"Margin Call" quotes

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Follows the key people at an investment bank over a 24-hour period during the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis.

Director: J.C. Chandor
Writer: J.C. Chandor
Production: N/A
Genre: drama, thriller
Year: 2011
MetaScore: 76/100
ImdbRating: 7.1
BoxOffice: $5,354,039
Released: 29 Sep 2011
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 8 wins & 24 nominations total

64 Clips

Listen I just got the tap on my shoulder - Margin Call 00:08
Listen I just got the tap on my shoulder
We all getting fired tonight - Margin Call 00:24
We all getting fired tonight
I hate Brooklyn - Margin Call 00:04
I hate Brooklyn
I understand that - Margin Call 00:27
I understand that
Well that was fucking hideous - Margin Call 00:08
Well that was fucking hideous
At the time it didn t seem like there was much of a choice - Margin Call 00:08
At the time it didn t seem like there was much of a choice
Hey Eric - Margin Call 00:14
Hey Eric
Well I don't see any other choice - Margin Call 00:04
Well I don't see any other choice
What's your background - Margin Call 00:37
What's your background
But sometimes in acute situations such as this - Margin Call 00:11
But sometimes in acute situations such as this
How old are you - Margin Call 00:27
How old are you
Look at these people - Margin Call 00:10
Look at these people
Well you're a better man than me - Margin Call 00:08
Well you're a better man than me
Well we were wrong - Margin Call 00:18
Well we were wrong
You tired - Margin Call 00:10
You tired
Are you sure it's the only - Margin Call 00:19
Are you sure it's the only
Are you all right - Margin Call 00:36
Are you all right
I didn't think they were going to be able to get you back here - Margin Call 00:30
I didn't think they were going to be able to get you back...
Jesus fucking Christ Who is that guy - Margin Call 00:21
Jesus fucking Christ Who is that guy
Fuck you soft You're panicking - Margin Call 00:12
Fuck you soft You're panicking
You're one of the luckiest guys in the world Sam - Margin Call 00:13
You're one of the luckiest guys in the world Sam
Listen nothing I'm gonna say is going to make you feel any better - Margin Call 00:08
Listen nothing I'm gonna say is going to make you feel any...
Do you know I built a bridge once - Margin Call 00:36
Do you know I built a bridge once
On your careers - Margin Call 00:35
On your careers
Look I run Risk Management - Margin Call 00:08
Look I run Risk Management
I think so - Margin Call 00:34
I think so
No swaps No nothing - Margin Call 00:20
No swaps No nothing
Yes but at what cost - Margin Call 00:31
Yes but at what cost
The real question is who are we selling this to - Margin Call 00:36
The real question is who are we selling this to
Let me tell you something Mr Sullivan - Margin Call 00:34
Let me tell you something Mr Sullivan
How did you spend it all - Margin Call 00:36
How did you spend it all
Maybe you could tell me what you think is going on here - Margin Call 00:15
Maybe you could tell me what you think is going on here
Listen if you really want to do this with your life - Margin Call 00:36
Listen if you really want to do this with your life
You know the feeling that people experience - Margin Call 00:10
You know the feeling that people experience
There are three ways to make a living in this business - Margin Call 00:08
There are three ways to make a living in this business
I just got the tap on my shoulder - Margin Call 00:36
I just got the tap on my shoulder
We all getting fired tonight - Margin Call 00:53
We all getting fired tonight
I hate Brooklyn - Margin Call 00:14
I hate Brooklyn
That was fucking hideous - Margin Call 00:25
That was fucking hideous
What's your background - Margin Call 01:58
What's your background
It didn't seem like there was much of a choice - Margin Call 00:10
It didn't seem like there was much of a choice
Don't beat yourself too much about this stuff - Margin Call 00:14
Don't beat yourself too much about this stuff
How old are you - Margin Call 00:29
How old are you
What is right can take on multiple interpretations - Margin Call 00:25
What is right can take on multiple interpretations
Look at these people - Margin Call 00:27
Look at these people
You don't live here any more - Margin Call 00:47
You don't live here any more
You're a better man than me - Margin Call 00:20
You're a better man than me
You mean you were wrong - Margin Call 00:42
You mean you were wrong
I don't work as hard as you - Margin Call 00:17
I don't work as hard as you
I didn't think they were going to be able to get you back here - Margin Call 01:06
I didn't think they were going to be able to get you back...
Who is that guy - Margin Call 00:27
Who is that guy
You are panicking - Margin Call 00:24
You are panicking
You're one of the luckiest guys in the world - Margin Call 00:40
You're one of the luckiest guys in the world
Nothing I'm gonna say is going to make you feel any better - Margin Call 00:34
Nothing I'm gonna say is going to make you feel any better
Do you know I built a bridge once - Margin Call 02:36
Do you know I built a bridge once
I run risk management - Margin Call 00:29
I run risk management
Thank you all for coming in a little early this morning - Margin Call 05:53
Thank you all for coming in a little early this morning
So you think we might have put a few people out of business today - Margin Call 02:41
So you think we might have put a few people out of business...
The real question is - Margin Call 01:31
The real question is
What you're telling me - Margin Call 02:29
What you're telling me
Did you really make two and a half million last year - Margin Call 02:23
Did you really make two and a half million last year
Then you're necessary - Margin Call 03:33
Then you're necessary
Speak as you might to a young child - Margin Call 00:40
Speak as you might to a young child
There are three ways to make a living in this business - Margin Call 00:22
There are three ways to make a living in this business

Cast

Sam Rogers - Kevin Spacey
Will Emerson - Paul Bettany
John Tuld - Jeremy Irons
Peter Sullivan - Zachary Quinto
Seth Bregman - Penn Badgley
Jared Cohen - Simon Baker
Mary Rogers - Mary McDonnell
Sarah Robertson - Demi Moore
Eric Dale - Stanley Tucci
Ramesh Shah - Aasif Mandvi
Heather Burke - Ashley Williams
Lauren Bratberg - Susan Blackwell
Executive Assistant - Maria Dizzia
Security Guard - Jimmy Palumbo
Louis Carmelo - Al Sapienza
Timothy Singh - Peter Kim
Lucy - Grace Gummer
Coffee Guy - Oberon K.A. Adjepong
Security Guard Leading Traders Out - Claude Jay
Ella the Dog - Jezebel
Trader - Kevin Keels
Trader - Jason Liebman
Busboy - Jamie Lee Petronis
Trader - Uziman
Trader - Steven Weisz