History Trivia / MarginCall

* WriteWhatYouKnow: The director's father was an investment banker and he had spent some time in the industry himself. Coincidentally, the film came out the same time the Occupy Wall Street protest movement took place, helping the movement gain steam.

* FakeAmerican: Simon Baker, [[OohMeAccentsSlipping not always convincingly]]. Averted with Creator/JeremyIrons and Creator/PaulBettany, who both play Englishmen.

* AbsurdlyShortProductionTime: The film was shot in 17 days.

* PlayingAgainstType: It's not often you see Creator/KevinSpacey playing one of the most moral and sincere people in the room.

* AllStarCast: Creator/KevinSpacey, Creator/JeremyIrons, Creator/ZacharyQuinto, Creator/DemiMoore, Creator/PaulBettany, and Creator/StanleyTucci.
** Heck, they even got [[Film/DancesWithWolves Mary]] [[Series/BattlestarGalactica2003 McDonnell]] to play Spacey's ex-wife in [[OneSceneWonder the last scene of the movie.]]

* NoBudget: Filmed on a $3 million budget, it made over $19 million and 90% of the film was shot in on a single floor. Part of the reason the budget was so low was that when the film was pitched, potential investors wanted the ending to be Tuld arrested and Rogers and Sullivan quitting. According to Chandor and Quinto, when the film was sold for distribution, the sale alone made back the production budget. They also said that when the actors signed onto the project, they agreed to SAG's minimum pay scale instead of their usual pay quotes.

** Heck, they even got [[DancesWithWolves Mary]] [[Series/BattlestarGalactica2003 McDonnell]] to play Spacey's ex-wife in [[OneSceneWonder the last scene of the movie.]]

** In a lesser sense, you have [[TheDailyShow Aasif Mandvi]] playing a no-nonsense lawyer and [[TheMentalist Simon Baker]] playing a CorruptCorporateExecutive.

* ProductionPosse: The film is produced by Zachary Quinto's production company, Before the Door. The film's success would then lead them to produce Chandor's next films, ''Film/AllIsLost'' and ''A Most Violent Year''.

* WriteWhatYouKnow: The director's father was an investment banker and he had spent some time in the industry himself.

** Heck, they even got [[DancesWithWolves Mary]] [[Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined McDonnell]] to play Spacey's ex-wife in [[OneSceneWonder the last scene of the movie.]]

* NoBudget: Filmed on a $3 million budget, it made over $19 million and 90% of the film was shot in on a single floor. Part of the reason the budget was so low was that when the film was pitched, potential investors wanted the ending to be Tuld arrested and Rogers and Sullivan quitting. According to Chandor and Quinto, when the film was sold for distribution, the sale alone made back the production budget.

* NoBudget: Filmed on a $3 million budget, it made over $19 million and 90% of the film was shot in on a single floor. Part of the reason the budget was so low was that when the film was pitched, potential investors wanted the ending to be Tuld arrested and Rogers and Sullivan quitting.

* PlayingAgainstType: It's not often you see KevinSpacey playing one of the most moral and sincere people in the room.

* AllStarCast: KevinSpacey, Creator/JeremyIrons, Creator/ZacharyQuinto, Creator/DemiMoore, Creator/PaulBettany, and Stanley Tucci.

* NoBudget: Filmed on a $3 million budget, it made back $15 million and 90% of the film was shot in on a single floor.

* ProductionPosse: The film is produced by Zachary Quinto's production company, Before the Door. The film's success would then lead them to produce Chandor's next films, ''All is Lost'' and ''A Most Violent Year''.