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Wall Street | 
| Actors: Frank Adonis, John Capodice, Franklin Cover, Michael Douglas, Faith Geer
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.98
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Rating:  175 reviews
Sales Rank: 20902
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 125 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.7
UPC: 024543006312
EAN: 0024543006312
ASIN: B00003CXDB
Theatrical Release Date: 1987
Release Date: November 7, 2000
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Michael Douglas won an Oscar for perfectly embodying the Reagan-era credo that "greed is good." As a Donald Trump-like Wall Street raider aptly named Gordon Gecko (for his reptilian ability to attack corporate targets and swallow them whole), Douglas found a role tailor-made to his skill in portraying heartless men who've sacrificed humanity to power. He's a slick, seductive role model for the young ambitious Wall Street broker played by Charlie Sheen, who falls into Gecko's sphere of influence and instantly succumbs to the allure of risky deals and generous payoffs. With such perks as a high-rise apartment and women who love men for their money, Charlie's like a worm on Gecko's hook, blind to the corporate maneuvering that puts him at odds with his own father (played by Sheen's offscreen father, Martin). With his usual lack of subtlety, writer-director Oliver Stone drew from the brokering experience of his own father to tell this Faustian tale for the "me" decade, but the movie's sledgehammer style is undeniably effective. A cautionary warning that Stone delivers on highly entertaining terms, Wall Street grabs your attention while questioning the corrupted values of a system that worships profit at the cost of one's soul. --Jeff Shannon
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Michael Douglas won an Oscar for perfectly embodying the Reagan-era credo that "greed is good." As a Donald Trump-like Wall Street raider aptly named Gordon Gecko (for his reptilian ability to attack corporate targets and swallow them whole), Douglas found a role tailor-made to his skill in portraying heartless men who've sacrificed humanity to power. He's a slick, seductive role model for the young ambitious Wall Street broker played by Charlie Sheen, who falls into Gecko's sphere of influence and instantly succumbs to the allure of risky deals and generous payoffs. With such perks as a high-rise apartment and women who love men for their money, Charlie's like a worm on Gecko's hook, blind to the corporate maneuvering that puts him at odds with his own father (played by Sheen's offscreen father, Martin). With his usual lack of subtlety, writer-director Oliver Stone drew from the brokering experience of his own father to tell this Faustian tale for the "me" decade, but the movie's sledgehammer style is undeniably effective. A cautionary warning that Stone delivers on highly entertaining terms, Wall Street grabs your attention while questioning the corrupted values of a system that worships profit at the cost of one's soul. --Jeff Shannon
Description
In this riveting, behind-the-scenes look at big business in the 1980's, an ambitious young broker (Charlie Sheen) is lured into the illegal, lucrative world of corporate espionage when he is seduced by the power, status and financial wizardry of Wall Street legend Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas). But he soon discovers that the pursuit of overnight riches comes at a price that's too high to pay.
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 money makes you do things you don't want to do... June 9, 2009
Matthew G. Sherwin (last seen screaming at Amazon customer service)
Wall Street is a cinematic masterpiece by Oliver Stone and Stanley Weiser; and when they say that the casting was well done they mean it! Michael Douglas in particular gives the performance of a lifetime as the villain Gordon Gekko; and there should be heaps of praise to this very day for Charlie Sheen as Bud Fox, a young, inexperienced and overeager to make money stockbroker who allows himself to be corrupted by Gekko for the sake of the almighty dollar. The plot moves along at a very good pace and the cinematography was excellent. The quality of the print is superlative and if you get the 20th Anniversary Edition there is a bonus disc with a plethora of extras!
When the action starts, we meet some people at a stock brokerage film; and the younger ones who have fewer accounts and who need to build up their client base work in the mayhem of what was called "the pit" in real life at the time this movie was made. We meet Bud Fox (Charlie Sheen) and his buddy Marvin (John C. McGinley) as they try to talk anyone into buying some stock or options or any financial vehicle so they can make a commission and pay the bills. Bud's father Carl (Martin Sheen, Charlie's father in real life) is not terribly happy that his son is a stockbroker; and he encourages Bud to give up being a "salesman." Moreover, some of the older, more mature stockbrokers like Lou (Hal Holbrook) adhere to the value of being patient to get ahead in life. But Bud is hungry--REALLY hungry--and he calls the famously wealthy Gordon Gekko 59 days in a row in order to get Gordon's business.
