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10/12/1987 Crime, Drama 2h 6m
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Every dream has a price.

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, whom takes the youth under his wing.

  1. Oliver Stone

    Director, Writer

  2. Stanley Weiser

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Michael Douglas

    Gordon Gekko

  2. Charlie Sheen

    Bud Fox

  3. Martin Sheen

    Carl Fox

  4. Daryl Hannah

    Darien Taylor

  5. John C. McGinley

    Marvin

  6. Hal Holbrook

    Lou Mannheim

  7. Sean Young

    Kate Gekko

  8. Terence Stamp

    Sir Larry Wildman

  9. James Spader

    Roger Barnes

  10. View more

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-05-31
If there were ever to be a film to demonstrate to youngsters the toxic effects of greed on someone then you'd struggle to find a more apt one than this. Made at the height of the stock market boom, it tells the tale of the naive but ambitious "Bud Fox" (Charlie Sheen) who devises a get-rich-quick scheme that attracts the attention of his super-venal boss "Gekko" (a superb Michael Douglas) who treats scruples like something unpleasant he had just trodden on. What now ensues is a break-neck course in how avarice; manipulation; a certain degree of luck and loads of sheer brass neck take him from ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$15,000,000.00

Revenue
$43,900,000.00

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