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Actors: Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen, Martin Sheen, Daryl Hannah, Hal Holbrook
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Wall Street |
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The heavy hand of Oliver Stone created this high-energy vehicle for Michael Douglas' 1987's "Best Actor" performance as Gordon Gecko, a juggernaut Wall Street wheeler-dealer (“lunch is for wimps”). Impressed with admirer Bud Fox's (Charlie Sheen) resourcefulness, Gecko permits him into his office, warning, “I see a hundred deals a day; maybe I pick one.” Gecko gradually mentors Bud in the fine art of insider trader; especially since Bud's father (Martin Sheen) is a senior airline mechanic who has the skinny on which routes his company may be losing.
Bud is so seduced by Gecko's charisma and lifestyle that he justifies betraying his father. Moreover, Gecko gives Bud a blank check if he can find a way, legal or otherwise, to learn the details of a rival's deal. He then invites Bud to watch as he rubs all this in the face of this adversary who once bested him in a real estate deal.
As cold-callers twice Bud's age see their heads roll, Bud is making commissions faster than he can sign a Central Park lease where he entertains Darien (Darryl Hannah), another Gecko perk. But when he realizes the extent of Gecko's ruthlessness, it is far too late.
--Angry Jim Magin, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Wall Street |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Getting ahead in:
- wall street
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- businessman gone bad
- businessman, corrupt/bad
- stockbroker
Training/apprentice story
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- salesman
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- trader
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 90%-100%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
- wealthy
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
- prison
- bar
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude female butt
- sex under blankets
Any profanity?
- A lot of foul language
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Modern rock/pop
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