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DONNIE:

JORDAN:

Get the f***ing ludes! *

DONNIE:

They’re below deck! There’s likethree feet of water down there!

JORDAN:

I can’t die f***ing sober!

As Donnie heads off --

NAOMI:

What is he crazy? Where’s hegoing? Donnie!

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210A INT. BELOW DECKS - CONTINUOUS 210A*

Donnie retrieves the ludes. *

210B INT. YACHT NAOMI - BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS 210B*

Captain Ted stares through his binoculars.

Jesus Christ!

CAPTAIN TED:

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TIME CUT TO:

Donnie returns with ludes - feeds to Jordan and then

himself.

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JORDAN:

What’s happening?! *

Rogue wave!

CAPTAIN TED *

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Jordan grabs Naomi. All at once the boat dips down at animpossibly steep angle, until it’s pointing almoststraight down. Captain Ted jams the throttle and theboat jerks forward, rising up the face of a giant roguewave, which curls over the top of the bridge and...

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KABOOM! -- Blackness. Slowly, painfully, the boat popsup from beneath the water, its helicopter RIPPING fromthe deck and crashing into the sea.

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CAPTAIN TED (CONT’D)

(into radio)

Mayday! This is Captain TedBeecham aboard the Yacht Naomi!

This is a Mayday!

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CAPTAIN TED (CONT’D)

We are going down at the headfifty miles off the coast of Romeand we require immediateassistance!

CAPTAIN TED (CONT’D)

We are going down at the headfifty miles off the coast of Romeand we require immediateassistance!

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INT. ITALIAN NAVAL DESTROYER - BELOW DECK - NIGHT *211(SUMMER ‘96)

Off to the side, Jordan watches as Naomi, their Friends,

and the yacht’s Crew Members dance to blaring technomusic. A small group of Italian SAILORS cheer them on.

JORDAN (V.O.)

The nice thing about getting

rescued by Italians is that the

first thing they do is feed you

and make you drink red wine.

Then they make you dance.

Jordan watches as the dancing continues, then casuallyglances out a porthole, where WE SEE the distant lightsof a PLANE making its way across the night sky. After a

few beats, the plane EXPLODES, a tiny flash of light.

JORDAN (V.O.)

Did you see that? That was the

plane I sent for to come get us.

I sh*t you not, it exploded when

a seagull flew into the engine,

three people killed. You want a

sign from God, well after all this

I finally got the message. I had

to make some f***ing changes.

FADE OUT.

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SCENES 212 - 214 OMITTED *212

24 MONTHS LATER

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INT. JORDAN’S ESTATE - LIVING ROOM - DAY (SUMMER ‘98) *215

Jordan, looking healthier than we’ve seen him thus far, *

sits on the couch; stacks of paperwork on the coffee *

table. After a few beats, Naomi enters from the kitchen. *

NAOMI *

Dinner’s ready. *

JORDAN:

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I gotta finish these balance

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sheets, babe.

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NAOMI:

Well, it’s there. So the kids are

gonna start.

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Naomi exits. Jordan goes back to work. Looks up at TV.

Watches for a bit.

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JORDAN (V.O.)

What’s the single most importantskill in life you can ever master?

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CUT TO:

215A THE INFOMERCIAL. 215A

Shot on 90’s-era video, an ad intended for late-nightlocal tv. The defining idea here is that while thecommercial may be amateurish, Jordan isn’t; he’s anexcellent salesman even if the ad is cut-rate.

WE START WITH FLASHES OF THE SEMINAR: Jordan in front of

a dry erase board, lecturing a small audience.

JORDAN:

At the essence of every personalinteraction, of every businesstransaction, of every effectivehuman communication is

PERSUASION... once you learn tocontrol the linguistic encounter,

you will be SHOCKED at what willhappen... you are a person worthlistening to, and taking it onestep higher than that, you aresomeone who can help them achievetheir goals...

215B JORDAN ON THE GROUNDS OF HIS ESTATE, addressing us. 215B

JORDAN (CONT’D)

Do you dream of being financiallyindependent but struggle everymonth just to pay your bills?

Would you like to own a home likethis one someday but can barelyafford to pay your rent?

(ZOOM IN ON HIM)

My name is Jordan Belfort andthere’s no secret to wealth

creation. No matter who you are,

where you came from, you too canbecome financially independent injust a matter of months. All youneed is a strategy.

(NEW ANGLE; he entersfrom same side as

previous shot)

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JORDAN (CONT’D) JORDAN (CONT’D)

The first action you have to takeis to DECIDE to be wealthy. When

I was 24 years old, I made aDECISION not to just survive butto THRIVE. I started my own stockbrokerage firm, developing aSYSTEM OF SELLING that within a

year made me a multi-millionaire.

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215C-G A SNAPSHOT OF JORDAN’S CHILDHOOD HOME, then OF HIS

CURRENT ESTATE, FOLLOWED BY EXAMPLES OF WEALTH: his

sportscars, Naomi in a bikini, stock footage of a jet...

215C-G

JORDAN (V.O.)

From these humble middle-class

beginnings, I now live here...withmy beautiful wife andkids...living the lifestyle of ourdreams...

215H THE SEMINAR. Jordan high-fives attendees. 215H

JORDAN (V.O.)

Now I’m passing along the secretsto my success in my 90-minute freeseminar, “Jordan Belfort’s

Straight Line Persuasion.”

215J FIRST TESTIMONIAL. A MAN holds a framed check. 215J

MAN:

I have here in my hand, framed, isa check for twenty-seven thousandfour hundred and thirty-sevendollars and sixty-three cents thatI netted from one deal after

attending Jordan Belfort’s, um,

Straight Line Persuasion seminar.

215K JORDAN, on a yacht with NAOMI and some MODELS. 215K*

JORDAN:

There’s nobody stopping you frommaking millions. There is nobodyholding you back from financialfreedom.

(to Naomi)

Thank You Sweet Heart.

(back to camera)

Don’t just sit at home or the lifeof your dreams will sail right

past you.

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215L TESTIMONIAL #2. A COUPLE in a kitschy living room. 215L

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HUSBAND:

Thanks to the Straight LineSystem, we could afford this homeand now we’re living the lives ofour dreams.

215M A HELICOPTER descends to a helipad. 215M

JORDAN (V.O.)

I’ve changed all these people’slives and I can change yours, too!

It touches down and Jordan jumps out to address us -

JORDAN:

So come to my seminar!! The life

of your dreams is only a decision

away -

-- and BAM! gets clothes-lined by Agent Denham.

216 SCENES 216 - 217 OMITTED 216

218 INT. CENTRAL BOOKING - QUEENS - NIGHT (SEP ‘98) 218

CLOSE ON JORDAN’S HANDS, at last in cuffs. PAN UP TO

HIM, looking none-too-pleased.

JORDAN (V.O.)

This one takes the cake. It was

Rugrat, he’d been busted down inMiami, and guess who the fuckwith?

219 EXT. MIAMI RESTAURANT - NIGHT (SEP ‘98) 219

Jean-Jacques Saurel is handcuffed by Feds as Rugrat lookson crying, handcuffed nearby.

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