WALL STREET Clip - "The End" (1987) Charlie Sheen

[@adamrobinette6832]

Such great acting. You see him go from a confident young man, to a scared kid during that walk. It can't be understated how amazing Charlie Sheen was before he went batshit.

[@WQ94]

I was gonna say the same thing. People forgot this side of Charlie sheen. 😂😂😂. Martin sheen and Michael Douglas were amazing too in this film.

[@garyrossetti2443]

Yep, great film tremendous acting by everybody in it.

[@PeterT-i1w]

there is not a single bald or obese person in that entire office, that's the '80s baby

[@GopichandRavilla]

Yes, it all happened in one shot. they did not change the shot. such a great actor.

[@jimjam51075]

He was already that way during the filming of "Lucas" when he crisco'd up Corey Haim between a couple of parked trucks.

[@TTony-tu6dm]

Michael Douglas often talks about how after the film young men would constantly be praising him for the Gekko character, not for his performance but as a “role model”. He would be flabbergasted and tell them “I was THE BAD GUY!” A good indicator of what our society has become

[@dac8939]

Nah, greedy is good. That is what people want. Fack the system, whatever it takes. That is what they took away.

[@Conan_the_Based]

This is the disgusting system we've allowed a subversive element to build around us. Carl Fox is a chump. Gordon Gekko is the ideal. Gambling and scamming are the only ways to get ahead. And it's only gotten worse since this movie was filmed.

[@raymondmeyers8983]

Everybody looks up to the alpha male. That’s what Gekko embodied.

[@jaredmello]

People love a bad guy. They are often more relatable than the hero. And there is something refreshing about a bad guy who owns it.

[@sergeayissi939]

The "Joker" is seen as a Role Model nowadays too! People love bad guys.

[@therealestj]

I think this movie and Platoon are Charlie Sheen's best movies. Strong performances in both!

[@johand5022]

Yeah, he's been in some good movies. None of them were good BECAUSE he was in them though💩

[@alyzluke801]

Men at Work, Major League?

[@didamnesia3575]

Ferris Buellers day off

[@itachihataka2312]

what about major league 🤣

[@tomscott4438]

Probably Oliver Stone's best movies as well, and Charlie was in both.

[@micahcunningham6812]

While in prison he took up baseball, after being paroled he tried out for the Cleveland Indians and went on to win the pennant.

[@joecool2678]

He then retired, bought a beach house in Malibu and had his brother move in.

[@jimgeorge3273]

@@joecool2678 eventually he moved on to follow his true dream and become a therapist!

[@54blewis]

That’s the route the sequel should have went…!

[@CharlieBravoTango]

@@joecool2678 but his wall street drug binge days came back. Started drinking tiger blood and went full positive after that

[@thekosmokramer]

dont forget this kid had a trip to Nam

[@eprofessio]

It’s weird to see a guy hauled off for something our politicians do every day.

[@sfcd4757]

Every...Single....day!!

[@Dc0sby]

Politicians use their power to get money, military to kill and cops to bully.

[@FormerGovernmentHuman]

Legally.

[@kdaltex]

Nancy pelosi

[@eprofessio]

@@Dc0sby I never thought of that.

[@Gr8thxAlot]

There's nothing like walking into a room, saying your "good mornings", and knowing at the same time the next few days are going to be a disaster. This movie got that right.

[@jumahbrady670]

Facts 💯

[@TheStuport]

I have always loved Hal Holbrook's character in this film....especially his line about "A man looks into the abyss...."

[@davidpitchford6510]

Based on one of the abyss quotations of Friedrich Nietzsche

[@TheStuport]

@@davidpitchford6510 Appreciate this info David! I always wondered the origin! Thank you for sharing! Cheers

[@davidpitchford6510]

@@TheStuport “Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”

[@TheStuport]

@@davidpitchford6510 I will offer this much....back in my Cheech and Chong Days, I'm convinced I had Staring Contests with The Abyss!🤣 I'm grateful to have survived my Party Days!

[@davidpitchford6510]

@@TheStuport Cheech and Chong! The good ol, ol days Cheers!

[@brantfrans8595]

Charlie Sheen: "I loved you in Wall Street!" Martin Sheen: "I loved you in Wall Street!" (Hot Shots! Part Deux 1993)

[@CLxJames]

5:30 - not many opportunities where an actor can say “dad” while talking to their actual dad

[@alexbaum2204]

I loved that scene. I quote that often. No one gets it.

[@neilfeinberg7825]

The pathos & emotions in the hospital scene were sincere! Oliver didn't have to direct father and son in exchange for real regrets.

[@benjaminwilliams1292]

"I thought they had given me the wrong dossier..."🤣

[@timmyotoole7312]

And it was Martin sheens character from Apocalypse now on a PBR that made it so cool lol

[@tracedog27]

Those 1980's office scenes are great! The big hair, The pouty if not sexy looking secretaries, the clunky 086 monochrome desktop monitors, the pinstripes and suspenders, and the three-piece suites left over from the late 1970's which at this time wasn't that far back. Plus Charlie looks like a kid and Martin still looks much as he did in his earliest films.

[@duncancurtis5971]

Back when the streets of Manhattan belonged to the scumbags after dark and all the good people had rushed home. Until David Dinkins sorted it out.

[@funwithflags4539]

What's wrong with three-piece suits?

[@tracedog27]

@@funwithflags4539 I didn't say anything was wrong with them.

