Rent Wall Street (1987)
3.6 of 5 from 179 ratings
2h 0min
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- Synopsis:
- In this riveting behind the scenes look at big business in the 1980s, 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.
- Actors:
- Charlie Sheen, Michael Douglas, Tamara Tunie, Franklin Cover, Chuck Pfeiffer, John C. McGinley, Hal Holbrook, James Karen, Leslie Lyles, Faith Geer, Frank Adonis, John Capodice, Martin Sheen, Suzen Murakoshi, Dani Klein, François Giroday, Josh Mostel, Ann Talman, Lisa Zebro, Rocco Ancarola
- Directors:
- Oliver Stone
- Writers:
- Stanley Weiser, Oliver Stone
- Studio:
- 20th Century Fox
- Genres:
- Drama, Thrillers
- Collections:
- Award Winners, Cinema Paradiso's 2024 Centenary Club: Part 3, Getting to Know..., Getting to Know: Susan Sarandon, Heist Movies: Masterminds and Mavericks, The Biggest Oscar Snubs: Part 2, Top 10 Best Picture Follow-Ups, Top 10 Guest Houses On Film, Top Films
- Awards:
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- Release Date:
- 16/03/2008
- Run Time:
- 120 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Italian DTS 5.1, Spanish DTS 5.1
- Subtitles:
- Danish, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- Bonus:
- Commentary by Director/Co-Writer Oliver Stone
- Introduction by Oliver Stone
- Deleted Scenes with Optional Commentary by Oliver Stone
- Greed is Good Documentary
- Money Never Sleeps: The Making of Wall Street Documentary
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Reviews (1) of Wall Street
Shallow and dated - Wall Street review by RD
This film is set in the adrenalin and cocaine driven financial boom years of the eighties, and the hurried shouted dialogue throughout the film reflects this. Parts of the dialogue are undecipherable, and much of it is in the jargon of Wall Street financiers which completely baffled these two viewers.
So we endured most of the film trying to work out what was said, and the flow of the film never got going.
After about halfway, the plot begins to gel, and it's easy to see what's basically going on. Still no depth of dialogue and the plot progresses on and on.
Oliver Stone does have a talent for bringing out depths of characters, and there's one scene where Michael Douglas addresses the shareholders which is very good indeed, erudite and well acted.
The rest of the film however is a dated financial swindle plot that races headlong to the half hearted finish.
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