Overview
A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider, who takes the youth under his wing.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won 3 awards, including the Oscar for Best Actor (1988) and the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress (1988)
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Box office
Grossed $43.9M worldwide, about 2.9 times its $15M budget
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Setting
Set in New York City
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Sequels
Followed by Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
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Collection
Part of Wall Street Collection
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Music
Music by Stewart Copeland
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Robert Richardson
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Oliver StoneWriter
- Stanley WeiserWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 10, 1987
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $15M
- Revenue
- $43.9M
- Countries
- United States of America
- Collection
- Wall Street Collection
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Cast
Michael DouglasGordon Gekko
Charlie SheenBud Fox
Martin SheenCarl Fox
Daryl HannahDarien Taylor
John C. McGinleyMarvin
Hal HolbrookLou Mannheim
Sean YoungKate Gekko
Terence StampSir Larry Wildman
James SpaderRoger Barnes
Lauren TomLady Broker
Chuck PfeifferChuckie
Tamara TunieCarolyn
Franklin CoverDan
James KarenLynch
Saul RubinekHarry Salt
Leslie LylesNatalie
Faith GeerNatalie's Assistant
Frank AdonisCharlie
John CapodiceDominick
Suzen MurakoshiGirl in Bed
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