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| Wall Street
Year: 1987
Classification: Drama
Actors/Actresses:
- Michael Douglas
- Daryl Hannah
- Charlie Sheen
- Martin Sheen
- Oliver Stone
- James Spader
- Terence Stamp
- Sean Young
The real thing!
Oliver Stone researched this movie pretty good to portray Wall Street behind the scenes as authentic as possible. And while the financial dimensions from when this movie was made have significantly increased to at least ten times higher amounts today, the basic principles still apply. That's why the movie comes across fresh. Michael Douglas gives an excellent performance and Charlie Sheen is doing good too. Douglas plays the wealthy financier Gordon Gekko as he takes on one deal after the other with information being the most important commodity . . . insider information that is. The movie isn't made on a small budget either like some of the recent copycats, but instead the beach house, the offices, the plane, the cars (except for Charlie Sheen's car), the wardrobe, all have style. While Gekko is supposed to be the bad guy, he comes across as very likeable and he shows us capitalism at its finest . . . it's a game as money is never lost but only transferred and whoever has the most in the end, wins. The question in the movie of how much is enough is answered there with it's not a matter of enough, and it certainly inspired the bull market of the 90s with its crystal clear reality of no limits and it's never going to be enough. Greed is good as Gekko proclaims in this motion picture.
Oliver Stone's best film
Bud Fox ( Charlie Sheen)is a young broker who is intelligent, ambitious, and hard working. He has many ideas on how to make it big. The only problem is that he is stuck in a job that consists of cold calling investors over the phone. Wanting something more, he seeks out the highly successful financial wiz Gordon Gecko ( Michael Douglas). Gecko sees a younger version of himself with Bud, and takes him under his wing. However, the road to success, is not always paved with honesty. Bud is immediately lured by Gordon, into the world of corporate epsionage and insider trading. Bud starts to make more money than he ever dreamed was possible. But he soon learns that the pursuit of overnight riches comes at a price that is too high to pay.
Wall Street takes us into the world of the stock market and insider trading. It is definately Oliver Stone's best film, and one of the best that I have ever seen overall. No matter how many times you see this movie, it n
members and dared to follow it up with his own vision, and made it this funny, is just amazing. (Now, if he only could have done that good a job with GREASE 2...)
Of course, AIRPLANE 2 - THE S
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