We got an outstanding first trailer for the upcoming Wall Street-set thriller, Margin Call, back at the end of July, and it gave us a fantastic taste for the brilliance we should be able to expect from it.
We’ve now got a terrific new poster for the film, courtesy of IMP Awards, which really cleverly divides the cast up according to which side of the morality line they stand upon within the film, with Jeremy Irons fully on the left, his face half cast in shadow, and Kevin Spacey uncertainly hovering in the middle. And in contrast, Stanley Tucci, Paul Bettany, Demi Moore, and Zachary Quinto are all stood firmly on the right (figuratively and literally), their faces all beautifully lit up.
This is the kind of poster I love. It’s really cleverly thought out, ensuring it’s far more subtle about its message than the vast majority of posters. It’s far and away one of my favourite posters of the year so far; simple, yet very effective. The film marks the feature debut of its writer-director, J.C. Chandor, and it’s set to be an awesome debut at that, with an absolutely stellar cast in all the major roles.
Margin Call, which also stars Simon Baker, Penn Badgley, and Mary McDonnell, is a thriller set over a 24-hour period at the very first stages of the recent financial crisis, looking at the top people in a Wall Street investment bank and how they react to it.
With the US set to see its release on 21st October this year the film does have a UK distributor who have confirmed to us that the film will receive a theatrical release over here but there’s no current release date, it truly looks like it will be well worth the wait. Without further ado, here’s the great new poster, followed by the trailer embedded beneath in case you missed it in the summer. As usual with the poster, click to enlarge.
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