[@blinkzone1]

As Roger Ebert put it "Charlie Sheen looks like a babe in the woods"

[@scottbrandon6244]

Don't forget the big earrings and prominent make-up on women and shoulder pad in women's jackets and dresses.

[@classiclife7204]

I remember being impressed with the realistic sounding punches Gecko applies to Bud. Glad to see my memory is intact.

[@BleedandRise]

Apparently Michael Douglas hit him once for real during that scene, by accident. He then asked Charlie "are you allright?" and they kept filming.

[@furryp2402]

Excellent ending to a great Charlie Sheen movie. Michael Douglass is spot on Gordon Gecko. I was 25 when this movie came out. The apartment that Charlie Sheen was living in was just a block away from where my brother was living in NY. The production crew would park their trucks in front of the building taking up multiple parking spaces. I didn't know what was going on at the time until the movie was released.

[@jimgeorge3273]

I was either 21 or 23 when this movie came out. If it came out in 87 then I was 21, in 89, then I was 23.

[@quazar912]

you could ask them what`s all fuss about...

[@dadaevan]

I was 23 and in med school. Great memories...

[@bernieudo4399]

@@dadaevan Update doc?

[@Uns_Maps_8]

I was 92 when the movie came out, the following year I was 93

[@CherryCokeNixon]

I love how they cast the most 1980s NYPD looking cop ever.

[@aplays89]

Right

[@alexander1902]

Wouldn’t they just cast a real cop to play the cop role? Since it was indeed the 80s????

[@robertmasina7388]

My guess is that in the acting business, those who are in charge of casting take a look at an actor's photo and typecast the person for a specific role.

[@jec1ny]

@@alexander1902 Union contracts put severe limits on casting people from outside the profession., even as extras.

[@Rodhoff-sd7px]

Jeez... I remember that Uniform. We would wear our leather duty belt just below our waist, so we wouldn't get stomach rubs. And, I also remember using a belt keeper as a cuff holder...it always worked better and u never lost your cuffs when you collared someone, who resisted. The hat looks good, my hat never fit right....was either too tight or too high. Memories......of the way we were.....lalalala...

[@KL0098]

Sheen's acting is very good when he's breaking down into tears while taken by the cop; you can tell he's fighting to hold the tears back, but the shame is too much to bear. The sigh at 01:52 is accompanied by him trying to hold his head high, but then slowly starts leaning down as if he's trying to bury himself out of sight.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

He ended up sharing a cell with Ollie. You'd cry too.

[@discordye4825]

Lmao, you're kidding...right?

[@KL0098]

@@discordye4825 No, I'm not kidding; I do think it's a display of good acting.

[@mr.brenman2132]

​@@discordye4825You're a hater.

[@AP-rm6fk]

seems more like he cant cry on command so he did whatever the hell that was

[@drobson8004]

"Create instead of living off the buying and selling of others." Wise words.

[@True38]

Do both.

[@Tradingdream11111]

Nonsense that gentiles need to hear

[@tylerkinley268]

That's beneath people these days. To do actual labor has become 'shameful' and insulting. Nevermind that trades are the fields we actually rely on. Nobody depends on marketing.

[@BrianSmith-yq7ys]

My 401k

[@5tyyu]

Not applicable anymore. Commission Agents play a very important role in society. Amazon, ebay , AliExpress, legal professionals etc.don't create but match buyers with sellers. World needs agents

[@MaverickSteffen]

Gecko throwing the handkerchief was all class. They don’t make characters like this anymore.

[@GdF420]

All class indeed, after a sucker punch

[@Capital_Ideas1]

Class? What the Hell are you talking about? He screwed Bud and his father personally, and then was idiotic enough to meet him and provide evidence for his own prosecution.

[@MaverickSteffen]

@@Capital_Ideas1 I’m not sure what your point is. Today in that same city, kids shoot each other in the face for mere disrespect-have you lived in a city? Gecko hated this man, yet had the class to throw him a handkerchief so he didn’t get blood on his suit. I suppose you don’t understand this gesture and that’s totally fine. But I’m guessing the people that liked my statement do.

[@jealva]

I loved this movie which I saw during high school. After college I went to work on Wall Street as an investment banker and while I still love this movie (and have watched it over 100x), it still amuses me that Bud was a stock broker and even told his dad “soon I’ll be moving over the the investment banking side.” Stock brokers were a dime a dozen. This would have been more realistic if Bud had been working on M&A deals as an analyst but I think most people would more easily know “stock broker” instead of “investment banking financial analyst.”

[@climeaware4814]

Did you know that Capitalism is playing a roll in Climate Change and the ever increasing heat waves, flooding events, drought and now..agriculture losses?

[@phreak761]

@@climeaware4814 Did you know that no one cares and the planet is doomed?

[@climeaware4814]

@@phreak761 Just like the 55 million years Climate Change event of the Paleocene Eocene, humans will eventually push north of the 49th parallel and then into the arctic to create new cities as the rest of Earth becomes extinct! Dr James Hanson waned the Senate the consequences of increasing co2 emissions that blocks heat and will make earth over heat.

[@zokitchvlog]

Great Help in finance

[@jealva]

@@climeaware4814 No, you are wrong. The wealth created by capitalism allows for nations to deal with a myriad of “problems”, whether naturally occurring climate change or some other fashionable cause. Poverty that is the result of communism/socialism would leave the world poorer, as has been proven over and over in history. Just compare North and South Korea to see which economic system is superior.

