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List Price: $19.98 | | Label: 20th Century Fox
Salesrank: 3144
Released: September 18, 2007 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
In this riveting, behind-the-scenes look at big business in the 1980's, an ambitious young broker (Charlie Sheen) is lured into the illegal, lucrative world of corporate espionage when he is seduced by the power, status and financial wizardry of Wall Street legend Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas). But he soon discovers that the pursuit of overnight riches comes at a price that's too high to pay.
Description of Wall Street (20th Anniversary Edition):
Michael Douglas won an Oscar for perfectly embodying the Reagan-era credo that "greed is good." As a Donald Trump-like Wall Street raider aptly named Gordon Gecko (for his reptilian ability to attack corporate targets and swallow them whole), Douglas found a role tailor-made to his skill in portraying heartless men who've sacrificed humanity to power. He's a slick, seductive role model for the young ambitious Wall Street broker played by Charlie Sheen, who falls into Gecko's sphere of influence and instantly succumbs to the allure of risky deals and generous payoffs. With such perks as a high-rise apartment and women who love men for their money, Charlie's like a worm on Gecko's hook, blind to the corporate maneuvering that puts him at odds with his own father (played by Sheen's offscreen father, Martin). With his usual lack of subtlety, writer-director Oliver Stone drew from the brokering experience of his own father to tell this Faustian tale for the "me" decade, but the movie's sledgehammer style is undeniably effective. A cautionary warning that Stone delivers on highly entertaining terms, Wall Street grabs your attention while questioning the corrupted values of a system that worships profit at the cost of one's soul. --Jeff Shannon
Wall Street (20th Anniversary Edition) Reviews:
Greed is good! 
2009-12-06 - "Wall Street" is basically a condemnation of the "go go" era of the 1980s. Prior to the early 1980s the Dow Jones Industrial Average had been rangebound between about 600 and 1000. Suddenly it took off towards 2000 and never stopped. Fortunes were made and lost. Corporations rose and fell. Capitalism's "creative destruction" was in full swing. When it was over, we had created the world we live in today. In this film Michael Douglas plays corporate raider and greenmailer Gordon Gekko. Budd Fox (Charlie Sheen) is a motivated young stockbroker who falls into Gekko's orbit with its promise of big money, beautiful women, and all the power that big money brings. The only catch is, for Budd Fox this required him to engage in insider trading and selling out the company that his father works for.
This film includes numerous memorable scenes that have passed into folklore. Gordon Gekko's "Greed is Good!" speech at a stockholder's meeting is a classic--brutal -- but it is also true, and more or less explains the competitive nature of capitalism. Michael Douglas won a well-deserved Academy Award for his portrayal of the amoral and immoral Gordon Gekko. Gekko has not only lost all sense of morality, but he has crossed the line and in the film he is systematically violating the law for stock market gains.
"Wall Street" is a cautionary tale about losing sight of morality for money. As such, it succeeds in conveying its message while at the same time being hugely entertaining. Michael Douglas turns in a fantastic performance as Gordon Gekko, and Charlie Sheen is superb as Budd Fox. The supporting cast is uniformly excellent. This film deserves every one of its five stars. Highly recommended. RJB.
Stone's Best Movie
2009-11-29 - Exceptionally great movie. Perfect script. Perfect acting by Michael Douglas. The script, powerful and loaded scene after scene. Writing skills at their best, which has contributed to the movie's success more than all other aspects combined. Michael Douglas has brought out the spirit of the story extremely well. All other actors have done very well, too, and so has the director. The strong message of ethics presented makes this movie appropriate for teens as well as adults."
DISGRACEFUL IS AN OVERSTATEMENT 
2009-11-12 - This movie is disgusting. I am a businessman and I would never
make the type of comments that were made by the businessmen
in this movie.
We just do not say such meaningless words, nor do tycoons need to
employ a spy, the plot was based on that idea, to gain information.
It is not reality.
Businessmen, or tycoons, do not quote military generals for methods
of business. In the movie, an oriental general was quoted on the
strategies of war. War and business are diametrically opposite, the one
relies on voluntary trade, the other relies on force.
What surprised me the most is that there are Americans who have
written positive comments about this movie. Americans, who have gained
a vast benefit from capitalism, are willing to vote for an anti-capitalistic
movie.
This movie is so unromantic, so destructive of good ideas, so uninspiring.
The author did not apply an ounce of imagination, nor did he have an ounce
of knowledge on the subject. When I watched the movie I felt as though I were
listening to uneducated fools, like those who fall into a booby trap,
poorly masquerading as capitalists. Yuk.
Blu-Ray Review
2009-11-10 - Fox has the worse Blu-Ray transfers of any studio. Only a few of their Blu-Rays are of True Blu-Ray quality. The ones that are bad I have returned and will continue to do so. Wall Steet, Predator, A Bridge Too Far, Point Break, Hannibal etc. etc. are Not Blu-Ray Quality. See for yourself and waste money.
I laugh at idiots who complain about the blue ray transfer 
2009-10-30 - I guess these days any idiot with a computer can post a review. If you are looking for demonstration quality video buy some cartoons and drop some acid since obviously plot and drama mean nothing to you not to mention social significance. Stone is making a new film Wall Street 2 which should be in theaters next year 2010. It will star Michael Douglas but not Charlie Sheen. I am a professional bonds trader and this film is accurate, stock market investing is a sham and a scam, the average person will never gross dollar one.
