Wall Street Page #6

Synopsis: Bud Fox is a Wall Street stockbroker in early 1980's New York with a strong desire to get to the top. Working for his firm during the day, he spends his spare time working an on angle with the high-powered, extremely successful (but ruthless and greedy) broker Gordon Gekko. Fox finally meets with Gekko, who takes the youth under his wing and explains his philosophy that "Greed is Good". Taking the advice and working closely with Gekko, Fox soon finds himself swept into a world of "yuppies", shady business deals, the "good life", fast money, and fast women; something which is at odds with his family including his estranged father and the blue-collared way Fox was brought up.
Genre: Crime, Drama
Director(s): Oliver Stone
Production: 20th Century Fox
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 9 wins & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Metacritic:
56
Rotten Tomatoes:
78%
R
Year:
1987
126 min
5,202 Views


Sign it.

I never knew

how poor I was

till I started

making some money.

Your transactions will be monitored

by stockwatch.

If any trouble arises,

you're on your own.

The trail does stop with you.

You understand?

Spread the buy orders

over different accounts.

I have some friends that won't mind

making easy money.

Rudy kazootee!

How's my cutie?

Viens ici.

Oh, yeah!

Yeah! Yeah!

Bonjour, monsieur Buddy.

Bonjour, monsieur Buddy.

Oh, he speaks

French already.

Kid had the highest score

on his I.Q. Test.

It's so difficult

to get into

a good nursery school now.

They visit your home

to make sure

you're acceptable.

That's it for you with the grown-ups,

young man.

Nicole, would you take him for a nap,

please.

Give him a bath,

and put that cute black suit

on him.

This is a contact

at our offshore bank.

On settlement day, open an account

for Mr. Gekko

under the name Geneva,

Roth Holding Corp.

Transfer it

to this account

in the Cayman Islands.

You're going to make

a lot of money, pal.

The stakes are going up.

No mistakes.

Piece of cake, Gordon.

If I could have anything...

this would almost do.

Almost.

So how'd your conference go

with Gordon?

It went fine.

Reached an agreement.

We decided to split up

the world between us.

You have modest wants.

I like that in a man.

What do you want?

Let's see... a Turner,

a perfect canary diamond,

world peace, the best

of everything.

Oh, why stop at that?

I don't.

My client wants to buy

some Teldar.

I'll park money

in your account.

If it hits,

you get a big cut.

I'm telling you,

this is the easiest money

you've ever made.

All right, Bud.

Let's do it.

We go way back, Harry.

I've put a lot of money

into this firm,

and I've brought in

a lot of business.

You've taken

enough out, too.

You should have

something put aside.

I don't with the divorce.

When you fire me,

I'm finished, Harry,

finished on the street.

How do you think

I feel about this?

I've got a lot

of responsibilities.

What's going on?

Lynch is giving him the boot.

Not pulling his quota.

We're all just one trade away

from humility, Bud.

A conference call

on defense stock

in my office,

7 A.M. Tomorrow.

No R.S. V.P. Required,

just be there!

On a more inspiring note,

I'm pleased to announce

the new office record

for single month's

gross commission

from the wealthy

individual accounts

goes to Bud Fox.

Shows cold-calling

does work, fellas.

Way to go, Bud.

Super job!

Come on up here.

Congrats. You just made my life

twice as hard.

You're on a roll, kid.

Enjoy it while it lasts

because it never does.

Just kicking ass

and taking names, Lou.

Come along with me, Bud.

This is yours now, Bud.

Credenza, tree, windows,

and significantly

more attractive,

your private secretary

Janet.

Nice to meet you,

Mr. Fox.

Hello, Janet.

Well, I don't really know

what to say.

Thank you, Mr. Lynch.

No, I thank you, Bud.

When I laid eyes on you,

I knew you had it.

Now you can focus on

the big ticket retail.

Oh, this is very nice.

This is very nice.

So what's it,

Mr. Cocksucker now?

Everybody says they hate

the Upper East Side,

They want to live

on the West Side.

When it's resale time,

the East Side moves.

What do you got

on the West Side?

Sean and Madonna?

Trust me.

Massage sauna, jacuzzi,

tanning salon...

best schools in the city.

You know, a cute young boy like you

got to think of a future lady friend

in your life

when you finish

wolfing around.

Of course, I'm taken.

My husband could get you

a 10% mortgage.

I'd do it myself,

except I'm into four other deals.

I got a 4:
00

and a 5:
00.

One of them's

an all-cash type,

Monique something

or other.

Maybe you'd like to see something

cheaper.

Honey, the meter's running.

Anybody home?

All right, offer 950.

You know,

I got something

over on Sutton Place.

It's a million and a half,

a duplex.

No.

This is it.

This is home.

That's enough gold.

That's enough gold over there.

