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, whom takes the youth under his wing.
Acting
Douglas defined cinematic greed so hard he won an Oscar and ruined men's fashion.
Writing
Stone's dad was a stockbroker. The venom is personal, and it shows.
Direction
That sunrise speech on the balcony? Pure capitalist theater.
Director
Oliver Stone
Michael Douglas
Gordon Gekko
Charlie Sheen
Bud Fox
Martin Sheen
Carl Fox
Daryl Hannah
Darien Taylor
John C. McGinley
Marvin
Hal Holbrook
Lou Mannheim
Sean Young
Kate Gekko
Terence Stamp
Sir Larry Wildman
James Spader
Roger Barnes
Lauren Tom
Lady Broker
Chuck Pfeiffer
Chuckie
Tamara Tunie
Carolyn
Franklin Cover
Dan
James Karen
Lynch
Saul Rubinek
Harry Salt
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Michael Douglas's 'greed is good' speech was entirely improvised. Stone kept it because perfection can't be scripted.
The real Wall Street embraced Gekko as an icon. Stone made a cautionary tale; finance bros made it a recruitment video. The 2008 crash was practically a sequel.
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