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Margin Call: Production, Reception & Plot

Margin Call is a 2011 American drama film written and directed by J. C. Chandor in his directorial debut. The story takes place over 24 hours at a large Wall Street investment bank during the initial stages of the 2008 financial crisis. It focuses on the actions taken by a group of employees during the crisis. The title is a reference to a "margin call"…

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Margin Call topic overview

The analysis highlights Production, Reception and Plot as prominent areas in the source structure around Margin Call.

Related topics
96
Source areas
6
Connected nodes
102
Extracted relationships
71
Concept neighborhoods
26
Bridge connections
102

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 31 topics
Reception · 22 topics
Production · 20 topics
Plot · 11 topics
Other films · 8 topics
Cast · 4 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Box office
$19.5 million
Budget
$3.5 million
Cinematography
Frank DeMarco
Country
United States
Directed by
J. C. Chandor
Distributed by
Lionsgate · Roadside Attractions

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Plot

Cast

Production

Reception

Other films

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Margin Call connects Entity context

The extracted context around Margin Call shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Margin Call → Bill Wine, Bloomberg News, CBS, Chandor, Chicago Sun-Times, Chris Knight, David Denby, Dylan Matthews, Film, In, Jake Bernstein, Justin Chang, Matt Levine, Metacritic, National Post, On, Philip French, ProPublica, Roger Ebert, Rotten Tomatoes Another extracted example is Margin Call → Demi Moore, Jeremy Irons, Kevin Spacey, Mary McDonnell, Paul Bettany, Penn Badgley, Simon Baker, Stanley Tucci, Zachary Quinto. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Margin Call

Top relations

related to Critical reception · 28
Margin Call → Bill Wine, Bloomberg News, CBS, Chandor, Chicago Sun-Times, Chris Knight, David Denby, Dylan Matthews, Film, In, Jake Bernstein, Justin Chang, Matt Levine, Metacritic, National Post, On, Philip French, ProPublica, Roger Ebert, Rotten Tomatoes
Starring · 9
Margin Call → Demi Moore, Jeremy Irons, Kevin Spacey, Mary McDonnell, Paul Bettany, Penn Badgley, Simon Baker, Stanley Tucci, Zachary Quinto
Produced by · 6
Margin Call → Corey Moosa, Joe Jenckes, Michael Benaroya, Neal Dodson, Robert Ogden Barnum, Zachary Quinto
Production companies · 6
Margin Call → Before the Door Pictures, Benaroya Pictures, Myriad Pictures, Sakonnet Capital Partners, Untitled Entertainment, Washington Square Films
related to External links · 4
Margin Call → Box Office Mojo, IMDb Margin Call, MetacriticMargin Call, Rotten TomatoesMargin Call
Distributed by · 2
Margin Call → Lionsgate, Roadside Attractions
Release dates · 2
Margin Call → January 25, 2011 (2011-01-25) (Sundance), October 21, 2011 (2011-10-21) (United States)
is a · 2
Margin Call → 2011 American drama film written and directed by J, thriller
related to Box office · 2
Margin Call → Canada, United States
Box office · 1
Margin Call → $19.5 million

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

film financial chandor margin call rogers tuld 2011 crisis myriad sullivan wall screenplay pictures emerson street best also produced office

Margin Call relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 71 structured relationships around Margin Call. Examples in this analysis include Margin Call → Box office → $19.5 million and Margin Call → Budget → $3.5 million. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Margin CallBox office$19.5 million1.00infobox
Margin CallBudget$3.5 million1.00infobox
Margin CallCinematographyFrank DeMarco1.00infobox
Margin CallCountryUnited States1.00infobox
Margin CallDirected byJ. C. Chandor1.00infobox
Margin CallDistributed byLionsgate1.00infobox
Margin CallDistributed byRoadside Attractions1.00infobox
Margin CallEdited byPete Beaudreau1.00infobox
Margin CallLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
Margin CallMusic byNathan Larson1.00infobox
Margin CallProduced byJoe Jenckes1.00infobox
Margin CallProduced byRobert Ogden Barnum1.00infobox
Margin CallProduced byCorey Moosa1.00infobox
Margin CallProduced byMichael Benaroya1.00infobox
Margin CallProduced byNeal Dodson1.00infobox
Margin CallProduced byZachary Quinto1.00infobox
Margin CallProduction companiesMyriad Pictures1.00infobox
Margin CallProduction companiesBenaroya Pictures1.00infobox
Margin CallProduction companiesBefore the Door Pictures1.00infobox
Margin CallProduction companiesWashington Square Films1.00infobox
Margin CallProduction companiesUntitled Entertainment1.00infobox
Margin CallProduction companiesSakonnet Capital Partners1.00infobox
Margin CallRelease datesJanuary 25, 2011 (2011-01-25) (Sundance)1.00infobox
Margin CallRelease datesOctober 21, 2011 (2011-10-21) (United States)1.00infobox
Margin CallRunning time107 minutes1.00infobox
Margin CallStarringKevin Spacey1.00infobox
Margin CallStarringPaul Bettany1.00infobox
Margin CallStarringJeremy Irons1.00infobox
Margin CallStarringZachary Quinto1.00infobox
Margin CallStarringPenn Badgley1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Margin Call bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Margin, Office and Film. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • drama film
    • Margin
    • Best
    • First
    • Pictures
    • Street
    • Wall
    • Financial
    • Sundance
    • Cast
    • Produced
    • Quinto
    • Zachary
  • j. c. chandor
    • Wrote
    • Described
    • Office
    • Screenplay
    • Films
    • Irons
    • Jeremy
    • Large
    • Penn
    • Quinto
    • Zachary
    • Financial
  • jeremy irons
    • Jeremy
    • Penn
    • Quinto
    • Zachary
    • Dale
    • Office
    • Chandor
    • Lionsgate
    • Sundance
    • Films
    • Large
    • Produced
  • zachary quinto
    • Quinto
    • Zachary
    • Irons
    • Jeremy
    • Penn
    • Produced
    • Production
    • Dale
    • Office
    • Pictures
    • Chandor
    • Lionsgate
  • new york film critics circle awards
    • Margin
    • Best
    • First
    • Pictures
    • Street
    • Wall
    • Financial
    • Sundance
    • Cast
    • Produced
    • Quinto
    • Zachary
  • san francisco film critics circle awards
    • Margin
    • Best
    • First
    • Pictures
    • Street
    • Wall
    • Financial
    • Sundance
    • Cast
    • Produced
    • Quinto
    • Zachary
  • 61st berlin international film festival
    • Margin
    • Best
    • First
    • Pictures
    • Street
    • Wall
    • Financial
    • Sundance
    • Cast
    • Produced
    • Quinto
    • Zachary
  • 2008 financial crisis
    • Crisis
    • Financial
    • Street
    • Wall
    • Chandor
    • Margin
    • Best
    • Described
    • Large
    • Firm
    • First
    • Screenplay

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Margin Call, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Margin Call with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Margin Call — Overview · splits 71 ⟂ 32
Margin Call — Reception · splits 80 ⟂ 23
Margin Call — Production · splits 82 ⟂ 21
Margin Call — Plot · splits 91 ⟂ 12
Margin Call — Other films · splits 94 ⟂ 9
Margin Call — Cast · splits 98 ⟂ 5

Map overview Semantic statistics

Margin Call

Nodes103
Edges102
Triples71
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.019417
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Margin Call to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Production, Reception & Plot, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Margin Call · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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