wall street film wall street american drama film directed written stars film tells story young involved douglas wealthy corporate stone film tribute father great depression character said composite people including stone character sir modeled prominent british corporate sir originally studio wanted play interested stone wanted passed role stone went douglas advised hollywood cast film received major film critics douglas won film come seen portrayal 1980s excess douglas character declaring greed good proven influential inspiring people work wall street douglas stone commenting years people approach respective characters film stone douglas reunited sequel titled wall street money sleeps released theatrically september plot working junior new_york_city wants work hero legendary wall street player calling office days row trying land appointment visits birthday box favorite cuban impressed sheer grants interview pitches stocks unimpressed desperate provides inside information learned casual conversation father union leader company maintenance workers intrigued tells think looks deals day chooses returns office places order stock clients gives capital manage stocks lose money gives chance tells spy british ceo sir learns making bid steel company makes big money forced buy shares complete takeover wealthy enjoying promised including manhattan trophy girlfriend interior promoted senior result large commission fees bringing trading given corner office view continues maximize inside information use friends straw buyers provide income unknown trades attract attention pitches new idea buy expand company president savings achieved union concessions pension unable persuade father support able unions push deal soon afterward learns plans dissolve company sell assets order access cash company pension plan leaving entire staff unemployed leave rich man angered guilt impending destruction especially father suffers heart attack resolves disrupt plans breaks refuses lover plan drive stock manipulating union presidents secretly meet arrange buy controlling interest significant realizing stock remaining interest company advice learns evening news buying realizes engineered entire scheme goes work following day arrested insider trading later confronts physically assaults role accuses illicit trades following confrontation revealed turned state evidence wearing wire record encounter turns wire tapes authorities suggest lighter sentence exchange helping case later parents drive drive downtown answer crimes committed influence tells right saving airline film ends going steps courthouse knowing likely going prison career ruined clear conscience right corporate world cast sir kate production origins success platoon stone wanted film school friend los_angeles screenwriter research write screenplay scandals 1950s story conference stone suggested making film wall street instead director pitched premise investment partners getting involved questionable financial dealings tailed prosecutor crime punishment director thinking kind movie early inspired father broker great depression stone filmmaker knew new_york businessman making millions working long days putting deals world man started making mistakes cost stone remembers story frames happens movie basically progress boy corrupted easy money act sets stone asked read crime punishment found story mix stone asked read great material use right fit prior knowledge financial world immersed researching world stock trading bonds corporate stone spent weeks visiting houses interviewing investors screenplay wrote draft initially called greed stone writing draft originally lead character young jewish broker named stone changed avoid stereotype wall street controlled jews reportedly said composite people wall street broker old friend stone involved million insider trading scandal corporate art collector agent stone example famous greed good line based speech said greed right according producer film originally individual modeled adds partly said character sir modeled famous anglo french corporate according style speaking inspired stone writing dialogue listen oliver phone talks rapid fire way stone cites influences approach business novels films able complicated subject clear audience stone set film insider trading scandals culminated led script including reference space shuttle challenger disaster occurred casting stone met playing director committed role stone liked acting style convey come heroic roles like stone looking dark edgy studio wanted play interested stone initially wanted actor passed stone went douglas despite having advised hollywood cast stone remembers warned hollywood michael couldn act producer actor spend time trailer phone stone found acting gives stone said saw villain quality douglas thought smart businessman douglas remembers read screenplay thought great long script incredibly long intense open seen screenplay pages single spaced type monologue thought mean unbelievable research read profiles corporate raiders stone gave choice play father film picked father elder related moral sense character stone cast girlfriend felt happy role know accepted tried explain character hannah repeatedly thought character conflicted hannah stone said later aware early right happy role let crew wanted rid day shooting pride kept saying going work stone difficulties opinions known hannah fired play role instead young set late unprepared caused friction set retrospect stone felt young right swapped hannah role stone admits problems young willing confirm deny rumors walked costumes completed filming principal photography stone wanted shoot movie new_york_city required budget million moderate shooting budget 1980s standards studio backed platoon felt risky project passed stone producer took 20th century fox filming began april ended july year according stone making movie sharks feeding bob director photography wanted camera predator fixed world