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Wall Street (1987)

Directed by:
Oliver Stone

COUNTRY
USA

GENRE
Drama/Crime

NORWEGIAN TITLE
Wall Street

RUNNING TIME
126 minutes

Produced by:
Edward R. Pressman
Written by:
Oliver Stone
Stanley Weiser


Cast includes:

CHARACTER ACTOR/ACTRESS RATING

Gordon Gekko

Michael Douglas ½

Bud Fox

Charlie Sheen

Darien Taylor

Daryl Hannah
Carl Fox Martin Sheen
Marvin John C. McGinley ½
Sir Larry Wildman Terence Stamp -
Harry Lynch James Karen -
Lou Mannheim Hal Holbrook
Kate Gekko Sean Young -
Roger Barnes James Spader
Harold Salt Saul Rubinek -
Dominick John Capodice -
Stone Livingstone Paul Guilfoyle -

 

Review

A fresh-faced Charlie Sheen is a fledgling stockbroker in New York City desperate to get involved with the super-successful Wall Street investor Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas). This morality tale isn’t as clear-cut and simple as you might think based on its commercial success and year of release. Director and co-writer Oliver Stone, himself the son of a Depression Era stockbroker, demonstrates a savvy ability to make entertainment out of a predilection for numbers, villains and tacky interior design. And save for a few cheap points towards the end and a terribly stilted Daryl Hannah as the love interest, this is a rather delightful journey into 1980s extravaganza elevated by a brilliant performance from Douglas.

Copyright © 01.10.2024 Fredrik Gunerius Fevang

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