Oliver Stone's tale of the career of an ambitious stockbroker and his involvement with a ruthless corporate... (Learn more)
Starring: Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen, Daryl Hannah (View All)
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Starring: Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen, Daryl Hannah
"Greed is Good." This is the credo of the aptly named Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas), the antihero of Oliver Stone's Wall Street. Gekko, a high-rolling corporate raider, is idolized by young-and-hungry broker Bud Fox (Charlie Sheen). Inveigling himself into Gekko's inner circle, Fox quickly learns to rape, murder and bury his sense of ethics. Only when Gekko's wheeling and dealing causes a near-tragedy on a personal level does Fox "reform"-though his means of destroying Gekko are every bit as underhanded as his previous activities on the trading floor. Director Stone, who cowrote Wall Street with Stanley Weiser, has claimed that the film was prompted by the callous treatment afforded his stockbroker father after 50 years in the business; this may be why the film's most compelling scenes are those between Bud Fox and his airline mechanic father (played by Charlie Sheen's real-life dad Martin). Ironically, Wall Street was released just before the October, 1987 stock market crash. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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US Release Date
12/11/87
MPAA Rating
Rated R
Running Time
126 mins. (MFB)
Locations
- New York City, NY
Language
- English
Box Office Total
$41,311,607
Awards
- Winner of the Best Actor award at the 1987 National Board of Review [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actor award at the 1987 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 1987 National Board of Review [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Winner of the Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or award at the 1987 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
Distributor
- 20th Century Fox
- 20th Century Fox Distribution
- CBS Video
