Collider has procured an official synopsis from the American Film Market for Margin Call – a thriller set in the world of finance.
It’s the debut of writer/director J.C. Chandor and he’s managed to corral a fantastic line up of actors for the project, including the likes of Kevin Spacey, Demi Moore, Stanley Tucci, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Mary McDonnell, Simon Baker and twentysomething Spock, Zachary Quinto. They will play the roles of key people at an investment bank during a 24-hour period of financial crisis back in 2008.
Here’s the full synopsis.
Based upon the real events leading up to the collapse of the worldwide financial markets in the fall of 2008, Margin Call is the story of a fictional Wall Street investment banking house and the 24 desperate hours leading up to the first significant day of the global financial meltdown.
The firm is making millions selling dangerously high-risk investment packages to their clients, ignoring increasingly frequent warning signs of instability. Late one night, two young brokers discover that the risk levels have broken through the safety barriers, and that the company’s entire portfolio of assets are teetering on disaster. With all of Wall Street poised to sell the same toxic investments, they realize to their horror that the entire market is about to free fall.
Calling an immediate middle-of-the-night conference with senior management, the firm’s executives wrestle with two basic options. They can watch the 107-year-old go under with the rest of Wall Street. Or they can take advantage of being the first to sell their soon to be dangerous securities. Their clients will be ruined, but they might survive.
As the night progresses toward their pivotal morning decision, they face a moral dilemma unlike any they have confronted before. The repercussions of the path they choose will go far beyond their own careers. One single choice on their part could have an unprecedented domino effect on Wall Street, the global financial markets, and on Main Streets around the world.
The film is due for release in US cinemas on April 15th 2011, but there no word as yet when the film will reach our shores. As always, we’ll yet you know when we hear anything.