You like it?

I'm having House and Garden

come up next week

to photograph it

before it gets lived in.

Hey, Gary,

What do you got?

Oh, no. 371/2.

Convert the bonds

and check the price from Tokyo

at 8:
00 your time.

Right.

Mmm.

Ugh.

Ahh!

I'm spilling everything.

Isn't it perfect?

It's too perfect.

Let's not even eat.

Let's just watch it,

think about it.

Who am I?

Bud, come to bed.

$1.6 million,

$1.7 million.

On my left now.

$1.8 million.

$1.9 million.

New bidder this side.

$1.9.

$2 million here now.

Not yours.

At $2.1 million.

$2.1 million.

Fair warning then.

Selling for $2.1 million.

All done.

For you, sir.

$2.1 million.

What do you say we get a suite

at the Carlyle?

Champagne, caviar,

celebrate just like

old times.

Come on, Gordon.

Those days are over.

You can't blame me

for trying.

You're as beautiful

as that painting I just bought.

Sunshine, what's wrong?

You got a bad case

of puppy love?

I think I'm falling

for Bud.

Don't fall too far.

He hasn't been

around the block yet.

You told him about us?

No. Are you crazy?

I don't want him to ever know.

Do you understand?

Mum's the word.

You and I

are the same, Darien.

We're smart enough

not to buy

into the oldest

myth running... love.

A fiction created

by people

to keep them from

jumping out of windows.

Sometimes I miss you,

Gordon.

You're really twisted.

Oh, for Christ's Sake,

Jack, it's easy.

On settlement day,

you endorse a check

to Blue Horseshoe

trading company,

then I'll send you

your cut.

No, that's the bottom line.

Nobody gets hurt.

What the f***'s

wrong with you?

Things are bad around here.

You're making big money.

What's the bottom line?

Hey, look!

I'm sick and tired

of playing wet nurse to you!

Do your own homework, Marv.

What an a**hole, man!

That's a shame.

Frank, work 500,000

Teldar shares, limit of 26.

New account.

Don't f*** it up.

Last name.

How's Teldar doing?

You back again?

The guy's got

a real appetite.

About a couple

of thousand up.

I got to buy

some stocks.

What are we looking at?

What are you

offering me?

at a half.

Put it on the tape,

a few thousand up.

Your company,

ladies and gentlemen,

Your company,

ladies and gentlemen,

is under siege

from Gordon Gekko!

Teldar Paper is now

leveraged to the hilt

like some piss-poor

South American country.

I strongly recommend you

to see through Mr. Gekko's

shameless intention here

to strip this company

and severely penalize

the stockholders!

I strongly recommend you

to reject his tender

by voting for management's

restructuring of the stock.

My thanks.

Well, I appreciate

the opportunity

you're giving me,

Mr. Cromwell,

as the single

largest shareholder

in Teldar Paper, to speak.

Well, ladies and gentlemen,

we're not here

to indulge in fantasy,

but in political

and economic reality.

America... America has become

a second-rate power.

Its trade deficit

and its fiscal deficit

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Stanley Weiser

Stanley Weiser is an American screenwriter. He was born in New York City. He is a graduate of the NYU Film School. His screen credits include Wall Street and W., both directed by Oliver Stone. He also wrote the 20th Century Fox film, Project X. He is credited for creating characters in the sequel to Wall Street: Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. In addition, he served as script consultant on Oliver Stone's Nixon and Any Given Sunday. Weiser's other projects include two civil rights dramas, developed as feature films, but made for television. Murder in Mississippi, a chronicle of the 1964 Freedom Summer movement and the lives and deaths of Cheney, Schwerner, and Goodman, the three young civil rights workers who were killed by the Ku Klux Klan, which aired on NBC in 1990. It was nominated for four Emmys and won the Directors Guild of America Award for best TV movie. Freedom Song, a semi-fictional account of the early SNCC movement in Mississippi, was co-written with Phil Alden Robinson, who also directed. They shared a Writers Guild of America Award and Humanitas nomination for the 2000 TNT film. Weiser also adapted the novel, Fatherland, by Robert Harris, for HBO. It was nominated for three Golden Globe awards and Miranda Richardson won for best supporting actress in a TV or cable movie. He wrote the NBC four-hour mini-series Witness to the Mob in 1998, which was produced by Robert De Niro. He also wrote Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story, for which he received a Writers Guild of America nomination for best TV movie. As of 2012, he wrote a biopic on the life of Rod Serling, the writer and The Twilight Zone creator. Weiser began his career as a production assistant for Brian De Palma on Phantom of the Paradise, and as an assistant cameraman on the Martin Scorsese documentary, Street Scenes. He is married and lives in Santa Monica, California. He is a founding member of the West Los Angeles Shambhala Buddhist Meditation Center. more…

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