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

Outside Eric’s townhouse, Will orders Seth to accompany him, then allows him to remain in the car.

Scene 61 of 76 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act three

Seth
Will Emerson

Act oneAct twoAct three

Begins 1:08 into a 1:36 film

The story so farBefore scene 61

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.
Scenes 34–44
Management checks the model, debates its implications and brings Tuld into the emergency.
Scenes 45–46
Tuld offers a way for the bank to survive: sell before everyone else understands the risk; Sam names the price in broken trust.
Scene 57
Sam tells Tuld he is completely with the firm despite his reservations, committing his authority to the sale.
Just before
Scene 58
Peter walks through the nearly empty city with his headphones on.
Scene 59
Peter encounters Lucy while buying coffee and warns her to sell when she asks for a tip for her father.
Scene 60
Alone in her office, Sarah tries to cry and then to laugh, but cannot express either response.
Scene 61
This scene

61I/E. WILL’S CONVERTIBLE - ERIC’S TOWNHOUSE - DAY

WILL and SETH pull up in front of a very nice large townhouse. They both look up at the house dreading going in.

SETH

Jesus, nice place.

WILL EMERSON

He just bought it.

SETH

I hope it was with cash.

WILL EMERSON

You are such a prick, and it wasn’t.

SETH

I think I should stay here.

WILL EMERSON

Get out of the fucking car.

SETH

I just don’t think it would be

appropriate.

WILL EMERSON

Appropriate? Get the fuck out of the car.

SETH

Really?

WILL EMERSON

You’re probably right... And don’t touch

any of the fucking buttons.