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Oliver Stone's Wall Street was released in 1987 starring
Charlie Sheen, Michael Douglas, and Daryl Hannah. The movie tells
the story of Bud Fox, a young and naive stockbroker, looking to "bag the
elephant." The "elephant" Fox ends up getting is the ruthless financier,
Gordon Gekko. Gekko teaches Fox how to "be a player" through inside
trading scams. As the movie progresses, we see Fox's evolution from
a poor broker to a wealthy inside trader and finally to a convicted criminal
who realizes the error of his ways. This movie offers an overview
of the greed and scandal that swept Wall Street in the 1980's.
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