Margin Call

by J.C. Chandor (Director)

Other authorsSimon Baker (Actor), Jeremy Irons (Actor), Stanley Tucci (Actor), Paul Bettany (Actor), Kevin Spacey (Actor), Frank DeMarco (Cinematographer), Zachary Quinto (Actor), Demi Moore (Actor), Nathan Larson (Music), Corey Moosa (Producer), Neal Dodson (Producer)4 more, J.C. Chandor (Writer), Michael Benaroya (Producer), Robert Ogden Barnum (Producer), Pete Beaudreau (Editor)
DVD, 2011

Call number

PN1997.2M37 2011

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Publication

Lions Gate Home Entertainment, [2011] Edition: Widescreen.

Description

Who cares about the suffering--existential, financial, or other--of those who blindly mismanaged our monies into this ever-expanding, nay, verily bottomless pit of debt? No one, but this film may help viewers understand A) the birth of current financial woes, and B) what it might have been like, in those first few hours within the confines of an early investment trading firm casualty. Fueled by a mass layoff, a thumb drive, and a rocket-scientist-cum-analyst who really understands the numbers, the last night of good times on Wall Street unfolds as rung by rung, up the executive ladder, travels news that is -- apocalyptic. For viewers who still have no idea of how 2008's meltdown happened, this film is one fiction that will make it ever so much more real.… (more)

Language

Original language

English

UPC

031398147022

Local notes

(109 min.) Special features: Director and producer feature commentaries; "Rvolving Door": Making of "Margin Call"; "Missed Calls": Moments with Cast and Crew; "From the Deck": Photo Gallery and deleted scenes with optional commentary.

Barcode

157

Collection

LCC

PN1997.2M37 2011
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