Wall Street

[Roderik_London]

What do u guys think of this movie?

Best role of Michael Douglas ever.
Gordon Gecko is a timeless personality. Greed at its best. His 'greed is good' speech is legendary.

I work in the CIty in London. You would be amazed how many people went to work on Wall Street or in the City because of this movie.

In the extras on the DVD Charlie Sheen and Douglas adress this point. Nice interviews

[Jibgolly]

i actually just watched this for the first time last week.
ironic.
good film. oliver stone must have really had a hard on for charlie sheen in the 80's.

[Jenks]

in my top 10 all time flicks.

[ted_turntable]

Re: Wall Street

fantastic movie. i saw it abouzt ten times...and its always nict to see how gekko acts!

[fishingnut]

yes a classic of the 80's

[fishingnut]

Classic Gordon gekko "Greed is Good Speech" circa 1987


Gekko: Well, I appreciate the opportunity
you're giving me, Mr. Cromwell,
as the single largest shareholder
in Teldar Paper, to speak.

Well, ladies and gentlemen, we're not here to indulge in fantasy, but in political and economic reality. America -- America has become a second-rate power. Its trade deficit and its fiscal deficit are at nightmare proportions. Now, in the days of the free market, when our country was a top industrial power, there was accountability to the stockholder. The Carnegies, the Mellons, the men that built this great industrial empire, made sure of it because it was their money at stake. Today, management has no stake in the company!

All together, these men sitting up here [Teldar management] own less than 3 percent of the company. And where does Mr. Cromwell put his million-dollar salary? Not in Teldar stock; he owns less than 1 percent.

You own the company. That's right -- you, the stockholder.

And you are all being royally screwed over by these, these bureaucrats, with their, their steak luncheons, their hunting and fishing trips, their, their corporate jets and golden parachutes.

Cromwell: This is an outrage! You're out of line, Gekko!

Gekko: Teldar Paper, Mr. Cromwell, Teldar Paper has 33 different vice presidents, each earning over 200 thousand dollars a year. Now, I have spent the last two months analyzing what all these guys do, and I still can't figure it out. One thing I do know is that our paper company lost 110 million dollars last year, and I'll bet that half of that was spent in all the paperwork going back and forth between all these vice presidents.

The new law of evolution in corporate America seems to be survival of the unfittest. Well, in my book you either do it right or you get eliminated.

In the last seven deals that I've been involved with, there were 2.5 million stockholders who have made a pretax profit of 12 billion dollars. Thank you.

I am not a destroyer of companies. I am a liberator of them!

The point is, ladies and gentleman, is that greed -- for lack of a better word -- is good.

Greed is right.

Greed works.

Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit.

Greed, in all of its forms -- greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge -- has marked the upward surge of mankind.

And greed -- you mark my words -- will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA.

Thank you very much

[bastow]

Re: Wall Street

Top Quote.

(I am one of those mis-guided youths who now work in the city partly because of the film)