[@saveriopersichilli1129]

"Create instead of living off the buying and selling of others " ..best quote from this film

[@jimgeorge3273]

Girly man quote. Couldn't stand buds father in this movie , or that goody too shoe old man clown that kept trying g to give bud advice he never asked for. Me and my buddies in college always knew the real hero in this movie is gecko..winners , win. Winners are shrewed and bend the rules , but don't break them. Oliver stone is a great director, but a commie who hates on the rich and capitalism, but of course sees nothing g wrong in himself trying to get as rich as possible!

[@evrtt_trn]

@@jimgeorge3273 and look what that kind of mentality led us all to, in 2007.

[@jimgeorge3273]

@@evrtt_trn sorry, that's not what caused the great recession. Do your homework.

[@ewanmacvicar]

You can’t read, can you.

[@gldmj55]

@@jimgeorge3273 Right, because an ending where the sociopath who takes shortcuts to win at the expense of others would have made a much better movie.

[@chrisy6707]

The cop here is amazing, I always liked his performance. Totally fits the part, stays in the background but completely authentic, great acting!

[@ricomajestic]

pretty sure it's a real NYPD cop!

[@arobatto]

A shame more of this didn’t occur in the crash of 2008. Instead, we bailed out these criminals and CEO’s made hefty bonuses.

[@jonathanmayes1603]

I know, times have definitely changed for the worse, in this day in age.

[@mikeg2491]

Problem is CEOs had a great defense, they could point to Fannie and Freddie being the government itself taking on risky assets and loans.

[@Jeff-bd5yo]

Yeah the government shouldn't have gotten involved

[@dejjal8683]

What the banks did was not illegal although very risky and highly unethical.

[@kevinc8955]

The big banks didn’t technically do anything illegal. Normal the market would be sensible enough to not want to buy up bad debt. But the idea that homes never go down in value and you can always evict and find another buyer immediately was flawed logic when looked at at scale during a massive financial meltdown.

[@johnbardy373]

"Create, instead of living off the buying and selling of others." That quote lingers with me as a writer. :)

[@Psyfi85]

Like to think that was more than just a line. Real advice from father to son.

[@markherring3513]

Weird thing though..."buying and selling off others" is an actual legit job. The job exists. There is a demand for it. Companies are built off it.

[@johnbardy373]

@@markherring3513 All the more reason to create… …instead of living off the buying and selling of others. :)

[@markherring3513]

@@johnbardy373 I invest in the stock market so u can say im living off the buying and selling of others....im as guilty as Gordon haha...i dont work for a hedge fund or anything..just a normal dude investing in stocks. I do work a full time job..i dont live off stock trading. Im not that good or smart enough at it.

[@Timmeh_The_tyrant]

tell that to joe biden and nancy pelosi.

[@roguedogx]

The completely lack of any background sound makes it hit that much harder.

[@ab8jeh]

Completely agree. Modern films don't seem to work in this subtle way. Some do but just not the big blockbusters.

[@muffs55mercury61]

So true. The silence is a sound of reality sinking in.

[@omcorc]

Bud crying as he’s perp walked out of the office was such an awesome directorial touch. He could have just had his head down, or even been defiant and petulant in order save face. But in that moment he showed that he knew all along that what he was doing was immoral and wrong.

[@PoppysGuitar]

This scene is based on real life. This actually happened to one of those charged with insider trading in the Boesky and Milliken insider trading bust.

[@tyrese3745]

He was corrupted by Gordon.

[@Timmeh_The_tyrant]

if its immoral and wrong why can Nansi Pelosi do it every day for 40 years?

[@EricLeyvaCastro]

But That Wasn't Even Charlie Sheen As Bud Fox's Fault! He Was Set Up By Michael Douglas As Gordon Gekko And Because Those Damn Law Enforcements Have To Arrest The Hero And Not The Villain, I Have A Warning Massage From The Legacy Legendary Music Superstar The N.W.A. Rap Band "F*** The Police".

[@KrisKringle2]

He knew what was going to happen when he did it. He should have kept the dignity of walking out not proud but aware you've got consequences to face. The way most of the office acts is what bugs me. Bunch of hypocrites acting appalled and shocked, as if most of them would never do anything shady.

[@erichmutchler1186]

Back in the eighties as a young man, our generation was trying to forget about the sixties and seventies with protesting about the establishment. We wanted to be a part of the establishment and make money. This film is highly symbolic of that time period. "Greed, for a lack of a better word, was good."

[@map3384]

I was 21 back in 1987. Right then and there the boomers were selling out America. I believe in capitalism but Rand was right about those sinister criminals who would break any law to make money for themselves.

[@heldig5617]

It is called Yuppies.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

And the result of that was captured in _Money Never Sleeps_ or, better yet, _Margin Call_ and, better still, _The Big Short._ There is no nobility in greed.

[@duanevp]

"After a time you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing after all, as wanting. It is not logical, but it is often true." - Spock

[@SalemGhassanHanna]

Society goes around in circles because society cannot really change. The only 'real' change is technology.

[@Prsheri]

Interesting portrayal of Gecko in this scene. He is obviously infuriated that someone got one over on him. But more than anything else, he seems genuinely hurt by what went down.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

Crocodile tears.

[@cynthianaslim]

Throwing him a handkerchief at the end even.