Finally, Bud does get at least some of Gordon's business and with it comes "perks" including drugs and women. Unfortunately, it also draws Bud into a world where trades are based entirely on insider information which Bud knows is illegal. Bud's greed, however, is so great that he joins forces with Gekko and sticks with him to get as much as he can for himself. Gekko even sets Bud up with a woman Bud really begins to have feelings for; Darien Taylor (Daryl Hannah) was herself made rich by Gekko and Darien begins to return Bud's affection for her.
The plot can go anywhere from here. Bud's father Carl works at Blue Star Airlines, a small carrier that was built up from the ground with hard work and honest values. Gekko, however, thinks that he and Bud can do a better job of running the airline--where might this lead? How will Bud's father Carl react to this? And what about Bud's loyalty to Gekko--will it always be there or will there eventually be a conflict of interest--and how might that play out? No plot spoilers here, folks--watch and find out!
The 20th Anniversary Edition includes a second DVD with impressive bonus features. We get an optional audio commentary by co-writer and director Oliver Stone; a 60 minute documentary about the film entitled "Greed Is Good;" a number of deleted scenes and a making of featurette entitled ""Money Never Sleeps: The Making of Wall Street." Excellent!
Wall Street is a powerful film that explores greed and the very high price that can be paid for living a life consumed by gluttony and materialism. This sent quite a strong message during the materialistic 1980s in America. This is definitely a morality film largely crafted by Oliver Stone; and it remains memorable after you watch it. It's not quite as stunning as Stone's movie "Platoon" but it succeeds very well without a doubt; and I highly recommend this film.
 Greed is Good? May 26, 2009
D. Sun (Vallejo, CA United States)
The SEC in this 1980's film is far more effective than the SEC of 2008, but this is a film and the SEC was pretty much worthless back then too. Trust is the basis for business, not greed. When you can't trust financial statements, CEO and executives consistently lie, and you reward incompetence then the system fails.
You look at a movie like WallStreet and realize not much is different from the 80's. The cycles repeat, there is no limit to human greed, it is far easier for a good person to go bad than a bad person to ever go good and it is a bit depressing.
It's funny looking at Wall Street with the green text monitors, brick cell phones, 80's style excess, and everything is dated, but you also realize the movie's story and warnings are the same today in 2009.
Wall Street is a Classic April 25, 2009
P. Pernia
One of my favorite movies of all time. Made in the mid 80's, the lessons of money and greed on Wall Street reverberates more than ever in these tough economic times. A must see for everyone.
STONE TRIED TO DISS CAPITALISM, GLORIFIED IT INSTEAD February 7, 2009
Steven Travers (CALIFORNIA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
In 1987 OLIVER STONE again starred Charlie Sheen, this time as Bud Fox, along with Martin Sheen and Michael Douglas, in "Wall Street". Stone, like Coppola's "Patton", tapped into a part of America he really wanted to discredit, but instead glorified. Based on the go-go stock markets of the Reagan '80s, it is loosely based on inside arbitrageurs and junk bond kings like Ivan Boesky and Michael Milken. Fox/Sheen is an idealistic, ambitious young stockbroker, his father is his conscience, and Douglas as Gordon Gekko is pure tantalizing temptation. Fox must violate SEC laws and get inside information in order to do business with the "big elephant" Gekko. Gekko's star fades when a big deal-gone-bad has personal ramifications, and Fox turns a dime on him. The film is supposed to show that America is a greedy place that "produces nothing" in a "zero sum game" in which the rich only make money on the backs of the poor. Gekko's (Stone's) statements about economics are pure, unadulterated economic lies shown to be lies simply by?observing factual things. Where Stone may have had second thoughts was the reaction the film got. As the years went by, he and others were approached countless times by Young Republicans and Wall Street execs who told him the depiction of the exciting world of finance led them into that very career, which they thanked him for! Stone had hoped to create an egalitarian class. Instead, he created a decade full of Gordon Gekkos. They in turn fueled the dot-com boom. It was not unlike the Democrats who hoped to expose Oliver North and the Republicans in the Iran-Contra "scandal," only to discover that millions thought Ollie and his White House pals were doing God's work in fighting Communism.
Res ipsa loquiter.
3 stars out of 4 January 19, 2009
One-Line Film Reviews (Ann Arbor)
The Bottom Line:
Wall Street wastes Daryl Hannah but makes up for it with a magnetic Michael Douglas in the lead; it's not one of Oliver Stone's best but it's effective and enjoyable enough.
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