Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

"Gordon never gives up."

2010 2h 13m EN

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Synopsis

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As the global economy teeters on the brink of disaster, a young Wall Street trader partners with disgraced former Wall Street corporate raider Gordon Gekko on a two tiered mission: To alert the financial community to the coming doom, and to find out who was responsible for the death of the young trader's mentor.

“Gordon never gives up.”

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Cast

Michael Douglas
Gordon Gekko
Shia LaBeouf
Jacob Moore
Josh Brolin
Bretton James
Carey Mulligan
Winnie Gekko
Frank Langella
Lewis Zabel
Susan Sarandon
Sylvia Moore
Eli Wallach
Julie Steinhardt
Vanessa Ferlito
Audrey

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Oliver Stone
Writers: Allan Loeb, Stephen Schiff, Stanley Weiser
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Mid-budget at $70M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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ERA

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Released 16 years ago.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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DIRECTOR

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

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DIRECTOR

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

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7 / 8

CAST

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Michael Douglas and Shia LaBeouf and Josh Brolin carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Gordon never gives up.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Oliver Stone directs. Rodrigo Prieto behind the camera. Craig Armstrong scores. David Brenner cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Mid-budget at $70M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
2Released 16 years ago.
3Part of the "Wall Street Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Oliver Stone, shot by Rodrigo Prieto. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Craig Armstrong. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor David Brenner shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Michael Douglas and Shia LaBeouf and Josh Brolin carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Gordon never gives up.".
9IMDB entry: tt1027718 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 9 themes, including "wall street", "duringcreditsstinger", "hostile", "domineering".
11Released under 16 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Rodrigo Prieto
Original score: Craig Armstrong
Editing: David Brenner
Production design: Kristi Zea
Costume design: Ellen Mirojnick
Makeup / hair: Leslie Fuller
Sound: Michael Keller
Stunt coordinator: G.A. Aguilar
Runtime: 133 min · 2h 13m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $70,000,000
Box office: $134,748,021
Return: 192% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)

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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Andres Gomez2014-06-16
★ 5/10
Fun and a smart way of taking advantage of 2007's NINJA crisis. The cast is quite good, but not much more to say ...
CinemaSerf2022-05-31
★ 5/10
Yes, but why...? Why make a sequel? It was never going to be as good, as cutting edge and raw as the first film. Is it just to prove that in the intervening 20-odd years nothing has really changed? The world is just as venal and full of greedy gits? Anyway, the newly released "Gekko" (Michael Douglas) takes the young "Jake" (Shia LaBeouf) - who is dating his estranged daughter "Winnie" (Carey Mulligan) under his wing. Ostensibly on the straight and narrow now, but soon we sense - and see - that this young man is every bit as gullible and easily led as "Gekko" sets about rebuilding something of his multi-million dollar empire. To be fair to LaBeouf, his portrayal of the young man trying to balance the needs of his relationship with his ambitions is actually quite reasonable, but sadly both Douglas and the writing have lost much of their potency and the on/off familial stuff just drags the already quite weak pace down all too often. I actually found the ending quite fitting - but for the most part this is a very, very, poor cousin of a much better story that I feel probably cinema could have done without.
r96sk2025-01-20
★ 7/10
<em>'Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps'</em> falls short of its predecessor, even though it is still satisfactory. It does have issues, for example it overruns and has some ill-fitting editing. The original had top (+ better) performances but wasn't fully reliant on the cast, this is more so. It's cool to see Michael Douglas reprise his role, the same can be for that rather fan service-y moment in the middle of the film. Shia LaBeouf, Josh Brolin and Carey Mulligan are positive new faces and give enough, even if I've seen greater from each one of them in other productions. This 2010 sequel isn't as much about Wall Street as the first flick, which I think is a mistake. Of course there is plenty in there about it, but to me it felt much more about Gekko and his personal life - which isn't quite as interesting to watch unfold across 120+ minutes.