Wall
Street
Extras
Trivia
- Oliver Stone plays a cameo on the phone during the montage of deals being made
-Hal Holbrook's fatherly character, Lou, is named for Oliver Stone's real father, Louis Stone, a Wall Street stockbroker who died a year before this film's release.
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Although the movie is set in 1985, it mentions the 1986 Space Shuttle
Challenger disaster
- Oliver Stone’s son, Sean, plays Gordon Gekko’s baby son
Academy Awards
-Best Actor (Michael Douglas)
-Gekko: Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies and cuts through and captures the essence of evolutionary spirit. Greed in all of its forms, greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge has marked the upward surge of mankind. And greed, you mark my words, will not only save Teldare Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA. Play Sound (786 Kb)
-Bud Fox: No, what I see is a jeolous old machinist, who can’t stand the fact that his son has become more successful than he has.
Carl Fox: What you see, is a guy who never measured a man’s success by the size of his wallet! Play Sound (263 Kb) QUOTE OF THE FILM
-Marv: Common forget charts, will ya? We’re not fund managers here baby. Churn ‘em and burn ‘em. I am offering you the Knicks and chicks. God help you before you turn into poor Steeples over there. Play Sound (204 Kb)
-Marv: Oh, this is very nice. This is very nice. So what’s it, “Mr.” Cocksucker now? Play Sound (118 Kb)
-Bud Fox: Sun-tzu: If your enemy is superior, evade him. If angry, irritate him. If equally matched, fight, and if not split and reevaluate. Play Sound (280 Kb)
-Gekko: What’s worth doing is worth doing for
money. Play Sound (49 Kb)
-Gekko: And if you need a friend, get a dog. Play Sound (54
Kb)
-Gekko: The most valuable commodity I know of is information. Play Sound (80 Kb)
-Bud Fox: Why do you need to wreck this company?
Gekko: Because it's wreckable,
all right? Play Sound (65 Kb)
