Just saw this trailer today for Margin Call movie.
Trailer: http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810165648/video
Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margin_Call
What do you guys think? It has strippers in it, it has to be accurate.
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that movie looks like it will faithfully convey how boring and arcane finance actually is
Kevin Spacey was way better in horrible bosses
It is one of my favorite movies. The Social Networks maybe tops it, but other than that my favorite one. Very accurate, authentic movie. Great actors. I especially love the trading scene at the end. Saw it in cinema and then bought it on DVD to watch it again. Most of my friends think it's pretty boring, but that is mostly because they are not interested in finance.
It is far better than this shitty Wall Street Money never sleeps. Wall Street by Oliver Stone is simply cheap, inaccurate, unrealistic and full of cliches. Margin Call draws a far more accurate picture of the financial services industry.
"Arbitrage" was tangentially related to finance, which I found to be entertaining.
I haven't watched Arbitrage yet, as I am currently a little busy with my studies, but I will definitely once I have more time again. Thanks for the recommendation!
one question: what are actually the titles of the guys in margin call? is will emerson (played by paul bettany) a managing director? what is the rank of the guy portrayed by kevin spacey? and what is the rank of the department head portrayed by simon baker? thank you!
Kevin Spacey as Sam Rogers, Head of Sales and Trading. Paul Bettany as Will Emerson, Head of Trading. Jeremy Irons as John Tuld, CEO and Chairman of the Board. Zachary Quinto as Peter Sullivan, Senior Risk Analyst. Penn Badgley as Seth Bregman, Junior Risk Analyst. Simon Baker as Jared Cohen, Head of Capital Markets. Stanley Tucci as Eric Dale, Former Head of Risk Management. Demi Moore as Sarah Robertson, Chief Risk Management Officer.
Source: Wikipedia
thanks a lot!
For instance, in the fixed income area alone, there could be a "Head of Sales and Trading" for MBS, ABS, high yield/distressed, IG credit, FX, rates, municipals, etc. There could even be product heads within each of those. MBS, for instance, could be divided by rezzy, agency, commercial, and FX could be divided into G10, Asia, and LatAm.
This is corroborated by the several times that the characters in the film reference other floors within the firm: Sam mentions how bad the firing is for affecting employees even on other floors, and when discussing risk parameters they mention how losses from their floor (MBS) alone could bankrupt the firm.
Sorry to be a stickler, just wanted to point out that of those positions, few were actually very senior. Obviously the Boardmembers and C-suite officers were quite high-ranking (John Tuld, Sarah) and Simon Baker's character was a division head, but Sam was basically a tenured MD and Will could easily have been only a VP. Eric Dale was certainly not that senior; his role was limited purely to their product and he managed a two-person team.
It was also a lot more interesting
Margin Call Trailer (Originally Posted: 02/20/2011)
i've been looking to find this for a while, here it is-----
http://videa.hu/videok/film-animacio/margin-call-trailer-svyAauTB6iDscZ…
good find.
trailer's good, but the "we did this on purpose to save our asses" is bullshit. This is why I hate Hollywood.
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Wow...sorry for the...million posts? Safari just took a shit
Funny this is at the top again, I just watched this movie for the third time in as many months...I love it, can't get enough of it. Great movie. Really makes it hard to watch anything else finance-related. Great cast, great acting, great script, shot very well, great music.
Margin Call - New clips (Originally Posted: 01/22/2011)
http://margin-call.the-movie-trailer.com/
new clips
looks pretty decent to me
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Okay, still not a trailer. Here are the clips that have been released so far (looks great, by the way):
looks boring
Absolutely cannot wait for this
^Word.
That looks pretty terrible/boring in my opinion.
I might (keyword here) be able to make it to the early viewing this week. If I do end up seeing it I can post a review if anyone is interested.
Can't wait baby
Margin Call Official Trailer Released (Originally Posted: 07/28/2011)
Finally! After almost a year, we finally have the official trailer and release date for Margin Call, and it looks great. Is it possible that someone finally wrote a decent Wall Street script? The A-Listers in this are legendary (Spacey, Irons, Tucci, and yes, Demi Moore), and the up-and-coming talent looks pretty decent, too. Hits theaters on October 21. Let me know what you guys think:
sign me up.....
