The Wolf of Wall Street
"I made 49 million dollars last year, which really pissed me off because I was 3 short of a million a week.
" That quote is from Jordan Belfort, who wrote the memoir of his swindling 1990s and the vast fortune he made.
Belfort is portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio, with just the right combination of hubris, persuasion and arrogance.
The Wolf of Wall Street is the fifth collaboration of DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese.
The book is by the same name, and describes the way Belfort made his money.
Securities fraud.
The screenplay was written by Terence Winter, who worked with Scorsese on "Boardwalk Empire.
" The movie met with huge controversy over morality, constant use of drugs, and the statistic of the use of "the F word" over 500 times.
Sometimes two or three times in a sentence.
When Belfort was 22, he decides Wall Street was the place to make money.
He starts out at a large stock brokerage film, and has lunch with his mentor (Matthew McConaughey), in a hilarious cameo.
But his timing couldn't be worse.
It's October of 1987, and here comes Black Friday.
Belfort joins a small firm dealing with penny stocks.
The other employees, who were as desperate for any job as he was, are astounded at Belfort's style on the phone.
(The goal? "Either they buy or they die.
") And he's earning a fortune at this place, a dump compared to his first company.
Jonah Hill has taken the sidekick role to new heights.
He was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for "Moneyball" and has received the same nomination for this film.
Nice going, Jonah - make a movie, get a nomination.
Make a movie, get a nomination.
Jonah plays Donnie Azoff, who is in sales, and they decided to start their own shop.
They recruit a lot of marijuana dealers - think about it; these guys can sell - and open Stratton Oakmont.
Jordan thinks it has a classy name.
Sex and drugs appear in the office, why not, and every office has a near-naked marching band, right? Jordan becomes addicted to Quaaludes, topped with cocaine to offset the effects.
There's trouble.
His company is being investigated by the FBI.
Then the Securities and Exchange Commission takes a look.
Steve Madden's company goes public, and Jordan makes an immediate $22 million.
What to do, what to do.
Time for an untraceable Swiss bank account, handled by a smarmy Jean Dujardin as banker Jean-Jacques Sorel.
It's opened in Jordan's aunt's name.
Aunt Emma is Joanna Lumley, who doesn't even look any older than the "Absolutely Fabulous" days.
I want her plastic surgeon.
A whole group with European passports smuggle yet-to-be-laundered cash to Switzerland.
There's a powerful scene, one of many, in which Jordan consumes so much Quaalude that he's crawling on the ground, having been warned by his private investigator to call back using a pay phone.
(Try to find one of those these days.
) His phones have been tapped.
Taking their wives on a yacht trip to Italy, Jordan insists they pass through Monaco and drive to Switzerland.
No troublesome passport stamps.
The FBI finally arrests Jordan two years later.
They get Saurel too.
They also shut down Stratton Oakmont.
Yes, Jordan does jail time.
But what does he do after his release? He makes another fortune hosting how-to seminars on successful sales.
The Wolf of Wall Street garnered five Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actor for DiCaprio, Best Supporting Actor for Hill, and Best Director for Martin Scorsese.
" That quote is from Jordan Belfort, who wrote the memoir of his swindling 1990s and the vast fortune he made.
Belfort is portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio, with just the right combination of hubris, persuasion and arrogance.
The Wolf of Wall Street is the fifth collaboration of DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese.
The book is by the same name, and describes the way Belfort made his money.
Securities fraud.
The screenplay was written by Terence Winter, who worked with Scorsese on "Boardwalk Empire.
" The movie met with huge controversy over morality, constant use of drugs, and the statistic of the use of "the F word" over 500 times.
Sometimes two or three times in a sentence.
When Belfort was 22, he decides Wall Street was the place to make money.
He starts out at a large stock brokerage film, and has lunch with his mentor (Matthew McConaughey), in a hilarious cameo.
But his timing couldn't be worse.
It's October of 1987, and here comes Black Friday.
Belfort joins a small firm dealing with penny stocks.
The other employees, who were as desperate for any job as he was, are astounded at Belfort's style on the phone.
(The goal? "Either they buy or they die.
") And he's earning a fortune at this place, a dump compared to his first company.
Jonah Hill has taken the sidekick role to new heights.
He was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for "Moneyball" and has received the same nomination for this film.
Nice going, Jonah - make a movie, get a nomination.
Make a movie, get a nomination.
Jonah plays Donnie Azoff, who is in sales, and they decided to start their own shop.
They recruit a lot of marijuana dealers - think about it; these guys can sell - and open Stratton Oakmont.
Jordan thinks it has a classy name.
Sex and drugs appear in the office, why not, and every office has a near-naked marching band, right? Jordan becomes addicted to Quaaludes, topped with cocaine to offset the effects.
There's trouble.
His company is being investigated by the FBI.
Then the Securities and Exchange Commission takes a look.
Steve Madden's company goes public, and Jordan makes an immediate $22 million.
What to do, what to do.
Time for an untraceable Swiss bank account, handled by a smarmy Jean Dujardin as banker Jean-Jacques Sorel.
It's opened in Jordan's aunt's name.
Aunt Emma is Joanna Lumley, who doesn't even look any older than the "Absolutely Fabulous" days.
I want her plastic surgeon.
A whole group with European passports smuggle yet-to-be-laundered cash to Switzerland.
There's a powerful scene, one of many, in which Jordan consumes so much Quaalude that he's crawling on the ground, having been warned by his private investigator to call back using a pay phone.
(Try to find one of those these days.
) His phones have been tapped.
Taking their wives on a yacht trip to Italy, Jordan insists they pass through Monaco and drive to Switzerland.
No troublesome passport stamps.
The FBI finally arrests Jordan two years later.
They get Saurel too.
They also shut down Stratton Oakmont.
Yes, Jordan does jail time.
But what does he do after his release? He makes another fortune hosting how-to seminars on successful sales.
The Wolf of Wall Street garnered five Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actor for DiCaprio, Best Supporting Actor for Hill, and Best Director for Martin Scorsese.
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