[@mikeg2491]

@@RideAcrossTheRiverI think he cared about wanting Bud to be successful but it was still in his own warped way like he was more like a project than a friend.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

@@mikeg2491 Gekko was a crook.

[@ADAPTATION7]

Say what you want but the 20th century had more to offer in terms of movies, period.

[@ULTRAWIDE.]

They took more risks. Older films were so much better than what we have now. Now everything has be a superhero film or running off an existing franchise. Very seldom you’ll see something off the beaten track willing to take a risk.

[@ADAPTATION7]

@@ULTRAWIDE. Exactly.

[@jasonnester9514]

Agreed

[@warrenb8228]

It was legal to offend people back them. With the hypersensitivity of an extremely small portion of the population, comes a lack of creativity.

[@TheTheguywithnovideo]

No I think we still have great films on offer today - it’s just that there are so many it’s hard to find the gems. But that’s the point of cinema I guess, go watch and find the next one you like.

[@spartybrearly7221]

Lou should have offered Bud more useful advice. “They’re in your office and you’ll be arrested when you walk in. I advise fleeing now!”

[@moretoknowshow1887]

This film was a tour de force of not only leading men, but great characters actors to boot.

[@MrNaxman]

When ever I happen to catch this ending on TV I have to stop and watch it all over again as I love how he is faced with a bleak reality about to come down on him and he decides to do the right thing even if it still meant he was going to jail anyway. It's about having an actual conscience and moral compass in this screwed up world. Its about how you are able to look in the mirror in the morning and be able to live with yourself and face life day by day. This movie more then any other I can remember, continues to reinforce that most important of life lessons better then any other film I have ever seen and I will never forget it and always stop to watch it and show others whenever I can. Thank you Oliver Stone.

[@benwood919]

Look how free people were back then. When bud walks up the stairs at the end no one on phones. Love films from the 80s/90s 😊

[@FranklinSninsky]

Gecko call him from a cell phone earlier in the film, bud just didn't have the cash for 50k a month cell phone bill ;p

[@saltymonke3682]

When an average Joe does that, it's a crime. When politicians do that, it's called as active investment.

[@Rainy_Day12234]

A journalist confronted a politician over inside information and he said his children’s private schools were expensive and he had to finance his retirement. Completely lack of self awareness.

[@Fingerling2012]

Michael Douglas is a legend

[@steveguse4481]

So is his dad

[@harcomou8395]

A living legend

[@johnsheetz6639]

Whipping up Sheen like a g.lol!

[@ChrisWolff2013]

Yeah he's awesome

[@jackryan8719]

Charlie strolling through the office reminds me back in the days walking into class after an exam thinking I got an A no worse than a B but ended up with a D or F

[@jraqa2593]

😅😂😂😂

[@robertc7232]

Funny story: Oliver Stone had to play hardball with the producers to cast Michael Douglass(they didn't believe he could pull off this role), and during filming Stone told Douglass to his face that he wasn't good enough for the role. Douglass was shocked by this and redoubled his efforts to perfect the character of Gekko and he won an Oscar for his work in this movie. Oliver Stone of course was only motivating him and he got the best out of Douglass because of it. That's what makes a great director.

[@DMalltheway]

Except since 1995 he hasn’t made any good films despite Any Given Sunday

[@trwent]

During FILING?

[@HovaNirvana]

If I’m not mistaken he was shooting “Fatal Attraction” at the same time.

[@mashu1766]

Represents the era when ethics and morals were finaly laid to rest

[@wethepplwhorblackerthanblu6442]

Like its not happen right at the second

[@Amh088]

Well said.

[@laurie113]

So NOTHING HAS CHANGED. Disgusting GREED that lives on today

[@mashu1766]

@@laurie113 damn right

[@bermanmo6237]

Wolf of Wall Street is another movie that is a representative of the 1980s Era of excessive greed. The difference is about a real person. Sort of like a real life version of Gordon Gekko.

[@Sheba386]

It's good to see father and son team up for a movie

[@susanb2015]

You're right his dad's in this too.

[@youchris67]

I hate office work places. I known that feeling when your co-workers stare you down that something that you did that day or that week was a very serious offense and you're about to get canned. While I broke no laws--I do know that "you're about to lose your job" feeling just from the looks on the faces of your fellow wage slaves in the bowels of the slave ship. This is why I got a CDL license to drive big rig trucks. Much rather work alone and out in the world than stuck in an office all day and working with people that you absolutely hate, but you get to see more than your own family. Fuck that shit! I'm done!

[@robinsattahip2376]

Most state governments, the Feds, and thousands of petty asshole DOT inspectors do their best to make that a miserable job too.

[@tomservo5347]

It's why I went for industrial maintenance with my GI Bill when I got out and went to vocational school. In maintenance I consider us rather like warrant officers-a class of our own based on skills that grants us a degree of autonomy and not being chained to a damned machine in production. I clock in, go to my work truck and answer calls.

[@lukeuseforce]

Except now, offices are disappearing. More and more places are going to "work from home". While you're stuck in some other state, waiting to get loaded and missing your family, the 'office' people will be at home with theirs.

[@Backyardmech1]

With the way the world has changed in the last two years I’m happy I have only been inside the office once. I’ve had that office interaction twice with the looks and the second time with fear as I was looking for some neck to grab. Now I’m working away from the office and learning more, learning to run heavy equipment, and being trusted with more.

[@vandannski]

Spot on.