Wow, it looks like it's not... preaching. That's a nice change from the steaming pile that was Wall Street 2. Sadly I doubt it'll get much of an audience.
I wonder if the "equation" they're referring to is the Gaussian copula?
I wrote a review of the film when it premiered at Sundance earlier this year. You can read it here if you so choose.
Looks a little better than the movie lookatmycock's friends made in their basement. The storyline is no match though.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA thanks to your constructive criticisms, they're posting a new trailer later this week either tonight or tomorrow lol
Looks garbage.
I'm hoping it's at least better than the clusterfuck of a movie that WS2 was - setting the bar low to avoid disappointment.
Can't wait haha
They should make a real wall street movie. It could be a 16 hour long docudrama about excel shortcuts.
Just read James Hunt's review which confirmed my assumptions. Trailer didn't even grab my attention. Plus, what's with the cheesy filler lines: "The first 12 hours of the financial crisis that changed history." I'll most likely pass on this one.
The formula that killed wall street:
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/magazine/17-03/wp_quant?currentPage=all
[quote=sneakyfox]The formula that killed wall street:
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/magazine/17-03/wp_quant?currentPage=all…]
Nice pull. +1
[quote=sneakyfox]The formula that killed wall street:
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/magazine/17-03/wp_quant?currentPage=all…] http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2011/05/13/the-gaussian-copula-fu…
Without getting into any specific details, I've actually been very familiar with this movie for quite some time now. Prior to production I had an opportunity to read the script and in my opinion, it was very good actually (would have made for a great book). Anyways, I didn't have an opportunity to see the cut that was screened at Sundance, however after purchasing the rights to the movie, Lions Gate may made it a bit more audience friendly (aka cleaned up / shortened it to be more in line with mainstream America's viewing habits).
On a side note, I recall after a few friends read the Wall St. 2 script, they were mortified over how bad it was (and we know how that turned out). So if the script is any indication (and after the studio massaged it a bit), it may turn out halfway decent.
They need to make a movie about John Paulson dominating.
Hollywood needs to give the crisis a rest. We get it. We all know what went down.
People who don't get it hated WS2 because it was filled with technical jargon and a typical hollywood plot line, and people who knew what happened were bored by it. This will have some phony little cheesy plot line as well. These movies don't make enough money or have enough fans because only a very small percentage of the population can understand and follow them.
That being said, I took WS2 for what it was and enjoyed the movie and I'll probably enjoy this one. But c'mon hollywood...inside job, wall street 2, now margin call? There will be an opinion or political view pushed. I promise
I think they will do a Wall Street reality show next.
Wall $treet Wives is casting as we speak. True story.
I break Wall Street movies into 3 distinct categories:
1) Documentaries - These are straight-up, just-the-facts, here's what happened kind of movies. There are a ton of these, and many of them are very good. Inside Job is a recent one that I thought was great.
2) Docu-Dramas - These are dramatizations of things that actually happened. There are quite a few of these as well, and most are pretty enjoyable. They tell a mostly accurate story but they use Hollywood actors and ramp up the drama. Prime examples are Barbarians at the Gate and, most recently, Too Big to Fail.
3) Dramas - These are few and far between, and the decent ones are even more rare. They often have no basis in actual events, and just serve to entertain and tell a story. The gold standard here is probably the original Wall Street and Trading Places.
I'm hoping Margin Call is decent flick, because there has been a ton of dreck in the third category over the years.
I am NOT fucking with you. See #1 Bonus Banana from two weeks ago:
http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/blog/bonus-bananas-july-15-2011
[quote=Edmundo Braverman]I am NOT fucking with you. See #1 Bonus Banana from two weeks ago:
http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/blog/bonus-bananas-july-15-2011[/quote] http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/07/29/wall-street-wives-finds-a-cast/
Hahah I missed that one...thanks.
fcking double posts.
the movie categories was legit however the problem with the new wall street is that instead of making a totally new fictional story they tried to combine it with truthful recent events. While negatively viewed I found it entertaining.
Inside job was great. But again, they pushed a policy and very specific opinion very harshly: Regulation of the industry and salaries which gives a good documentary a bad after taste.
Haha where does Boiler Room fit in at?
In the context of my career? Pure documentary.
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