father stationary camera gives sense values director saw wall street battle zone filmed including shooting conversations like physical confrontations ensemble shots camera circle actors way makes feel pool sharks star investment banker time film technical advisers cameo appearance film man speaking meeting discussing breakup investment banker deputy mayor new_york finance hired chief technical adviser turned stone felt film sided attack stone asked reconsider read script responding page critique example argued unrealistic characters morally bankrupt advised stone kind computers trading floor accurate proportion women business meeting kinds extras seated annual shareholders meeting delivers greed good speech stone agreed criticism asked rewrite script brought balance film helped stone permission shoot floor trading hours stone disagreed character stone shot scene showing honest giving insider trading argued audiences conclude wall street corrupt insisted film needed character stone cut scene stone consulted convicted inside trader government prosecutors wall street investment addition traders brought coach actors set hold phones write tickets talk clients stone asked design week course expose cross section young wall street business people actor said impressed respectful fact maintain kind drive douglas worked speech instructor breath control order better fast rhythm film dialogue early shoot stone tested douglas enhancing anger according actor point stone came douglas trailer asked drugs look like haven acted shocked douglas research worked lines pushing harder hard work culminated greed good speech stone planned use fortune magazine cover exchange promotional advertisements forbes magazine similar offer stone stuck fortune upset forbes publisher turned later request use private yacht stone switched hour shooting days weeks order finish principal photography impending directors guild america strike finished days ahead schedule remembered stone looking script watch soundtrack original score composed released record tracks followed version themes film come seen portrayal 1980s excess douglas advocating greed lack better word good wall street defines number morality conflicts putting wealth power simplicity honesty attack value system extreme ethics law simply irrelevant parts character represents working class film union leader maintenance workers constantly attacks big business money mandatory drug screening manufacturers sees threat union conflict relentless pursuit wealth form basis film described concept fathers battling control morals son concept stone platoon wall street hard working businessman represent fathers producers film use voice film voice reason amid creative destruction brought personal philosophy significant scene film speech shareholders meeting company planning stone uses scene extension wall street raiders chance justify actions portraying company value ineffective excessively compensated executives inspiration greed good speech come sources complains company management owns percent stock vice presidents taken similar speeches comments companies trying defense greed commencement address delivered later convicted insider trading charges said greed right way want know think greed healthy feel good wall street wholesale criticism capitalism cynical quick culture 1980s good characters film steady sense scene question moral value hard work quoting example father worked hard entire life die debt films mentor says early film good things time referring contrast greed good short term view prevalent 1980s reception wall street released december theaters grossed million opening weekend went million north_america film rating rotten_tomatoes metacritic review new_york_times critical film overall praised douglas work funniest performance career roger_ebert gave film half stars praised allowing financial dealing complicated convincing sense movie followed anybody details stock manipulation filtered transparent layers greed time know going time know time magazine wrote time works sweat end like long keeps players perpetual motion great scary fun watch work review globe_and_mail praised performances leads douglas portrayal triumph kid thinks found fox poor smart hungry feelings capitalist child adolescent corporate morally appalled adult washington_post wrote film weakest visually verbally stone doesn trust time honored story line obvious moral plenty won thanked casting thought play performance received earned making film date win oscar financial high roller attire movie designed emulated 1980s wall street enjoyed renewed interest cover newsweek magazine asked 1980s icons like ran insider trading laws years film screenwriter approached numerous people told movie changed life saw knew wanted business wanted like addition people come respective characters film recent years stone asked financial market depicted wall street changed replied problems existed 1980s market grew grew larger phenomenon fiction sense way buying selling fiction new entertainment_weekly magazine recently commented film reveals couldn gordon world weren getting rich creating alternate reality going crash 20th anniversary edition released september new extras include camera introduction stone extensive deleted scenes greed good interviews reviewing film sequel years later variety noted original film intended tale ambition greed stone original instead effect turning douglas hugely charismatic oscar winning villain household icon inspiration power players wall street set terrible example sequel new_york_times reported sequel money sleeps pre production reprised role film focused recently released prison entering chaotic financial world oversaw reprised character cameo role involved sequel april 20th century fox confirmed sequel development announced direct addition cast considered dropped scheduling conflicts film released september
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