Wall Street is a true crime story in the drama genre. If you liked Wolf of Wall Street, you will love Wall Street! This is director Oliver Stone (Born on the Fourth of July, Colors) at his best. It stars Michael Douglas (The Game, A Perfect Murder) at his best also in the role that inspired a generation of clones, the Machiavellian villain Gordon Gecko.
Gecko is a Wall Street stock trader and a corporate raider. His personality has the bombastic swagger of Trump with the business ethics of Bernie Madoff. Budd Foxx is his protégé, played by Charlie Sheen (Two and a Half Men, Men at Work). A hostile takeover pits Fox against his father, the head of the union. The part of Fox's father is played by Sheen's real- life father Martin Sheen (The Departed, The Dead Zone). The love interest is played by actress Darryl Hannah (Kill Bill: Vol. 1, Splash). She was big in the '80s, but I never got her look.
Wall Street is a morality play. The dialogue crackles with memorable, quotable lines. This picture was influential. It set fashion trends well into the '90s and to this day. Wall Street came to be associated with the greed of '80s culture.
The real-life "Gordon Gecko" was none other than Ivan Boesky. This guy was like the Bernie Madoff of the 1980s. Boesky was into insider trading, what they popped Martha Stewart for. "Budd Fox" was Michael Miliken, " The Junk Bond King." A "junk bond" is like swamp land in Florida. These guys were some pretty big scam artists.
Bottomline, Wall Street is one of the greatest films of all time. Prepare to be blown away.
Gecko is a Wall Street stock trader and a corporate raider. His personality has the bombastic swagger of Trump with the business ethics of Bernie Madoff. Budd Foxx is his protégé, played by Charlie Sheen (Two and a Half Men, Men at Work). A hostile takeover pits Fox against his father, the head of the union. The part of Fox's father is played by Sheen's real- life father Martin Sheen (The Departed, The Dead Zone). The love interest is played by actress Darryl Hannah (Kill Bill: Vol. 1, Splash). She was big in the '80s, but I never got her look.
Wall Street is a morality play. The dialogue crackles with memorable, quotable lines. This picture was influential. It set fashion trends well into the '90s and to this day. Wall Street came to be associated with the greed of '80s culture.
The real-life "Gordon Gecko" was none other than Ivan Boesky. This guy was like the Bernie Madoff of the 1980s. Boesky was into insider trading, what they popped Martha Stewart for. "Budd Fox" was Michael Miliken, " The Junk Bond King." A "junk bond" is like swamp land in Florida. These guys were some pretty big scam artists.
Bottomline, Wall Street is one of the greatest films of all time. Prepare to be blown away.