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

Outside the meeting, Will explains Jared’s power and hints at the danger of buyers abandoning their products.

Scene 34 of 76 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Seth
Will Emerson
Peter

Act oneAct twoAct three

Begins 35 min into a 1:36 film

The story so farBefore scene 34

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.
Scenes 13–23
Peter uncovers a threat to the firm’s survival and forces Will and Sam to respond.
Scenes 24–33
Peter’s work travels upstairs; Sam and the juniors enter Jared’s executive world and expose the scale of the risk.
Just before
Scene 31
In the elevator, Sam tells Peter they are taking his work for a second opinion.
Scene 32
Sam’s group walks through the assistant cubicles toward Jared’s windowless conference room.
Scene 33
Jared’s team reviews Peter’s model, confronts the bank’s trillion-dollar exposure and considers liquidating its holdings.
Scene 34
This scene

34INT. CORNER OUTSIDE JARED’S CONFERENCE ROOM - CONTINUOUS

They cross the hallway and sit on a bench staring out the window. They talk very quietly.

SETH

Jesus fucking Christ! Who is that guy?

WILL EMERSON

He’s Sam’s boss.

SETH

He looks like he’s fifteen years old. How

old is he?

WILL EMERSON

He’s like forty.

PETER

How does that happen?

WILL EMERSON

Oh it happens all the time. Except to me.

Kid’s a fucking killer.

PETER

What are they talking about?

WILL EMERSON

It ain't pretty.

SETH

What ain't pretty?

WILL EMERSON

If people suddenly stop buying the shit

we’re selling....

They all look out the window. Long pause.

WILL EMERSON (cont’d)

You guys smoke? Well, you should.