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Wall Street

  • 19871987
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  • 2h 6m
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Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen, and Daryl Hannah in Wall Street (1987)
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A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider who takes ... Read allA young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider who takes the youth under his wing.A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider who takes the youth under his wing.
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
154K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
2,520
105
  • Director
    • Oliver Stone
  • Writers
    • Stanley Weiser
    • Oliver Stone
  • Stars
    • Charlie Sheen
    • Michael Douglas
    • Tamara Tunie
Top credits
  • Director
    • Oliver Stone
  • Writers
    • Stanley Weiser
    • Oliver Stone
  • Stars
    • Charlie Sheen
    • Michael Douglas
    • Tamara Tunie
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    • 253User reviews
    • 116Critic reviews
    • 56Metascore
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    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 10 wins & 5 nominations total

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    Charlie Sheen
    Charlie Sheen
    • Bud Foxas Bud Fox
    Michael Douglas
    Michael Douglas
    • Gordon Gekkoas Gordon Gekko
    Tamara Tunie
    Tamara Tunie
    • Carolynas Carolyn
    Franklin Cover
    Franklin Cover
    • Danas Dan
    Chuck Pfeiffer
    • Chuckieas Chuckie
    • (as Chuck Pfeifer)
    John C. McGinley
    John C. McGinley
    • Marvinas Marvin
    Hal Holbrook
    Hal Holbrook
    • Lou Mannheimas Lou Mannheim
    James Karen
    James Karen
    • Lynchas Lynch
    Leslie Lyles
    • Natalieas Natalie
    Faith Geer
    • Natalie's Assistantas Natalie's Assistant
    Frank Adonis
    Frank Adonis
    • Charlieas Charlie
    John Capodice
    John Capodice
    • Dominickas Dominick
    Martin Sheen
    Martin Sheen
    • Carl Foxas Carl Fox
    Suzen Murakoshi
    Suzen Murakoshi
    • Girl in Bedas Girl in Bed
    Dani Klein
    • Receptionistas Receptionist
    François Giroday
    • Alexas Alex
    Josh Mostel
    Josh Mostel
    • Ollieas Ollie
    Ann Talman
    Ann Talman
    • Susanas Susan
    • Director
      • Oliver Stone
    • Writers
      • Stanley Weiser
      • Oliver Stone
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The first feature film to show a character using a cordless mobile cellular telephone.
    • Goofs
      At the beginning of the movie, Bud Fox and Marvin say Gordon Gekko was shorting NASA stock right after the Challenger explosion. The scene is set in 1985, but the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded January 28, 1986.
    • Quotes

      Gordon Gekko: The richest one percent of this country owns half our country's wealth, five trillion dollars. One third of that comes from hard work, two thirds comes from inheritance, interest on interest accumulating to widows and idiot sons and what I do, stock and real estate speculation. It's bullshit. You got ninety percent of the American public out there with little or no net worth. I create nothing. I own. We make the rules, pal. The news, war, peace, famine, upheaval, the price per paper clip. We pick that rabbit out of the hat while everybody sits out there wondering how the hell we did it. Now you're not naive enough to think we're living in a democracy, are you buddy? It's the free market. And you're a part of it. You've got that killer instinct. Stick around pal, I've still got a lot to teach you.

    • Crazy credits
      Building illustrations are shown during entire end credits
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: The Duxorcist/Walker/Manon of the Spring/The Dead (1987)
    • Soundtracks
      Fly Me to the Moon
      Words and Music by Bart Howard (ASCAP)

      Published by The Hampshire House Publishing Corp. (ASCAP)

      Performed by Frank Sinatra

      Courtesy of Reprise Records

      By Arrangement with Warner Special Products

    User reviews253

    Review
    Top review
    This is Douglas's movie until the Sheens take it over.
    First of all, it's amazing now to see how young, baby-faced and gauche Charlie Sheen looks from this distance in time, particularly when he's trying to hit on Daryl Hannah.

    In today's dumbed down movie world, Gordon Gekko could have been scripted and played exactly the same except for one thing: you'd never see the scene when he suddenly stops to admire the ocean at dawn. Fortunately Michael Douglas clearly added his own dimensions to the character whom, if left to Stone, would have been a cardboard money-grabber. As far as Stone is concerned Gekko wants money for its own sake, but Michael Douglas manages to evince a man who revels in the power and influence that money gets him. Stone's dialogue actually undercuts this perception on occasion, as when Bud Fox yells at Gekko, "How many yachts can you sail!?", and when Gekko, enticing Fox by outlining how rich he could be, says, "Rich enough to have your own jet" - as if owning a jet wasn't the minimum accoutrement you'd expect from the least successful company director or minor pop star. Other infelicities in the script include the moment when Stone wanted to signal that Bud Fox has reached the peak of success and found it empty: following the montage of the condo purchase and decoration, the perfect meal for two, culminating in making love to Daryl Hannah, Stone has Fox standing on his balcony, and apropos of nothing at all, he just says, "Who am I?" It has to be said that Sheen wasn't really up to the task of delivering this atrocious line.

    I've rarely seen a film in which the female lead was so comprehensively abandoned by the director. Stone clearly wanted to focus all his attention on Sheen and crucially on Douglas, leaving Hannah floundering and unable to clearly express just how much into Bud Fox her character is at any one time. At the final break-up you almost hear Stone's sigh of relief at being able to get rid of the irrelevant female (probably forced on him by the studio) and concentrate on the man's world of stockbroking.

    I seem to be finding a lot of flaws in what is basically a most compelling and watchable film. Despite the complex jargon-riddled technicalities of the subject matter, the movie's plot grabs hold of the viewer from the first scene and never lets go. Of course Douglas dominates most of the movie, until Fox sr. (Sheen sr.) throws the spanner in the works of his son's airline deal. Thank heavens Charlie Sheen took the unbelievably courageous decision to have his own father (instead of Jack Lemmon) play his character's father because the two of them perform an absolute barnstormer of a scene in which every word, inflexion and facial expression is repleat with absolute truth; and it's all the more poignant considering Charlie Sheen's own personal difficulties which faced him in later years, and the well-publicised ups and downs of his relationship with Martin as a result. Had those troubled times preceded this movie, it's hard to imagine the performances could have been any different - that's how good they are.

    Fantastic character support comes from Hal Holbrook, the always reliable Saul Rubinek and John C. McGinley (who does not seem to have changed at all in the intervening years!), a young James Spader and the magisterial Terence Stamp who understands the unutterable menace with which it is possible to lace the single word "Mate".
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    FAQ7

    • Is Wall Street based on a book?
    • Who is Gordon Gekko?
    • Was the phrase "Greed is good" really uttered in the film?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 11, 1987 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Phố Wall
    • Filming locations
      • 60 W. 75th St, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Twentieth Century Fox
      • Amercent Films
      • American Entertainment Partners L.P.
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $15,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $43,848,069
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $4,104,611
      • Dec 13, 1987
    • Gross worldwide
      • $43,848,069
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 6 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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