My roommate in college wanted so bad to be Wall Street type guy. First 2 years kinda meandered through courses getting mostly Bs in his Economics major. He was just kinda naturally booksmart. This film and later the Game with Michael Douglas were his inspiration. We used to mess with him and call him Mr Van Orton after Douglas's character. He later graduated and is founder of Global Wealth MGMT. Very succesful beyond comprension. Rang the bell at NYSE few years ago. Which i unddrstand is huge deal. Regular spots on FOX business shows. We all proud of ya Jimmy🙂

@tripsmarketinggroup

5 ай бұрын

atta boy for Jimmy!

I see Wall Street as an amazing enigma. It was enlightening to realize that Stone went from winning an academy award for a war film to flipping straight away to a wall street movie that was a huge risk. The balls. The level of consciousness. The master craftsman and artist. Amazing.

@JaxonSmithers

7 ай бұрын

I only saw two movies in a theater when I was 16. One was Platoon and the other Wall Street. To this day two of my favorites.

@patrickcross5195

4 ай бұрын

not being a smart ass here but how exactly was it a huge risk? it was a dramatic movie (like platoon), featured a fictionalised but plausible plot against a real setting (like platoon), featured already established stars and and charlie sheen (like platoon)...i'm really not seeing where the big risk lies in making a movie like wall street after platoon.

@GEB-yy3ud

4 ай бұрын

@@patrickcross5195 How many blockbuster movies based on Wall Street came before it?

@patrickcross5195

4 ай бұрын

@@GEB-yy3ud i dunno...6? what's your point

@GEB-yy3ud

4 ай бұрын

@@patrickcross5195 If you have to ask you will never know.

I started as a stockbroker in 1987 when the film was being made -- purely a coincidence -- one of my favorite movies ever. Great performances by both Sheens & especially by Michael Douglas!!! Fantastic movie! I was a broker for 25 years.

@lt.columbo5919

3 ай бұрын

Did you walk away with loads of cash?...Were you an "ethical capitalist"...or did you sell your soul to the devil?

@i_i8924

3 ай бұрын

Computer trading finally kill your job?

@borderlord

5 күн бұрын

Did you ever eat lunch?😂

Amazing,great to hear all this from Oliver….loved the film ,loved his commentary…

Micheal Douglas is 1 magnetic screen presence. Great film.

"I spent it as I made it, but I had a great life because I did what I wanted to do". 💯

@lt.columbo5919

3 ай бұрын

All the people who accumulate huge amounts of cash and then die...what was it all about...just keeping score?...I will never understand "excess wealth".

Stone says, "Early steady cam". For a film made in 1986, released in 1987. Early steady cam would have been 1975...Rocky on the steps. The shine is coming off .

Iconic film . Set script cinematography camera casting . Brilliant one of my favorites! Really enjoy Olivier's description as well as the cool NY backstory . It all make sense . Great synopsis video thanks

This was beyond excellent content! Learned so much. Wow I grew up at Tavern on the Green! I loved the garden so much as a kid I framed those photos. Surprised he didn’t film the animal bushes ❤

Always remember him saying goodbye to the secretary as hes taken out in handcuffs.

@dougstyles

10 ай бұрын

@@EmitOcean20 yea. It showed his good nature while being in his worst moment.

This is a really good commentary track. I wish I had heard it decades ago when I had seen the film, as it pointed out a lot of details that made me enjoy it more.

Much Much respect for uploading. This movie is pure magic and stone is a sheer genius. He's all about the details. In that park scene at the end where gekko decks fox. If you notice Gordon greets him first, when fox first meets Gordon at the start he introduces himself. But now fox Is the one with the power at the park and Gordan speaks to him first. In Scarface another stone classic Tony Montana calls Elvira "pussy cat" when their fighting and the relationship is going south but when he is in lust with her he calls her a tiger. It's these little attention to details that makes stones films so re-watchable and stands the test of time. And btw I just farted.

Oliver stone a wise man!

Fantastic movie. Best cast.

This commentary is brilliant. Thank you for posting.

When i say this film saved my business AND my life ...I mean it During my toughest times i turned to this , Im sue Oliver Stone will never read this , but thank you

Bless you so much for uploading all of these Oliver Stone commentaries. If you can find the Heaven & Earth commentary, I would love you forever. It's the only Stone film I don't have on Blu-Ray with commentary (copies are rare and therefore expensive, wish Criterion would get on that!). But thank you anyway for all you do and the effort you put into uploading these. It is truly appreciated.

