Wall Street * Quotes
Release date: 12/11/1987
Runtime: 126 min
"Wall Street" is a 1987 US drama film directed by Oliver Stone. The main roles are played by Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen and Daryl Hannah.
The plot of the film revolves around the young and ambitious stockbroker Bud Fox (Sheen), who is determined to become a Wall Street insider. He meets the notorious and unscrupulous investor Gordon Gekko (Douglas) and manages to convince him to take him on as a client. Fox becomes one of his best employees and rises in the hierarchy. However, he soon has to realize that Gekko and his colleagues are conducting their business in an unethical and illegal manner. Fox is faced with the difficult decision of whether to sacrifice his moral principles and become part of the system or to take up the fight against Wall Street.
The film's cinematography was handled by Robert Richardson and features dynamic camera movements and quick cuts.
"Wall Street" is about a young stockbroker who wants to join the circle of Wall Street insiders and is confronted with moral dilemmas. The film exposes the machinations and greed of Wall Street while questioning the morality of business and the pursuit of success. The film received both positive reviews and commercial success, winning several awards, including an Oscar for Best Leading Actor for Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko.
The plot of the film revolves around the young and ambitious stockbroker Bud Fox (Sheen), who is determined to become a Wall Street insider. He meets the notorious and unscrupulous investor Gordon Gekko (Douglas) and manages to convince him to take him on as a client. Fox becomes one of his best employees and rises in the hierarchy. However, he soon has to realize that Gekko and his colleagues are conducting their business in an unethical and illegal manner. Fox is faced with the difficult decision of whether to sacrifice his moral principles and become part of the system or to take up the fight against Wall Street.
The film's cinematography was handled by Robert Richardson and features dynamic camera movements and quick cuts.
"Wall Street" is about a young stockbroker who wants to join the circle of Wall Street insiders and is confronted with moral dilemmas. The film exposes the machinations and greed of Wall Street while questioning the morality of business and the pursuit of success. The film received both positive reviews and commercial success, winning several awards, including an Oscar for Best Leading Actor for Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko.
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Cast (partial)
Tamara Tunie (Carolyn), Franklin Cover (Dan), Michael Douglas (Gordon Gekko), Charlie Sheen (Bud Fox), John C. McGinley (Marvin) (more...)
Movie Quotes
"Sun-tzu: If your enemy is superior, evade him. If angry, irritate him. If equally matched, fight, and if not split and reevaluate."
Bud Fox Charlie Sheen
"The main thing about money, Bud, is that it makes you do things you don't want to do."
Lou Mannheim Hal Holbrook
Carl Fox: "He's using you, kid. He's got your prick in his back pocket, but you're too blind to see it."
Bud Fox: "No. What I see is a jealous old machinist who can't stand the fact that his son has become more successful than he has!"
Carl Fox: "What you see is a guy who never measured a man's success by the size of his wallet!!"
Bud Fox: "That's because you never had the guts to go out into the world and stake your own claim!"
[after a long pause]
Carl Fox: "Boy, if that's the way you feel, I must have done a really lousy job as a father."
Bud Fox: "No. What I see is a jealous old machinist who can't stand the fact that his son has become more successful than he has!"
Carl Fox: "What you see is a guy who never measured a man's success by the size of his wallet!!"
Bud Fox: "That's because you never had the guts to go out into the world and stake your own claim!"
[after a long pause]
Carl Fox: "Boy, if that's the way you feel, I must have done a really lousy job as a father."
Carl Fox Martin Sheen
Bud Fox Charlie Sheen
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"I don't go to bed with no whore, and I don't wake up with no whore. That's how I live with myself. I don't know how you do it."
Carl Fox Martin Sheen
"Jesus, if this guy owned a funeral parlor nobody would die!"
Gordon Gekko Michael Douglas
"Having sex with her was like reading the Wall St Journal."
Bud Fox Charlie Sheen
Carl Fox: "'There came into Egypt a Pharaoh who did not kno'w."
Gordon Gekko: "I beg your pardon, is that a proverb?"
Carl Fox: "No, a prophecy. The rich have been doing it to the poor since the beginning of time. The only difference between the Pyramids and the Empire State Building is the Egyptians didn't allow unions. I know what this guy is all about, greed. He don't give a damn about Bluestar or the unions. He's in and out for the buck and he don't take prisoners."
Gordon Gekko: "I beg your pardon, is that a proverb?"
Carl Fox: "No, a prophecy. The rich have been doing it to the poor since the beginning of time. The only difference between the Pyramids and the Empire State Building is the Egyptians didn't allow unions. I know what this guy is all about, greed. He don't give a damn about Bluestar or the unions. He's in and out for the buck and he don't take prisoners."
Carl Fox Martin Sheen
Gordon Gekko Michael Douglas
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