[@tripprawlings9284]

His parents took that really well. My mother would be wailing in the back seat and my father would be pummeling me with the arm not steering the car.

[@jitblues]

I would have been disowned...for damn sure. I would be walking into hell alone.

[@sevelatula]

Superb performance by Charlie Sheen. One of his very best.

[@patrickc3419]

0:06 A chilling foreshadowing. I can’t imagine how humiliating it would be being walked out handcuffed in front of all your co workers.

[@ricomontoya1562]

I couldn't walk out crying! He had the sniffles too!

[@RichWeigel]

It would have been interesting to see Gordon being escorted out!

[@drfeelgordo]

Perp walk, invented by Rudy Giuliani

[@patrickc3419]

@@drfeelgordo When he worked for the US Attorney’s office in the SD/NY?

[@butcho7492]

I'd love to see it happen on a mass scale in the Capitol.

[@Rob8729]

Funny how he gets arrested for something senators and congressman have been doing for years...

[@Jonathan-om1wq]

Insider trading isn't a crime for Senators/Congressfolx.

[@rascallyrabbit8548]

Those who make the rules break the rules

[@theprinceoftides6836]

@@rascallyrabbit8548 BINGO. Sad but true.

[@stinkyham9050]

@@Jonathan-om1wq OK, sure, senators and congressman don't do insider trading. Lol.

[@jamesfeldman4234]

As the closing of "Wall Street" shows, I believe that it's the only picture where the lead character, Bud Fox (Charlie Sheen), effectively has three "fathers." There's Charlie's natural father, Carl Fox (Martin Sheen). There's Lou Mannheim (Hal Holbrook), Bud's moral compass, with his sage advice. And there's Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas), almost the antithesis of Lou Mannheim.

[@laurencepin2459]

Oddly enough Charlie sheesn character in platoon has 2 Father Figures Barnes and Elias

[@doncallangher6177]

@James Feldman that’s astute … and it makes perfect sense, in Platoon his character had a duality of fathers, Barnes and Elias, and that both films were directed by Stone.

[@chrissmith3668]

That’s how Oliver Stone wrote those characters. All 3 had parts of his actual father who was a struggling trader in the old days

[@999NINE99]

This scene makes no script sense. Gekko would have known that Bud got arrested. He had contacts everywhere, he never would have been so stupid.

[@Steven_Edwards]

He thought he was untouchable

[@999NINE99]

@@Steven_Edwards I understand your point but those on his level know that self incrimination is beyond untouchable and therefore they never do it. Not even in private. Deny, deny, deny. It's their code.

[@BMe-ck6fd]

That doesn’t mean he would suspect a wire

[@dermotsullivan5603]

hubris

[@fooman2108]

The crying shame is this young man was such a gifted actor and was so lit up on cocaine he was lucky to remember he was even IN the movie!

[@pavelow235]

WINNING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@randyneuman3122]

Nancy Pelosi probably laughs hysterically when she sees this scene.

[@GBPackFan62]

"Nasty" Pelosi makes Gordon Geckko look like a choir boy by comparison

[@yes3443]

You watch a movie, and the first thing you think of is partisan politics. It shows your ignorance. Corruption is not red or blue. It is green.

[@joeyrizzo8406]

​@yes3443 no, corruption is blue

[@yes3443]

@joeyrizzo8406 Good luck with that idea.

[@daskalman]

@@yes3443 Trying to blame corruption on money rather than the ACTUAL corrupt politicians who actually do corrupt acts to aquire said money, actually proves your own ignorance, indoctrination and/or idiocy...

[@goldcanyon340.]

This has always been one of the more heartbreaking scenes I’ve watched in any film. However it’s also one of the most redeeming at the same time.

[@hankjones7829]

Funny, if he had been a Congressman she would have gotten away Scott free.

[@bate01071]

Cheap shot. Bravo to you. Hope you got the attention you were pinging for.

[@cashewnuttel9054]

@@bate01071 He got 11 up-votes.

[@mikeg2491]

@@bate01071 do you work in Nancy’s office or what?

[@wethepplwhorblackerthanblu6442]

@@mikeg2491 I dont know bout that but you can tell she's lives rent free in his brain 🤣 Got Nancy on the brain

[@bate01071]

@@mikeg2491 tool. lol

[@FormerGovernmentHuman]

All those interactions and not a single warning. Everyone wanted to see the parade.

[@marufio]

Run man run

[@jculver1674]

The way he used them as pawns to hurt Gecko, I don't blame them a bit.

[@krugerm1]

Warning? If they warn him they can get arrested helping him. And if so where is he going to go. They would get him later. He was better off facing it.

[@FormerGovernmentHuman]

@@krugerm1 You will not go to jail for reacting appropriately to a coworker walking into an office of FBI. Saying the FBI is here for you or looking for you isn’t illegal. Who t f told you that? It’s their job to detain him and chase him not yours. Saying exactly what you saw is never illegal. If this wasn’t Hollywood he wouldn’t have made it to the office, they would have got him in the lobby, the elevator, at home, a million and one locations and you telling someone the FBI is here will not have any impact. Besides being perfectly legal to say. Why the fk are you people so scared? Why do you think words should ever be considered illegal? What fking country do you think this is? It isn’t an authoritarian regime just yet, and this is based in the 80’s.