*Saying that a right-winger is not stupid is the same as saying the water is not dry.*

THANKS SO MUCH FOR THIS - Fantastic!

I watched this while in a hotel, in good spirits. Brilliant mind !

Learned about the application of The Art of War from this film Intriguing masterpiece from Oliver Stone 👍🏻

I tried uploading this months ago and YT blocked this for copyright. Anyway glad to see this Commentary here anyway.

@knownpleasures

9 ай бұрын

You must have been showing the full movie at the same time

@FilmFanaticCommentaries69

9 ай бұрын

@@knownpleasures no just the audio playing - no film footage

@mysticaccount5845

10 күн бұрын

​@@FilmFanaticCommentaries69 You have to do what this person did. Upload it with edited screenshots to make it into it's own thing.

Thank you for uploading this!

This is the movie that got me into investing and eventually became a financial representative

@SusanMolloy

5 ай бұрын

This is mine too Didn't the crash of '87 happen shortly afterward 😂😊😮😢

Love this! You learn so much about the movie.

Great commentary, with unusual candor about the actors.

GREAT VIDEOS! Any chance you can do Born on The Fourth of July?…

Interesting Daryl Hannah and Sean Young both Blade Runner babes face to face

@arricammarques1955

3 ай бұрын

Before Sean Young got the push from Hollywood.

@mykal.7424

3 ай бұрын

@@arricammarques1955 She got the push because of her erratic behavior ...her scenes were cut on Wall Street and became a behind the scenes problem for yrs afterwards.

Excellent!

At 52:18 who is the SEC guy standing with arms on hips (wearing glasses)? Was he also in Platoon? He was also in the bar scene at the end when Bud hands over the tape implicating Gekko..

If you gave it - can you please upload Oliver Stone's Audio Commentary for BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY

Enjoyed video thanks.

Interesting that Richard Gere was first choice for Gordon Gekko . Edward Lewis in pretty woman was presented as a Gekko type figure three years later.

$17000 USD in the mid 80's was actually a tidy sum. Maybe not for Oliver Stone, but for the rest of us that would've been serious windfall.

Thank you

In the uk the character Del Boy from only fools and horses coined the phrase "lunch is for wimps!" after watching Wall Street 😂

@Ruddermeister

4 ай бұрын

What a plonker😂

@DannyG-cv8so

12 күн бұрын

😂. I’m English, and I was thinking the exact same brother!

@user-pc9du2hv4k

12 күн бұрын

@@DannyG-cv8so Del had the red braces and filofax, he thought he was the new Gordon Gekko! 😂

I liked this and Margin Call.My favorite financial movies.Someone shpuld do a movie about Bernie Madoff

Any chance of getting the commentary for Salvador?

@RachelGoswellFan

Жыл бұрын

I don't have it, but I'll try to find it.

@knownpleasures

9 ай бұрын

He put it up there 👆 on KZread

It also broke the ice for business films. Poor Daryll Hannah had too much class fot that role. I believe her father was a great hedge fund manager.way b4 the street was flooded with them. She may also have not wanted to PLAY a gold digger while datingJFK, JR, " Not to insult reptiles.AS A FEMINE GIRL ON wall street I think Oliver absolutely nailed her role. His humility is impressive especially for the 80s. Not Take Your Daughter to Work Day; strictly, Take your Niece to a Conference.!

Please Stone, tell me about Natalie ❤🥰😍

RIP Steve Jobs missed.Amp tec out.

Is anyone else astonished that a man as educated as Oliver Stone says “idear” instead of idea?

@gavinbrando8255

7 ай бұрын

He's from new york after all 🤷🏻‍♂️

@dougstyles

3 ай бұрын

My parents say it as well. Born and raised in Brooklyn.

I liked Frank Sinatra in the movie Von Ryan's Express . And when he was on the Jonny Carson show . I'm not sure if Greed is good. There should be be more socialism from the affluent people should get there values right value good folk as well as material things 😊

56:10 *Marlon Brando leaves the chat*

His reference to Antonioni's film should have been "L'Eclisse" and not "La Notte."

sinatra "paternal"?? come on, he was connected.

This is strange. There is a naivete in Stone's commentary. No biggie. But it's strange.

@knownpleasures

9 ай бұрын

What do you mean naïveté?!? Innocence? Childish?

@GEB-yy3ud

8 ай бұрын

This is strange. There is a self righteous naivete in your comment. No biggie. But it's strange.

@linesided

7 ай бұрын

It's an 80's movie - a time of innocence in cinema. The digital era ended that. Authenticity might be another way to read the commentary.

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