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accounts by my ratholes. Once the

price hit the high teens, I--

Jordan abruptly stops. A beat, then:

JORDAN (CONT’D)

Like I said before, who gives a

sh*t? As always, the point is

this--

BACK TO SCENE -- Donnie hands Jordan a glass of Dom.

DONNIE:

22 million in three f***ing hours!

They toast, then each pop ludes, which they wash downwith champagne. A quick knock; Janet pops her head in.

JORDAN:

Janet, baby. Drink.

JANET:

Call for you. Barry Kleinman from

Future Video?

JORDAN:

Who?

JANET:

He filmed your wedding. He says

it’s urgent.

Curious, Jordan leans over, hits the speaker phone:

JORDAN:

Barry?

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135 INT. FUTURE VIDEO - DAY (FEB ‘95)

Barry Kleinman sits at his desk, talking on the phone.

BARRY KLEINMAN:

Jordan, hey. Listen, I got asubpoena. The FBI wants a copyof your wedding video.

On Jordan. Uh-oh.

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JORDAN (V.O.)

The F-B-f***ing-I?

135A INT. FIRING RANGE - DAY 135A

Wearing goggles and protective headphones, square-jawedFBI Agent Patrick Denham takes target practice.

BO DIETL (V.O.)

Name’s Denham, he’s an agent inthe New York office.

JORDAN (V.O.)

What’s his problem?

BO DIETL (V.O.)

He’s a boy scout, thinks you’reGordon Gekko.

135B EXT. RAO’S - NIGHT - ESTABLISHING (MAR ‘95) 135B*

136 INT. RAO’S RESTAURANT - NIGHT (MAR ‘95)

The East Harlem institution. Jordan sits across a table

over pasta with private investigator BO DIETL, 40s.

JORDAN:

But my goddamn wedding video?

BO DIETL:

Got your whole inner circle in oneplace, faces and names. He’shoping it rattles you, or maybeyour wife, so that she startsnagging you to turn witness.

JORDAN:

(that’s laughable)

What? He wants me to rat on

myself?

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BO DIETL:

(shrugs)

Good news is I made some calls,

DEA, Justice? No one but him even

knows who you are.

JORDAN:

Can you bug him or something, taphis phone?

BO DIETL:

Jordan, relax. First off, youdon’t f*** with these guys, notthat way. Secondly, I got a P.I.

license, you know?

JORDAN:

Maybe I should call him, see whathe wants.

BO DIETL:

No! Anybody does that should beyour lawyer. What you do is eatyour dinner, drink your drink, andforget about it. Cuz as far as Ihear he doesn’t have sh*t.

Jordan nods, wheels turning, pretending to do as told.

136A SCENE 136A OMITTED 136A*

137 EXT. BATTERY PARK MARINA - DAY (LATE SPRING ‘95) 137

As Agent Denham steps into frame, another FED, AGENTHUGHES, beside him, both G-man stoic in impenetrably darkglasses -*

*

JORDAN (O.S.)

Patrick? Hey! C’mon aboard!

They look up. On the yacht Naomi, Jordan stands waving,

drinking wine with two Blue Chip HOOKERS in bikinis.

JORDAN (CONT’D)

Plank’s right down there.

Denham shares a look with his cohort: it’s almost a joke,

this display of wealth before a federal agent. Momentslater, they step aboard.

AGENT DENHAM:

Mr. Belfort, I’m Agent Denham.

This is Agent Hughes.

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JORDAN:

Heya! This is Nicole and,

um...Heidi. Girls, Patrick and...?

AGENT DENHAM:

Agents Denham and Hughes. Yourmessage said you wanted to speakprivately.

JORDAN:

It did. I do.

(off Denham’s stare)

Oh, they’re just friends.

(to the girls)

Give us a minute, okay?

The Hookers head below deck. Jordan shoots Denham a wink--

check out that ass!

JORDAN (CONT’D)

Can I get a glass? Got wine openor any kinda booze. Shrimp andlobster’re over there if you’rehungry.

AGENT DENHAM:

Bureau forbids us from drinking at

sea.

Jordan surprised: the guy has a sense of humor.

JORDAN:

I have something for you, I justgotta find it. Have a seat, willya? Ever been on one of thesebefore?

As Jordan rifles through some papers, Denham’s eyes scanthe deck, casually cataloguing everything.

AGENT DENHAM:

A boat? Learned to sail when I was

six.

JORDAN:

I mean, one like this. Just had

her extended to put a chopper onthe back.

Jordan points out the Bell-Jet helicopter.

AGENT DENHAM:

Never been on a boat with a second

mode of transportation on top ofit.

Jordan finds the file he’s been looking for, offers it.

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AGENT DENHAM (CONT’D)

(before he’ll accept)

What is this?

JORDAN:

Names and addresses of every guest

at my wedding. Friends, clients. I

even threw in the seating chart.

Heard that’s why you wanted the

video, figured this’d expedite

whatever it is you’re doing.

(Denham looks:
it’sindeed a guest listfrom the wedding)

I wanted to show you I’ve gotnothing to hide. I know you’reinvestigating Stratton but for thelife of me I can’t figure out why.

Sure, my company is unorthodox;

what brokerage isn’t? Maybe we’rea little louder than most but we

don’t do anything illegal. Talk tothe SEC, they’ll tell you, theychecked us out up and down.

AGENT DENHAM:

The SEC’s actually a civil

regulatory agency. We pursue

criminal activity.

JORDAN:

That’s what I’m saying. You guys

take on real crime. Which is why

I’m so curious: what do you think

we did?

The reason Jordan asked him here, Denham realizes.

AGENT DENHAM:

I can’t discuss ongoing

investigations.

JORDAN:

I understand.

AGENT DENHAM:

Though, to be frank, this case

kinda got dumped on my desk. Some

higher-up felt your shop needed

looking into after all that press,

fell on me to do the looking.

JORDAN:

You know who you should be looking

at? Goldman, Lehman Brothers,

Merrill.

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JORDAN (CONT'D)

What those guys’re up to withcollateralized debt obligations?

This internet stock bullshit?

C’mon. If you want, I’ll walk youthrough exactly -

JORDAN (CONT'D)

What those guys’re up to withcollateralized debt obligations?

This internet stock bullshit?

C’mon. If you want, I’ll walk youthrough exactly -

AGENT DENHAM:

-- that’d be great. And if there’sanything you can give me just toclose out your file, get it off mydesk-

JORDAN:

-- sure, get you back to the realcriminals -

AGENT DENHAM:

-- then we could both profit fromthis little sit-down.

Jordan sizes him up: what did Denham mean by “profit”?

JORDAN:

You sure you don’t want anythingto drink? Water for your pal?

(Denham demurs)

Rumor is your started out infinance. Even got your broker’slicense before you joined thebureau.

AGENT DENHAM:

Who told you that?

JORDAN:

(searches his memory)

Jeez, who was it...?

(comes up short)

Ever regret it? Giving up themoney-crazed, pin-striped life?

Ever think where you’d be if you’dstuck with it?

AGENT DENHAM:

When I’m riding the subway home,

sweating my balls off, in a suitI’ve worn three days, sure.

JORDAN:

Whattaya pull in working at thebureau, if you don’t mind measking. 50-60K a year?

AGENT DENHAM:

Just about. We get a free handgunout of it, though, that doesn’tsuck.

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JORDAN:

S’crazy, the world we live in, the

jobs with real value, the ones we

should appreciate -- firefighters,

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