[@sitdowndogbreath]

A parade I never thought about that but yeah the first time I saw that I threw a pencil at the TV was a bunch of low life workers not one of those m************ said anything freaks I think jan tried to give him the eye like there's trouble in there but she was so shocked that she couldn't say anything like she knew she wasn't going to have a boss anymore. Nobody else tried anything except the old man who gave him the abyss quote people suck and he did help his co-workers make more money for that stupid company.

[@PoppysGuitar]

For those of you interested this movie is based to some degree on the Ivan Boesky ring. I believe there is a great book called "Den of Thieves" that goes into all the insider trading. The Bud Fox character is based loosely on Dennis Levine and some other people in the ring. I believe one of the accused was arrested in this manner and that he cried when he was paraded through the office. Basically you had a ring of individuals who knew each other through schools they attended or work and passed information back and forth about pending deals. Levine had his own ring but became in involved with Boesky. Levine had netted about 11 million (about 40 million in todays money) from illegal trading when through a fluke he came under SEC investigation. What happened was Levine was so completely perfect on all of his trades that others (who knew him as Mr. Diamond) started to copycat his trades. Eventually a girlfriend of someone in Brazil?? wrote a letter to SEC saying her boyfriend was trading on insider info. This fluke eventually led to Levine. Levine and Boesky had been passing information to each other and so Levine cut deal and flipped Boesky in and that's Wall Street. Gekko is based on Boesky.

[@jamesnewman8659]

Great points. I had forgotten about this but revisited it when Boesky recently passed away.

[@PoppysGuitar]

@@jamesnewman8659 Boesky flipped and went after his buddy the junk bond king Milken. Eventually he got Milken to make some incriminating statements on tape and that was the end of Milken. Btw although the scene of arresting Bud Fox was based on a true story the fact was that kind of public arrest and spectacle was completely unnecessary as most of the accused had counsel and turned themselves in for processing. That type of "in office" arrest was done to terrify others.

[@jamesnewman8659]

@@PoppysGuitar Milken. Now there is a blast from the past. The 'in office' arrest was great for movie drama.

[@Legba85]

A sequel was truly unnecessary.

[@solid_fire9388]

ye ruined this Classic

[@freedomtrucker2332]

I actually enjoyed it ..thought it was a good story line ..greed ..transcends time ..there’s always a new group of money whores in the generational hopper ..

[@MWEric]

agreed never watched it and never will the original is all one needs to see .

[@NinjaBuddha503]

He turned out alright

[@MB-jt9gs]

Can't make a sequel when wall street doesn't get arrested anymore.

[@Pizzyboy841]

I'd say Douglas is one of the greatest actors ever. No matter what role he plays.

[@jaredmello]

People love a bad guy like Gordon. They are often more relatable than the hero. And there is something refreshing about a bad guy who owns it.

[@Lightner445555555555]

Radical, I was rooting for the bad guy because Bud was so annoying. He should've just screwed off when Gordon told him to🙄.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

Yes, well people are not all that smart and love to kiss their shackles.

[@PhoenixFires]

Its enjoyable to be the villain in fiction, but there's a far cry of difference between liking WW2 games where you play the German Reich and being a neo nazi or doing confederacy re-enacting vs. being a KKK member. There's a catharsis to being the victimizer, but crossing the line to actually thinking the villain is good is psychotic and delusional.

[@DarthTrader707]

"50...a hundred million dollars, Buddy. A player...or nothing." In 1987, the cutoff for the Forbes 400 was 250 million. Bill Gates was at 900 million (I still have the 87' Forbes 400 magazine). Corporate raiders making 40 million or so off of either takeovers, or green mail, were the rock stars of Wall Street when this movie came out. Now, it's a rounding error in the worth of the Forbes 400 member's net worth.

[@pavelow235]

Yep, and the Democrats are the ones who defend and protect "Corporations", some Republicans believe in small businessess and lots of competition....the only just way for a society.

[@pegcity4eva]

Greedflation

[@pranavsambamurti7746]

One of the greatest films ever made.......

[@Tommy1977777]

His crime wasn't insider trading. His crime was getting caught.

[@jimgeorge3273]

Good point....

[@theprinceoftides6836]

Exactamundo. Nailed it.

[@musicoldies83]

Idiotic play on words. Just because you commit an illegal wrongdoing doesn't mean you're not guilty of that crime just because you weren't caught.

[@Tommy1977777]

@@musicoldies83 and how are they guilty if not caught?

[@musicoldies83]

@@Tommy1977777 Getting caught and punished for a crime is predicated upon having to be *found* guilty of the crime itself as the next step. Just because someone may have gotten away from being caught by law enforcement and then subsequently charged & found guilty by the DA and the court system respectively doesn't mean they weren't guilty of a crime. They broke the law - THAT'S A FACT, PERIOD!!! Whether they are then *proven* guilty or not is an entirely different matter. Let's say somebody's a child molester who sexually abuses and rapes young girls. GUESS WHAT, DUDE - they're guilty of a crime! Are you going to now tell me that individual didn't do anything wrong just because they were able to stay ahead of the law and avoid prosecution? COMMON SENSE, DUDE! 🙄🙄🤣🤣

[@brhodes0]

Deep in the heart of the Brazilian jungle there are tribespeople who have had no previous contact with Western Civilisation who could see that punch coming.

