Arbitrage (2012)

Brit Marling: Brooke Miller

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  Brooke Miller : And to receive this prestigious award, I invite now to the stage the man who led this generous effort. And whose financial trading firm, Miller Capital, was just this morning acquired by Standard Bank and Trust. A dedicated businessman, a family man, philanthropist, and all-around humanitarian. A man I am very lucky to call my mentor, my friend, and my father. Mr. Robert Miller...

  [standing applause] 

• Robert Miller : I made a bad bet.

  Brooke Miller : No, you committed fraud.

  Robert Miller : That's a dangerous word, Brooke.

  Brooke Miller : What would you prefer? That you cheated? That you stole money from people who trusted you? That you lied? That you lied right to my face? Why?

  Robert Miller : Because we were going broke! Everything was finished. We'd have nothing.

  Brooke Miller : How. How does that happen?

  Robert Miller : You remember Alexanderov? Well he came to see me one day last year. He said Robert, we've got a great opportunity- there's a copper mine, it's in Russia, it's under- exploited- there's billions under the ground, and to get it out, all we need is a couple hundred million, you put in a hundred, we'll put in a hundred- we'll triple it all in six months. So, I go check it out. And the geological survey's right, friendly government. And to lock it in, you hedge it, right? Sell the copper ahead on the commodities exchange and it all works, it's fine, and you're making a fortune. But then there's something I hadn't accounted for-- variation margin-- and that friendly Russian government all of a sudden not so friendly anymore and they're blocking the export of the copper so I gotta make it up, I gotta put the cash in to cover the hedge. But I'm not worried about it because it's still springing money, there's so much money coming out of the ground you can't believe. You can't stop it. And, yes, I'm the oracle, I've done housing, I've arb'd credit swaps, I have done it all, and yes, again, I know it's outside the charter, but it is Fucking minting money! It's a license to print money! For everybody! Forever! It is god!...

  Brooke Miller : Until...

  Robert Miller : Until it's not... The money's trapped. You can't get it out. Probably never will. It's like a plane crash. It just happens.