‘Wall Street’ flawed‚ but don’t sell Gekko short “They love that quality of take no prisoners ... if I have one more person‚ it’s so depressing and sad‚ they come up to me and say‚ you know‚ you’re the reason that I got into Wall Street ... that’s a‚ that’s a sad commentary.” —Michael Douglas There is a fabulous irony to “Wall Street” that perhaps can’t be adequately explained. The movie is an unequivocal denunciation of Wall Street excess but remains the preeminent film of those
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Wall Street The 1987 film‚ Wall Street‚ directed by Oliver Stone starring Charlie Sheen and Michael Douglas‚ is the story about a naïve Wall Street broker who desperately wants to make it big on Wall Street. But Bud Fox played by Charlie Sheen soon finds after being mentored by the Wall Street giant‚ Gordon Gekko‚ played by Michael Douglas‚ that being the best requires a lot more than he expected. A reoccurring theme that Stone threaded throughout the film was greed. Stone uses Gordon Gekko
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08119105342 Course code and title MM5001‚ BUSINESS ETHICS AND LAW Course time and place JANUARY 2011‚ JAKARTA Lecturer SURNA DJ. TJ. Due date 10 FEBRUARY 2011 Program BLEMBA 11 Assignment number 1 Assignment title/topic/case SUMMARY OF WALL STREET MOVIE Assignment type (choose one) ( ( ) Midterm Exam ) Final Exam ( X ) Individual Assignment ( ( ) Group Assignment ) Other Further information (e.g. state if extension was granted and attach evidence of approval‚ revised submission date)
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Business Association October 9th‚ 2014 Movie Review Number 1 Wall Street (1987) After watching “Wall Street (1987)” I learned of several dilemmas stockbrokers‚ such as Bud Fox and Gordon Gekko‚ encounter in the pursuit of wealth. First‚ Bud was faced with the difficult dilemma of whether he should do what’s best for his career or what’s best for his father. Bud’s father worked his entire life for a small airline company‚ but Bud’s Boss‚ Gordon Gekko‚ desired to take over the airline
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Oliver Stone’s “Wall Street” is a critique on the hyper-materialistic society of America during the 1980’s. “Wall Street” not only explores American society during the 80’s but also criticizes the culture of excess and indulgence that marked the era. Broadly speaking‚ an entire generation of young Americans who came of age during Ronald Regan’s presidency would come to value the American ideals of prosperity‚ consumerism‚ and success. “Wall Street” is a representation of America during a period
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Sociological Essay: Movie Analysis‚ “Wall Street” The movie “Wall Street” is a classic movie and one of my personal favorites. It’s a fictional story with real world implications. The movie is about an up and coming junior stockbroker named Bud Fox who I doing whatever it takes to get to the top and make big money‚ like his hero and eventual mentor‚ Gordon Gekko. Gekko is a legendary player on Wall Street who’s values and intentions are never clear to anyone but himself‚ and he is always looking
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Reflection Paper 《wall Street 2》 Amy Yu The movie Money Never Sleeps‚ also known as the Wall Street 2‚ is an American drama directed by Oliver Stone in 2010. It is a very successful business movie of the century on‚ is the classic film‚ and I think it is a really good. The film contains a profound economic knowledge‚ When saying that Money Never Sleeps‚ we can feel that money is really like a super man‚ they do work much faster than us‚ the humans
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ethical review of the film Wall Street (Stone and Weiser). It examines ethical dilemmas Bud Fox faced and what made him vulnerable to crossing the ethical line‚ as well as what factors led to Fox ’s attempt to repair the ethical breach. It examines Gordon Gecko ’s thoughts on a person ’s vulnerability to making an ethical breach and how this related to Bud Fox. Finally‚ it will take a look at factors in the film that relate to the Enron and WorldCom cases. The film "Wall Street" is about Bud Fox‚ an
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Wall Street 2 In the movie Wall Street 2 Money Never sleeps the main character is Jacob Moore and he is a proprietary trade working for Keller Zabel Investments. Jacob is a young ambitious trader looking to make a name for himself and enjoy a good life. His girlfriend Winnie Gekko is the daughter of the Gordon Gekko. Gordon Gekko is the former high roller who lost all his wealth and was sentenced to eight years in prison for inside trading. The movie starts off with Gordon Gekko being released
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The Wall Street Crash of 1929‚ also known as Black Tuesday[1] and the Stock Market Crash of 1929‚ began in late October 1929 and was the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States‚ when taking into consideration the full extent and duration of its fallout.[2] The crash signaled the beginning of the 10-year Great Depression that affected all Western industrialized countries[3] The American mobilization for World War II at the end of 1941 moved approximately ten million
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