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The Big Short (2015)
JARED
A screenplay character in The Big Short (2015).
- lines
- 42
- words
- 893
- scenes
- 12
- dialogue
- 6.2%
- avg words / line
- 21
- shortest / longest
- 1 / 78
Sample dialogue
Swaps are a dark market. That means I set the price. Whatever price I want. When you come back for your pay day I’ll rip your eyes out and make a fortune. The good news for you is you’ll make so much you won’t care. Plus your boss has a big mouth and I need people to know about this trade so my superiors don’t think it’s an esoteric waste of time and I can keep selling it.
scene 77 — INT. GYM - DAYThen that happens.
scene 41 — INT. CONFERENCE ROOM - CONTINUOUSThe Collateralized debt obligation. It’s important to understand because it’s what allowed a housing crisis to become a nation wide economic disaster. So here is world famous chef Anthony Bourdain to explain.
scene 39 — INT. CONFERENCE ROOM - CONTINUOUSListen, I told you when we did this deal the ratings agencies, the SEC and the big banks are clueless. So now their foot’s on fire and they think their steak is done and you’re surprised?
scene 94 — INT. FRONTPOINT PARTNERS - SAME TIMEI can’t really say it to anyone else, but I’ll say it to you: I was right. I took a rash of shit for the past two years but I was right.
scene 156 — INT. OFFICE - DEUTSCHE BANK - DAY
Bookends
This poor schmuck. Kareem Serageldin from Credit Suisse. He hid a few billion in mortgage bond losses. Something most of the big banks do on a good day. I’m sure it didn’t hurt that he was of Egyptian decent...