Margin Call (2011) - Peter Sullivan discovers the firm's projected losses on MBS products [HD 1080p]

i realized this movie took place over the course of about 48 hours and no one actually slept the entire time

I love how this movie is basically a series of "delivering the bad news" to ever higher levels of management, and seeing the reaction of said management. Peter delivers the bad news to Will. Will delivers to Sam. Sam to Jared. Jared to John Tuld. And, as icing on the cake, Peter gets to deliver the bad news once again to Tuld. Each person up the food chain has a different reaction. We run the gamut of the human condition dealing with loss here. Everything from anger to panic to defeat, gloat, pragmatism.... love it.

This movie and The Big Short should be shown in high schools. Nobody should forget what happened in 2008-2009

Imagine realizing that a 25% decline in your portfolio literally wipes your company off the table.

The only way this scene would be more realistic is if Seth asked “Dude are you sure your cell references are correct? Let me check your VLOOKUP formula”

It's unhealthy how much I watch clips from this film as well as The Big Short.

I always liked this quote: "They mistook leverage for genius"

This is the only film I've ever watched where there was not a single scene wasted. Every single scene was needed to make this masterpiece.

'I frankly don't even know what it is you guys do' Cracks me up

This is a really intelligent drama. Great acting and script. Very under-appreciated movie.

If I may, whoever wrote Zachary Quinto's character deserves a medal. Right balance of nerdiness, style, articulation and all.

IMHO this film came out too early. People weren't ready for it yet. If it was a couple years later it would have done better. It's really a well acted film that moves along nicely.

I worked in Risk Management in 2008. This movie is 100% accurate even down the to cleaning guy vacuuming after hours while people were working late.

This is one of the most rewatchable movies IMHO!

3:23 when you realize the test had a back side

I really like the look that Paul Betteny put on when Seth said they are starting to test those levels of volatility. He may not understand how the models are created, but he knows what leverage is, and how much a shift in the value of those contracts mean. That got his attention REALLY QUICK!

He remembered his bro's cell number without having to look it up in his phone, that's pretty impressive.

Will is actually REALLY smart. Not just intelligent, but smart. He knows how models work, he knows what parameters go into a calculation, he just doesn't need to hear the full equation at that precise point in time.

Dude really listened to ukulele folk music while discovering billions worth of projected losses in the portfolio.