Film

Wall Street 1987

Directed by Oliver Stone

  • Crime, Drama
  • 126 min
  • R

Every dream has a price.

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.

CrimeDramanew york cityfraudwall streetbrokerfinancesstockbrokerlawyerunionmillionairemanhattan, new york citystock marketstocks

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Classical in form, earnest, grave and resolved.

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  • earnestironic
  • gravecomic
  • resolvedopen-ended
  • contemplativerelentless

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