[@wethepplwhorblackerthanblu6442]

I don't know man I've been in that situation before I hate it when people look at you funny but don't say nothing Like yo what's up

[@MrRoku4474]

What I hate about this ending is, he saved all those people's careers. He helped them make all sorts of money and when it got dark everyone turned there back on him no one could even look him in the face and say any words of encouragement. They got what they got a d that's that buy bud smh.

[@kingsecho3351]

That rainstorm park scene is chilling. Love this movie. Michael Douglas and Charlie Sheen at their best right here.

[@Fireship1]

If it’s any lesson this movie teaches you, it’s pigs get fat, hogs get eaten.

[@garyrossetti2443]

Slowest walk ever knowing Bud's fate.

[@sealteamryx6758]

It's cool that his dad played his dad lol maybe it's just me but I think that was cool

[@patrickc3419]

During casting it came down to two actors to play the father: Martin Sheen and Jack Lemmon (who also would have done good). Sheen chose his dad.

[@Weneedaplague]

Nepotism

[@Tocqueville69]

How ironic: Seeing a corrupt wall street guy actually arrested... Only in the movies.

[@TrueSake]

Much better movie than the dark comedy of Wolf of Wall Street.

[@leggocrewtv2052]

Agreed

[@rd9793]

Wolf of Wall Street was gross.

[@CanalPSG]

I liked both.

[@leggocrewtv2052]

Personal fave is still Big Short. funny and insightful

[@jimgeorge3273]

Wolf of wall street is a great movie and destined to be a classic. Leonardo decapio gives a much better performance as the protagonist, then sheen could ever dream of giving. Both movies are great. Wallstreet however is iconic! But not because of Charlie sheen.

[@trwent]

Why Gekko agreed to talk to Fox after he was arrested is beyond me. He had to know that he had very little to lose.

[@dubsc.2684]

Totally. And the idea that he wouldn’t have suspected Fox was wired is ridiculous. I guess you’re supposed to believe he was so pissed at him for blowing up the Blue Star deal he had to meet him to give him a smack.

[@54blewis]

It was hubris,his ego was bruised by the BlueStar deal and he wanted to gloat over Bud’s apparent downfall,the fact that Bud would be wired didn’t entered his mind,he felt that Bud wanted the meeting to to plead for help, and to see him broken…..

[@defblo2000]

Damn, they paraded him out like a Target team member doing the walk of shame. Made sure he got the full tour of the store, from electronics to soft lines.

[@9SecondStreetMustang]

LOL

[@PoppysGuitar]

That was the point. They didn't do this to everyone.

[@bernieudo4399]

Feds do it to drive home a point. Not really necessary, but looks good as BREAKING NEWS.

[@armacanqui]

Never experienced/seen the walk of shame as a TM, but maybe it was region-dependent? Here in the Midwest people just disappeared and you never would see them again on the floor hahah

[@defblo2000]

@@armacanqui I knew there would be skeptics from reading the Kool aid site. You know, the BR. Anyway I saw two . It depends who your SD was, forgot what SD were called back then. He really did have the cops walk with the TM through the store.

[@kemolowlow]

Why would an NYPD patrolman be making the arrest anyway....love that 80s K-mart flashlight.

[@andrewroberts7428]

i think it's a procedural necessity

[@starguy2718]

The SEC guy put Bud under arrest. It was a federal charge, so a US Marshall would have been taking him into custody.

[@voltaire2221]

@@starguy2718 Actually, that is outside the purview of the U.S. Marshal's Service. The SEC, on their website, states that they would coordinate with an investigative law enforcement agency to make arrests on insider trading cases. A FBI agent would be the individual that would have effected the arrest. If the case involved taxes, an agent from the Internal Revenue Service would be the one to effect the arrest.

[@trotva]

That looks like the same police officer that was standing on boat in the beginning of Crocodile Dundee II......

[@henrycolie1220]

I believe he’s a real NYPD cop they hired off the street for the scene…

[@jctripplesticks]

Imagine finishing a perfectly good movie, then 20 years later thinking "you know what, yeah. Let's get Shia Labouef in this. He'll make this great. He'll turn this into a trilogy!"

[@negnatrepsej2903]

I actually like the new one aswell

[@alex_yates]

"create, instead of living off the buying and selling of others". What a line.

[@moussetache1815]

I love Martin Sheen plays Car Fox ! He also delivers the true moral lesson, as simple and cheesy as it it may sound to some people out there. Yes it's very sad that so many people did not understand the simple fact that Gekko was the bad guy.

[@fy3kor]

Charlie Harper and Dr Cox high fiving is something i didn't know existed

[@nickjohnson3619]

Fun fact this would be the first and only time the justice department would prosecute a wall street executive

[@Cyrille1536]

One of the greatest movies of the 80s

[@xpat73]

Stone saw this as a morality tale with the hard working union guy dad and the old time experienced stock market head as the good guys- but funnily enough everyone wanted to be Bud Fox and Gordon Gekko.

[@Foldy435]

The score in this movie is so underrated.

[@donjuandonjuan]

Insider trading looks like a lot of politicians should be dragged in for that one.

[@jonathanpeterson1984]

“Create instead of living of the buying and selling of others” And that folks, is our whole world today😢

[@frankdux5215]

I remember being taken away like this from an all you can eat buffet!

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

We're sorry, Ollie, but one visit to the salad bar, please.

[@TileGuyJesse]

I love how Douglas made his coat go from wet to dry and then wet again in just one scene. Now that's a pro! Miss this guy.

