just before
Scene 1
Peter and Seth watch the bank dismiss their colleagues; HR briefly mistakes Peter for his boss, Eric Dale.
Scene 2
HR summons Eric Dale from his office.
Scene 3
This scene

3INT. TRADING FLOOR - CONTINUOUS

They walk along the full length of the trading floor to reach one of the conference rooms. Everyone left on the floor is watching.

← Scene 2HR summons Eric Dale from his office.Read the screenplay from here Scene 4 →HR fires Eric, offers severance and immediately cuts off his building access, email and phone.