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14 INT. STRATTON OAKMONT III - BULLPEN - DAY (FEB ‘95)

Arms akimbo, Jordan stands above the bullpen, a huge openspace with tightly packed rows of maple colored desks.

JORDAN (V.O.)

But most of all, in any country inthe world, money can buy you love.

F*** the Beatles.

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His 300 BROKERS, mostly young men with their jackets off,

scream wildly. They worship him.

JORDAN (V.O.)

With that in mind, at the tender

age of 22, after marrying mygirlfriend Teresa-14A

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19 EXT. WALL STREET - DAY (MAY ‘87)

An express bus pull up -- its sign reads “WallStreet”....

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JORDAN (V.O.)

--I headed to the only place thatbefit my high-minded ambitions...

Jordan emerges, kisses TERESA goodbye, then joins a seaof Commuters heading to work.

JERRY FOGEL (PRE-LAP)

You are lower than f***ing pond

scum.

20 INT. L.F. ROTHSCHILD - BULLPEN - DAY (MAY ‘87)

Computers, telephones everywhere. At their desks, 45

shirt-sleeved BROKERS read their Wall St. Journals,

readying for war. Like an eager puppy, Jordan followsbroker JERRY FOGEL, 30, thick-lipped and bow-tied...

JERRY FOGEL:

You got a problem with that?

(reads name tag)

Jordan?

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Nope.

JORDAN:

No problem at all.

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JERRY FOGEL:

Your job is ‘connector’, whichmeans you'll be dialing the phoneover 500 times a day, trying to‘connect’ me with business owners.

And till you pass your Series 7,

that’s all you’ll be doing. Sit.

Jordan takes a seat at the desk next to Fogel’s.

JERRY FOGEL (CONT’D)

Just so you know, last year I madeover 300k and the other guy you'llbe working for made a million.

JORDAN (V.O.)

A million dollars? I could onlyimagine what a douchebag that guymust be.

A manicured hand lands on Jordan’s shoulder. It’s MARK

HANNA, 30s, charismatic, movie-star handsome.

MARK HANNA:

Jordan? Mark Hanna.

(re:
Fogel)

Good, you’ve met Jerry. One of

the smartest guys in the office.

Who’s ever sucked a dog’s cock outof loneliness.

Fogel’s smile turns to a frown. He hands Jordan a stack

of 3x5 index cards.

JERRY FOGEL:

Smile and dial. And don’t pickyour f***ing head up till one.

MARK HANNA:

Don’t mind Jerry, his father rapedhim as a child. Besides, I'm

senior broker here, he's a

worthless piker. I heard youpitched stock at your jobinterview.

JORDAN:

Had to do something to stand out.

MARK HANNA:

I f***in’ love that! Let’s grablunch later. Windows good withyou?

JORDAN:

Great. Yeah.

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Hanna gives him a wink, looks at the clock on the giantelectronic stock ticker encircling the room -- 9:30 a.m.

MARK HANNA:

Let’s f***!!

RING!!! Absolute pandemonium at the BELL signalling theopening of the stock market. Feet fly off desks; Brokersand their Connectors dial phones like mad. The CAMERA

PUSHES IN on JORDAN, mesmerized as he takes in the ROAR.

BROKER #1

(to Broker #2)

Miniscribe's a f***in’ steal!

Thirty eight bucks a share!

MARK HANNA:

(into headset)

Your broker in West Virginia?

What are you buying, a coal mine?

It's the 80s, the game is high-

tech.

BROKER #2

(to Broker #3)

Fuckface! I got 50,000 July 50s!

JORDAN (V.O.)

You want to know what money soundslike? Visit a trading floor onWall Street. F*** this, sh*t

that. Cock, c*nt, a**hole. I

couldn’t believe how these guystalked to each other--

Fogel notices Jordan sitting there frozen. He covers his

mouthpiece, kicks the desk violently.

JERRY FOGEL:

Dial the cocksucking phone!

Jordan snaps out of it, starts dialing.

JORDAN (V.O.)

I was hooked within seconds.

Mark Hanna slams down his phone in victory, scrawls out a“buy” ticket. He places the ticket into a glass cylinderwhich he slips into a plastic pneumatic tube.

JORDAN (V.O.)

It was like mainlining adrenaline.

The tube is WHOOSHED into the ceiling and we’re suddenly--

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21 INT. WINDOWS ON THE WORLD - DAY (MAY ‘87) 21

CLOSE ON a COKE SPOON whose contents disappear up anostril. PULL BACK TO REVEAL...

The lunchtime power spot with panoramic views of thecity. At a corner table, a paranoid Jordan looks aroundas Hanna does another bump of coke. None of the other

DINERS seem to notice or care.

MARK HANNA:

(offering the spoon)

Got enough for one more? Tootski?

JORDAN:

No. Thanks though.

Hanna slips the vial into his pocket as HECTOR, thetuxedoed Maitre’D, approaches.

HECTOR:

Mr. Hanna, what can I bring foryou on this glorious afternoon?

Hanna surreptitiously palms Hector a $100; Jordannotices.

MARK HANNA:

Here’s the game plan, Hector.

Bring us two Absolut Martinis

straight up. Precisely seven anda half minutes after you deliverthose you’ll bring two more, thentwo more every five minutes untilone of us passes out.

HECTOR:

An excellent strategy, sir.

JORDAN:

Actually, I’m good with 7-Up.

Jordan might as well have farted at the table.

MARK HANNA:

First day on Wall Street, Hector.

Give him time.

(Hector offers menus)

No thanks, I’m not eating.

Hector heads off.

JORDAN:

You can get high during the dayand still function?

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MARK HANNA:

High is the only way to do this

f***ing job. Guy who coined the

term “three-martini lunch” was a

woman. Cocaine and hookers, my

friend, the keys to success.

Jordan smiles, not sure if Hanna is kidding.

JORDAN:

I gotta say, I’m really excited

about being part of your team.

I wanna do all I can for our

clients and --

MARK HANNA:

(reciting an ad)

“Here at L.F. Rothschild, our

clients aren’t just important,

they’re family.” Just as long as

we get our taste first. Remember

something, Jordan, your top

priority in this job: make us

money. If the clients get rich

along the way, bully for them.

Got a girlfriend?

JORDAN:

Wife. She cuts hair.

Mark swallows a comment about that. Gets to business.

MARK HANNA:

OK, first rule of Wall Street.

Nobody -- and I don’t care if

you’re Warren Buffet or Jimmy

Buffet -- nobody knows if a

stock’s going up, down or f***ing

sideways, least of all stock

brokers. But we have to pretend

we know. Make sure you stay

relaxed. Nobody wants to buy

something from someone who sounds

like they haven’t gotten laid in a

month. Take breaks when you feel

stressed, jerk off if you can.

You like jerking off, right?

JORDAN:

Well... sure.

MARK HANNA:

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