[@narcyznarcyz-uv4td]

😊

[@dhowe5180]

I believe he’s still alive

[@rodneyclarke6477]

Wall Street a Morality tale & done well.You see the long term effects of bad decisions & the short sightedness. I wish Hollywood still did movies like this. But now unfortunately Hollywood's morality compass is out of whack.

[@bernieudo4399]

Not all. Loved The Big Short & Margin Call. Oh. Don't forget The Wolf of Wall Street.

[@rodneyclarke6477]

Yes they're all good movies.But most are from over ten years ago.

[@neilsingh5923]

"Arbitrage" (2012) with Richard Gere is another great one that deals with morality tale. Definitely worth checking out!!✌️

[@McGyverPilot]

Last frame stops at the edge of the WTC Towers...poetic.

[@gregscrabshack2307]

This happened to someone in my family. hes doing great now, the stress sent him to the doctor. They found out he had serious problem with his heart. In a way it saved his life.

[@acaperic9070]

what happened, he went to prison for securities fraud?

[@gregscrabshack2307]

@@acaperic9070 almost, lost his license & had to pay a Monster fine.

[@davidpitchford6510]

I like the "so long Caroline" and the defiant bloody handkerchief throw back.

[@DetectiveMcGarnacle]

Douglas has such a powerful voice

[@xq280764]

Anything with Charlie Sheen in it makes my skin crawl.

[@jamessullivan4391]

This scene would have been so much more powerful if he had said, "uh... winning!"

[@cygnustsp]

0:25 dude went on to teach Tony Soprano rocket science

[@starguy2718]

1:25 You're under arrest, for insider trading. Nancy Pelosi:

[@christophera556]

Will Nancy Pelosi ever see the inside of jail cell well unlikely with the way the US government is way to easy when it comes to corporate criminality especially when it's their own.

[@kdaltex]

Nancy Pelosi: "It's treason then."

[@harrykuehn3894]

The problem with arresting a low-level trader during the 80s. Is that almost everyone was skirting the line between legit trading and using insider information to rig the system.

[@viking956]

The thing about this scene I've never understood is after Bud wiped the blood off his face and threw Gordon's handkerchief on the ground, why in the world did Gordon pick it up and put it in his pocket? I mean it's a simple white handkerchief. Not like it's gold plated. And now it's got somebody else's blood on it? Why do that? I mean, seriously, why bother? He couldn't possibly be that short on men's accessories.

[@JohnS-il1dr]

It was a memento. He wanted to keep the handkerchief as a reminder

[@doronstauber7285]

If Gordon was more crafty, he could have used it to frame Bud for murder...DNA...

[@eyeseer1]

It’s symbolism. The white handkerchief was a symbol for a white flag of surrender and blood on his hands which Budd later handed over to Gekko to incriminate him later to police.

[@DanteAtropos]

Gordon no matter what a villain he is he still saw Bud as a brother or mentee. Like Gordon said he sees himself in Bud.

[@Saa42808]

It’s really funny that Wall Street dude is giving a lesson on character, and integrity 😅

[@us-Bahn]

Charlie wasn’t too pleased with his character’s name, Bud Fox. He said if you say it fast a few times it sounds like ‘Butt F-cks’. Oliver Stone responded, “Yeah, well maybe in Charlie’s head.”

[@HerrinSchadenfreude]

One of my all time favorite movies. I know every line of it by heart, just like The Shining. This movie encapsulates its perspective of the 80's as perfectly as The Breakfast Club, Less Than Zero, and Wargames do theirs. It never gets old.

[@hammeredandsauteed4644]

5:15. “Yeah, I did the right thing. Think maybe you could throw in an aggravated assault charge in there? You heard him beating the piss outta me right?”

[@stevecowder4774]

What a great ending scene, especially the segment in Central Park. The sound of rolling thunder, settling in right after Gordon cleans Bud’s clock, was epic cinema. Michael Douglas could not have been any more intimidating in this movie. Great stuff !!

[@emmettredding1]

Lou - "....and that's what keeps him out of the abyss." Bud - "I think I understand." No Bud, you really don't....but you will very soon!!

[@wethepplwhorblackerthanblu6442]

That PART I think he was trying to say that but he could not articulate that in time But you could see it on his face that he was trying to say something more

[@haircafekevin]

That's cool that the actor who plays Charlie Sheen's character, Bud Fox's dad is actually Charlie Sheen's real life father, Martin Sheen.

[@tqsuited]

Gekko is unaware that Budd got arrested for insider trading? He isn't suspicious that he sets up a meeting in a secluded location after screwing him over? Gekko...

[@tqsuited]

Exactly, although maybe Gekko is too emotional and wants to let Bud have it.. hitting him a couple of times etc. He's not thinking rationally, plus also thinks he's above the law anyway.

[@maxsungwd]

Always have those kind of meetings at a Burger King rather than out in the middle of a grassy field in an empty city park

[@leakedclipsdaily]

The learning lesson here is what he did in this movie can easily be replicated and thousands are doing it in the world today screwing over everyone else.

[@leakedclipsdaily]

@Danny P - No they spend their Sundays on their yachts with our money. Politicians as well doing this.

[@alessandrogordillo1998]

Stone missed the opportunity to have Gecko doing the Perp Walk

[@eyebidder]

I loved Gekko's trench coat! Burberry perhaps? Gotta get one of those!

[@michaelcharnoff6556]

Just purchased a new London Fog