Margin Call

“Be first. Be smarter. Or cheat.”

Peter Sullivan (Zachary Quinto), an entry-level analyst at a Wall Street investment bank, finishes a risk model left half-done by his boss and sees what it says about the firm. The numbers go up the chain through the night, from Will Emerson (Paul Bettany) to Sam Rogers (Kevin Spacey) to John Tuld (Jeremy Irons), and J.C. Chandor keeps it all inside the office towers. Sam has spent his career there, and the morning is coming.