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Cathy Whitlock: Wall Street, Cinema Style

source: Huffington Post

Wall Street (1987): Still the quintessential film by which all others are judged. Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko received an Academy Award for his portrayal of the corporate raiding titan who both mentors and corrupts a young broker (Charlie Sheen). Everyone from Martin Sheen's dad wit...

Published Mon, Oct 19

Marshall Fine: A glimpse of the future from 1987

source: Huffington Post

Watching Wall Street offered a fascinating look at the end of the Reagan years, those go-go '80s I think of as the Greed Decade (and not just because of Michael Douglas' famous line in Wall Street). The now-discredited theory of trickle-down economics was still in full bloom, though by the...

Published Wed, Oct 14

Michael Douglas Returns To Wall Street

source: The Dish

 UK Now repentant for doing over poor Charlie Sheen (and many others), Gekko preaches on the imminent demise of Wall Street, only to be treated like the loony ex-convict he kind of is. But Gekko's redemption lies in aiding LaBeouf to seek revenge on the ...

Published Tue, Jun 9

Shia LaBeouf To Star In Wall Street 2

source: Anything Hollywood

Shia LaBeouf is set to star in the Oliver Stone directed Wall Street 2. The original Wall Street was released back in 1987 and centered around mid-80s insider trading with Michael Douglas and Charlie Sheen. With the current economic climate in the financial district right now, it’s no wond...

Published Thu, Jun 4

Michael Douglas: Douglas doesn't want to don “pin-striped” suit again!

source: Entertainment and Showbiz!

The 1987 movie was directed by Oliver Stone and featured Charlie Sheen as a young stockbroker desperate to succeed and a wealthy but unscrupulous corporate raider (Douglas) whom he idolizes. According to the National Enquirer, Sheen - who starred as ...

Published Thu, Apr 23

Morality Movies

source: JonathanRosenbaum.com

Wall Street brings back the same hero (Charlie Sheen) and the same Faustian struggle between good father (blue-collar Martin Sheen) and bad father (red-suspender Michael Douglas, a corporate raider), replanted in the bull market of ...

Published Wed, Jun 18