Gordon Gekko
Michael Douglas
Gordon Gekko
Overview
A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider, whom takes the youth under his wing.
Trailer
Wall Street | #TBT Trailer | 20th Century FOX Official
Cast
Bud Fox
Charlie Sheen
Bud Fox
Carl Fox
Martin Sheen
Carl Fox
Darien Taylor
Daryl Hannah
Darien Taylor
Marvin
John C. McGinley
Marvin
Lou Mannheim
Hal Holbrook
Lou Mannheim
Kate Gekko
Sean Young
Kate Gekko
Sir Larry Wildman
Terence Stamp
Sir Larry Wildman
Roger Barnes
James Spader
Roger Barnes
Lady Broker
Lauren Tom
Lady Broker
Chuckie
Chuck Pfeiffer
Chuckie
Carolyn
Tamara Tunie
Carolyn
Reviews
CinemaSerf
If there were ever to be a film to demonstrate to youngsters the toxic effects of greed on someone then you'd struggle to find a more apt one than this. Made at the height of the stock market boom, it tells the tale of the naive but ambitious "Bud Fox" (Charlie Sheen) who devises a get-rich-quick scheme that attracts the attention of his super-venal boss "Gekko" (a superb Michael Douglas) who treats scruples like something unpleasant he had just trodden on. What now ensues is a break-neck course in how avarice; manipulation; a certain degree of luck and loads of sheer brass neck take him from being a bit of an home boy, to living in a fancy loft apartment, bathing in champagne and alienating both his erstwhile colleagues and his working class father "Carl" (Martin Sheen). It is only when a scheme that involves that latter man's airline employer is front and centre on planet "Gekko" that the young man starts to realise what's happening and with the help of Briton "Sir Larry Wildman" (a rather too plausible Terence Stamp) changes course a little. It has a very effective supporting cast; the writing and direction from Oliver Stone is quickly paced and well focussed and the story itself shows the rat race in as true a cinematic rendition as I have ever seen. Sure, the shoulder pads and costumes have dated since 1987, but the principles of a dog-eat-dog world are just as worthy of exposure now as they were then.
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<em>'Wall Street'</em> makes for an interesting watch, anything to do with the titular financial market is total gobbledygook to me but even I was fairly hooked throughout. The performances of Michael Douglas and Charlie Sheen are top notch, so no surprise it turns out to be very good. I would say that the pacing is not the best, it probably overstays its welcome a bit, though to be honest that's the only thing I have to list under negatives and it's not even a big one. The relatively more energetic ending does do a fair bit to quell any serious run time issues.
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