MARGIN CALL
Written by
J.C. Chandor
July 12, 2010
INT. LARGE INVESTMENT BANK TRADING FLOOR - DAY
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The frame is filled with the face of PETER SULLIVAN, a 27-
year-old risk assessment analyst. He has a Doctorate from MIT
and is staring intently into a large bank of computer
screens.An elevator door opens and FOUR HUMAN RESOURCES PEOPLE come
out of the elevator carrying large file boxes. They walk down
a long glass enclosed hallway that runs the full length of
the trading floor. The scope of the floor now comes into
frame. There are more computers than can be imagined and
several large boards on the far walls that are scrolling
thousands of numbers. PETER gives a knowing glance to the guy
sitting next to him, SETH BREGMAN, a young analyst in his
early twenties.SETH