A Random Watch Down Wall Street: Margin Call

Animal Spirits Podcast

The Compound

Investing, Business News, News, Business

4.7 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2020

⏱️ 24 minutes

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On this edition of a Random Watch Down Wall Street we re-visited Margin Call, the 2011 fictional movie about the 2008 financial crisis from the perspective of the various employees at an investment bank that is potentially going under. We discuss where this one sits on the pantheon of business movies, the wonderful cast and how well this has aged over time. Find complete shownotes on our blogs... Ben Carlson’s A Wealth of Common Sense Michael Batnick’s The Irrelevant Investor Like us on Facebook And feel free to shoot us an email at animalspiritspod@gmail.com with any feedback, questions, recommendations, or ideas for future topics of conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Animal Spirits, a show about markets, life, and investing.
0:05.0	Join Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson as they talk about what they're reading, writing, and watching.
0:11.0	Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson work for Ritholz Wealth Management.
0:15.0	All opinions expressed by Michael and Ben or any podcast guests are solely their own opinions
0:19.7	and do not reflect the opinion of Ritholz wealth management.
0:22.4	This podcast is for informational purposes only. not be relied on and the securities discussed in this podcast.
0:37.0	On today's, a random watch down Wall Street, Ben and I are talking about margin call,
0:40.0	a movie that was made in 2011 about the financial crisis.
0:45.0	This one got a 7.1 out of 10 on IMDb,
0:49.0	which I think is fair for overall movie audience.
0:52.0	I think if we're talking, scoring on a curve in terms of business finance movies
0:56.2	this is probably more like a nine out of ten for me in terms of finance movies I thought
1:00.5	this movie was I watched it before and I remember liking it.
1:04.2	This movie aged really well.
1:06.2	Rod and Tomatoes, the critics gave it an 87 and the audience gave it a 74.
1:10.5	I'm with you and the critics this was this was just it was an hour 49 minutes
1:17.2	There was no fat start to finish the cast was excellent listen this, who's in the cast?
1:23.0	Kevin Spacey, he's been canceled, I know.
1:25.0	But still, Kevin Spacey, Jeremy Irons, Paul Bettany, Zachary Quinto, Quinto, Quinto, Quinto,
1:30.0	Quinto, I don't know what's pronounce his name. Penn Badgilly who is...
1:33.0	I actually think the cue is silent.
1:34.4	It's Into.
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