Margin Call is a 2011 American drama film written and directed by J. C. Chandor in his feature directorial debut. The principal story takes place over a 24-hour period at a large Wall Street investment bank during the initial stages of the 2007–2008 financial crisis.[2][3][4] It focuses on the actions taken by a group of employees during the subsequent financial collapse.[5] The title comes from a finance term for when an investor must increase the securities or other assets used as collateral for a loan when their value falls below a certain threshold. The film stars an ensemble cast consisting of Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Zachary Quinto, Penn Badgley, Simon Baker, Mary McDonnell, Demi Moore, and Stanley Tucci.
The film was produced by the production companies Myriad Pictures, Benaroya Pictures and Before the Door Pictures (first to sign on, and owned by Zachary Quinto). It was also produced in association with Washington Square Films. Theatrically, it was commercially distributed by Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions. The director and screenwriter, J. C. Chandor, is himself the son of an investment banker; the screenplay was partially informed by Chandor's own foray into real estate investments in New York City shortly before the financial crash.[2][6] Preceding its theatrical release, Margin Call was met with positive critical reviews. Following its wide release in theaters, the film garnered award nominations from the Detroit Film Critics Society, along with several separate nominations for its screenplay and direction from recognized award organizations, including a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. The score was composed by musician Nathan Larson.
The film made its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2011, and opened in theaters nationwide in the United States on October 21, 2011. Though it grossed just $5.4 million in domestic ticket sales from 199 theaters, the film had a ground-breaking day-and-date release that earned more than $10 million in video-on-demand sales. The DVD and Blu-ray editions of the film were released in the United States on December 20, 2011.
^"Margin Call". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on June 25, 2012. Retrieved August 10, 2012.
^ abde Melker, Saskia; Brown, Jeffrey; Chandor, J. C. (October 21, 2011). "'Margin Call': Calm Before the Storm of 2008 Financial Crisis". Art Beat. PBS NewsHour. Public Broadcasting System. Archived from the original on September 3, 2019.
^Cite error: The named reference Dash was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Fleming, Mike (September 13, 2010). "Margin Call Director J.C. Chandor Snags Big Warner Bros Writing Gig From DiCaprio". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on October 18, 2010. Retrieved October 6, 2010.
^Kit, Borys (June 15, 2010). "Simon Baker, Paul Bettany eye indie drama". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on June 23, 2010. Retrieved June 27, 2010.
^Writer, W. JACOB PERRY, Staff (September 30, 2011). "Ridge High grad directs new Hollywood thriller". New Jersey Hills. Archived from the original on April 9, 2018. Retrieved September 23, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
MarginCall is a 2011 American drama film written and directed by J. C. Chandor in his feature directorial debut. The principal story takes place over...
ID-2119, a US Navy patrol boat 1918–1919 MarginCall, a 2011 film Margin of safety (disambiguation) margin of victory at Wiktionary Marginal (disambiguation)...
nomination for an Emmy Award. His other starring film roles include MarginCall (2011), Hitman: Agent 47 (2015), Snowden (2016), and Hotel Artemis (2018)...
thriller MarginCall (2011), the biographical film Greetings from Tim Buckley (2012) and the independent drama The Paper Store (2016). For MarginCall, he...
film producer. His producer credits include the Academy Award-nominated MarginCall, the Golden Globe Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated All Is Lost...
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003), Bobby (2006), Mr. Brooks (2007), and MarginCall (2011). Moore's primetime television work includes the Emmy-nominated...
(2003), Wimbledon (2004), The Da Vinci Code (2006), The Tourist (2010), MarginCall (2011), Legend (2015) and Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018). He made his...
call on May 3, 2022, MicroStrategy CFO Phong Le stated that the company would face a margincall if bitcoin’s price fell to about $21,000. A margin call...
he co-starred with Paul Bettany and Jeremy Irons in the drama film MarginCall. That same year, he played antagonist Dave Harken in the comedy Horrible...
Full Throttle (2003), Bobby (2006), Mr. Brooks (2007), Flawless (2008), MarginCall (2011), and Blind (2017). Her television projects include If These Walls...
Burlesque (2010), Easy A (2010), Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), MarginCall (2011), The Hunger Games film series (2012–2015), Spotlight (2015), Supernova...
ensemble in the drama film Bobby (2006) and the financial thriller film MarginCall (2011), she was given various accolades: for Bobby, she earned a nomination...
Merchant of Venice (2004), Kingdom of Heaven (2005), Appaloosa (2008), and MarginCall (2011). He voiced Scar in Disney's The Lion King (1994) and played Alfred...
in 2001. Bass was forced to sell his Disney holdings as a result of a margincall. He turned the $50-million family company he inherited into a $14-billion...
Confidential (1997), Pay It Forward (2000), Superman Returns (2006), 21 (2008), MarginCall (2011), Horrible Bosses (2011), and Baby Driver (2017). He has also directed...
portfolio loss will be compensated by a margincall by the same amount. The MaR quantifies the "worst case" margin-call and is only driven by market prices...
Water Margin is one of the earliest Chinese novels written in vernacular Mandarin. It is one of the Four Classic Chinese Novels and is attributed to Shi...
Europa per il Teatro" (PDF). 2022-12-15. Kay, Jeremy (25 January 2011). "MarginCall is a fine crash movie, but no banker". The Guardian. London. Retrieved...
If the margin account goes below a certain value set by the exchange, then a margincall is made and the account owner must replenish the margin account...
All Is Lost is Chandor's second feature film, following his 2011 debut MarginCall. It screened Out of Competition at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. The...
expiration. Likewise, one with sufficient equity to borrow on margin could sell a call option, receive the premium, and then short the stock if its price...
Contribution margin (CM), or dollar contribution per unit, is the selling price per unit minus the variable cost per unit. "Contribution" represents the...
of fraud and racketeering. On March 26, 2021, Archegos defaulted on margincalls from several global investment banks, including Credit Suisse and Nomura...
below their minimum margin requirement, they were issued a margincall for $100 million. The Hunts were unable to meet the margincall, and, with the brothers...
minimum equity (i.e. the margincall is met). The Pattern Day Trading rule regulates the use of margin and is defined only for margin accounts. Cash accounts...
Global Information