Wall Street

"Every dream has a price."

1987 2h 6m EN

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7.2

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78%

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7.3

IMDB

★7.2TMDB · 2,338🍅78%Rotten Tomatoes●56Metacritic★7.3IMDB · 172,577

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Synopsis

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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, who takes the youth under his wing.

“Every dream has a price.”

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Cast

Michael Douglas
Gordon Gekko
Charlie Sheen
Bud Fox
Martin Sheen
Carl Fox
Daryl Hannah
Darien Taylor
John C. McGinley
Marvin
Hal Holbrook
Lou Mannheim
Sean Young
Kate Gekko
Terence Stamp
Sir Larry Wildman

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Oliver Stone
Writers: Oliver Stone, Stanley Weiser
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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39 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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2 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Wall Street Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Oliver Stone, shot by Robert Richardson. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Stewart Copeland. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Claire Simpson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Michael Douglas and Charlie Sheen and Martin Sheen carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Every dream has a price.".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0094291 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Oliver Stone directs. Robert Richardson behind the camera. Stewart Copeland scores. Claire Simpson cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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139 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Part of the "Wall Street Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Oliver Stone, shot by Robert Richardson. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Stewart Copeland. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Claire Simpson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Michael Douglas and Charlie Sheen and Martin Sheen carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Every dream has a price.".
8IMDB entry: tt0094291 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 15 themes, including "new york city", "fraud", "wall street", "broker".

The technical file

Cinematography: Robert Richardson
Original score: Stewart Copeland
Editing: Claire Simpson
Production design: Stephen Hendrickson
Makeup / hair: Fern Buchner
Stunt coordinator: Harry Madsen
Runtime: 126 min · 2h 6m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $15,000,000
Box office: $43,900,000
Return: 293% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Wall Street (1987)
Rotten Tomatoes: 78% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 56/100
IMDB rating: 7.3/10 · 172,577 votes
MPAA: R

Awards

Won 1 Oscar. 9 wins & 4 nominations total

Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress
Academy Award for Best Actor
National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

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Part of

Wall Street Collection

Wall Street is a 1987 American drama film released by 20th Century Fox. It was directed by Oliver Stone, written by Stone and Stanley Weiser, and stars Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen, and Daryl Hannah. The film tells the story of Bud Fox (Sheen), a young stockbroker desperate to succeed who becomes involved with his hero, Gordon Gekko (Douglas), a wealthy, unscrupulous corporate raider. Stone, Douglas, and Sheen (for a brief cameo) reunited for a sequel titled Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, which was released theatrically on September 24, 2010.

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CinemaSerf2022-05-31
★ 7/10
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.
r96sk2025-01-19
★ 8/10
<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.