The Wolf of Wall Street Page #25

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233 INT. STRATTON OAKMONT III - JORDAN’S OFFICE - DAY 233

Jordan and Donnie sit at the coffee table over takeout

sushi.

JORDAN:

The trial won’t be for months,

so obviously I’ll be counting onyou to pick up the slack.

DONNIE:

Whatever you need, bro. You know

that.

Jordan reaches in his jacket for a yellow slip of PAPER.

JORDAN:

And you know how much that means

to me. Hey, you know what Iwanted to ask you?

Jordan catches Donnie’s eye, pushes the PAPER over infront of him.

JORDAN (CONT’D)

The Steve Madden deal, did he

ever come through on that?

Donnie looks down at the paper, reads Jordan’s writing:

“DON’T INCRIMINATE YOURSELF. I’M WEARING A WIRE.”

JORDAN (CONT’D)

Remember he was supposed to kickback like four mil from that one

account?

DONNIE:

Uh... tell you the truth I was sofucked up, I don’t really rememberanything about that.

Donnie slips the paper in his jacket, gives Jordan alook -- “Thank you.” Jordan nods.

JORDAN:

Well if you talk to him, let meknow. You want the last

yellowtail?

DONNIE:

Why not?

JORDAN (V.O.)

And thus began my career as a

government cooperator. I was a

rat...

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234 INT. JORDAN’S ESTATE - MASTER BEDROOM - DAY (NOV ‘98)

Jordan lays alone, asleep in bed. We hear the DOORBELL.

JORDAN (V.O.)

But I wasn’t losing any sleepover it.

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After a few beats, Violet knocks, enters. Jordan stirs.

VIOLET:

I’m sorry, Mr. Jordan.

visitor.

You got a

235 INT. JORDAN’S ESTATE - FOYER - DAY (NOV ‘98)

Jordan descends the stairs in sweats and T-shirt. AgentsDenham and Hughes are waiting.

AGENT DENHAM:

I need you to get dressed.

JORDAN:

Why? What’s going on?

AGENT DENHAM:

You’re going to jail.

Agent Denham holds up the slip of yellow paper thatJordan gave to Donnie. And on Jordan’s look...

JORDAN (V.O.)

Donnie Azoff, my partner. My bestfriend.

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235A EXT. JORDAN’S ESTATE - DAY 235A*

A tractor-trailer is parked out front as a group ofMOVERS carry out paintings and antique furniture underthe supervision of several FBI Agents in windbreakers.

JORDAN (V.O.)

After months of legal wrangling,

I was finally sentenced to prison.

WE SEE Jordan’s various cars -- Porsche, Mercedes,

Ferrari, BMW -- loaded onto a large transport vehicle.

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235B INT. STRATTON OAKMONT III - BULLPEN - DAY 235B*

Jordan stands addressing his 700 Brokers. WE SEE the

eager young FACES, hanging on his every word.

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JORDAN (V.O.) *

I gave up everyone, and in return *

got three years in some hellhole *

in Nevada I’d never even heard of. *

Like Mad Max’d said, the *

chickens’d come home to roost. *

Whatever the f*** that means. *

236 INT. FEDERAL COURTROOM - QUEENS - DAY (MAR ‘99) *236

Sentencing. Jordan’s mother is there, tears in her eyes. *

NOLAN DRAGER *

I hope your Honor would agree that *

Mr. Belfort has distinguished *

himself in terms of his *

cooperation in this white collar *

fraud. Mr. Belfort has helped the *

government win convictions over *

two dozen serious offenders and *

helped them recover millions of *

dollars to be made available for *

restitution to the victims. *

HON. RAYMOND SAMITZ *

The sentence of the court shall be *

48 months in Federal Prison. *

(pause) *

Please remand the defendant. *

Max rolls his eyes: Jordan’s so guilty it hurts. As *

Jordan is led away by GUARDS... *

236A INT. STRATTON OAKMONT - DAY *236A

Donnie sits in his office, hears something -- a small *

army of FBI AGENTS, led by Agents Denham and Hughes, *

arrest half the office: Sea Otter, Robbie, Kimmie, etc.. *

As the FBI cleans house, Donnie sits on his couch. *

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245 INT. SUBWAY - DAY (MAR ‘99) 245

CLOSE ON DENHAM, reading a New York Times article onJordan’s sentencing. He looks satisfied with his

accomplishment, until he looks up...

... and realizes he’s right where Jordan said he’d be:

commuting home on the subway, like any other piker.

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246 INT. PRISON VAN - DAY (MAR ‘99)

Jordan rides in back, stares out the window, thinkingabout all he’s done. The van stops as it arrives at thePRISON GATE.

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JORDAN (V.O.)

I’m not ashamed to admit, when we

arrived to prison, I wasabsolutely terrified...

GUARD (O.S.)

Belfort! F***in’ move!

Jordan leaps to his feet.

JORDAN (V.O.)

I needn’t have been.

247 EXT. MINIMUM C PRISON - DAY (SPRING 2000)

A tennis ball hits pavement and WE PAN UP TO JORDAN, inprison fatigues but playing doubles with three otherPRISONERS, all white middle-aged EXECUTIVE TYPES.

JORDAN:

Sorry, just out. What is that,

forty-thirty?

As the game continues, Jordan serving, the CAMERA PULLSUP TO SEE THE WHOLE PRISON YARD: one group of inmatesdoes Tai Chi while another has formed a book club.

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JORDAN (V.O.)

For a brief, fleeting moment, I’dforgotten I was rich and lived inAmerica.

BLACK OUT.

248 INT. HOTEL BANQUET HALL - EARLY 2000’S - DAY 248*

CLOSE ON A MOVIE SCREEN: DIFFERENT INTERVIEWS... *

AFRICAN KID:

I watch him speak and what he saysis motivational about life. He

tells about life and how you canbe more rich.

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CHINESE KID:

He is going to teach us how to besuccessful, how to set our goals.

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INDIAN KID *

I will build my future by using *

Jordan Belfort as my mentor. *

MEXICAN KID *

Choosing what is good from him and *

being a millionaire. *

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