Wall street (1987)
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| German title | Wall street |
| Original title | Wall street |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1987 |
| length | 122 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | Oliver Stone |
| script |
Stanley Weiser , Oliver Stone |
| production | Edward R. Pressman |
| music | Stewart Copeland |
| camera | Robert Richardson |
| cut | Claire Simpson |
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Wall Street is an American feature film from 1987 . Directed by Oliver Stone , who also worked on the script . The film tells the story of a young stockbroker in New York and his increasing involvement in criminal insider trading .
action
The film is set in New York City in 1985 . Bud Fox , an aspiring yuppie and stockbroker from a humble background, works for Jackson Steinem & Co. He spends his working day acquiring customers for stock market transactions over the phone. When one of the customers gets cold feet on a deal, his boss lets him bear the losses. In his private life, the constantly overworked Bud has no functioning relationship and lives in a tiny rental apartment on the Upper West Side of Manhattan . In addition to his work, he tries to get an appointment every day with Gordon Gekko, a notorious “ corporate raider ”. After 59 days, on Gekko's birthday, thanks to his persistence, he finally managed to be let in for five minutes. In the course of the first encounter he tries to get Gekko to buy certain shares , which Gekko refuses. Fox eventually lets itself be carried away to pass on confidential information about the airline "Bluestar". He had this through his father Carl, who works as a fitter for the company and represents the company's workforce in a union . With this information, Gekko is able to make a lot of money quickly by buying Bluestar shares. Gekko rewards him with some money, another job and a call girl. When the next deal fails, Gekko Bud says that he sees no basis for cooperation. Bud asks Gekko for a second chance, whereupon Gekko demands of him to gather illegal inside information.
From then on, Fox cooperates with the finance shark and, as it were, gets into the role of his pupil. Most of all, Fox learns that the key to success in the stock market is getting inside information and using it illegally . Fox is spying on Larry Wildman, a wealthier competitor of Gekko, among others. Gekko uses the results of the surveillance to make a substantial fortune at Wildman's expense. This causes Gekko to become hostile to Wildman. Through Gordon Gekko's mediation, Fox met Gekko's friend, interior designer Darien Taylor, with whom he fell in love. The newly acquired wealth allows Bud Fox to purchase a luxury penthouse on Manhattan's Upper East Side , which Darien Taylor will furnish, before they both move in together. Fox uses Roger Barnes, a lawyer friend, as a front man for stock purchases and moves up within his company. Business is developing brilliantly - until Fox finally tries to interest his “mentor” in a takeover of “Bluestar Airlines” by assuming that Gordon Gekko is following his plan to rehabilitate the economically troubled airline. The cooperation with Gekko leads to a falling out between father and son Fox.
The story turns at the moment when Bud Fox learns by chance that Gekko intends to destroy "Bluestar Airlines" on the basis of the information provided by Fox out of pure pursuit of profit. In a conversation in Gekko's office, Fox confronts Gekko. Gekko explains to Fox that "it's all about the cash" and that he regards making money at the expense of others as a game. Moral concerns would in no way exist for him. Fox's father has a heart attack . At the bedside there is a reconciliation between Bud and his father. Fox decides to take revenge and teams up with Larry Wildman, with whose help he manages to thwart Gekko's plans. Wildman acquires the majority in Bluestar and promises to continue the company and to save jobs. At the same time he takes revenge on Gekko, as he loses large sums of money. He discovers too late that he has been outwitted by Fox. Fox is then arrested by the police and the stock exchange regulator for insider trading. A key scene shortly before the end of the film shows a final encounter between Gekko and Fox in a meadow in Central Park , during which Gekko, in the course of an outburst of anger, mentions the names of companies that apparently played a role in earlier joint insider deals. Gekko is disappointed with Bud not only for economic reasons, as he has developed fatherly feelings for him as well. Gekko does not know, however, that Fox has decided to cooperate with the authorities and is wearing a recording device.
The film ends with Carl Fox driving his son to court. Bud Fox says he expects to go to jail. The father advises him to create something instead of chasing illusions. He offers him a job at Bluestar after he is out of prison. The final scene shows Bud Fox entering the New York County Supreme Court building (Foley Square).
synchronization
The German dubbing was commissioned by Berliner Synchron ; Jürgen Neu was responsible for the dialogue direction and the German dialogue book.
| role | actor | speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Bud Fox | Charlie Sheen | Benjamin Völz |
| Gordon Gekko | Michael Douglas | Volker Brandt |
| Darien Taylor | Daryl Hannah | Susanna Bonaséwicz |
| Carl Fox | Martin Sheen | Christian Brückner |
| Larry Wildman | Terence Stamp | Hans-Werner Bussinger |
| Marvin | John C. McGinley | Hubertus Bengsch |
| Lou Mannheim | Hal Holbrook | Jochen Schröder |
| Kate Gekko | Sean Young | Cornelia Meinhardt |
| Roger Barnes | James Spader | Mathias Einert |
background
The role models for Gordon Gekko were the two Wall Street millionaires Ivan Boesky and Carl Icahn . Their machinations are the subject of the books “Mr. Diamond ”by Douglas Frantz and“ Club of Thieves ”by James B. Stewart. In 1986, shortly before his arrest for insider trading, Ivan Boesky gave a speech at a graduation ceremony of the Haas School of Business that became the model for Gordon Gekko's "Greed is good" speech. Literally, Boesky said to the applause and laughter of the graduates: “ Greed is all right, by the way. I want you to know that. I think greed is healthy. You can be greedy and still feel good about yourself. "(German:" By the way, greed is okay. I want you to know that. I think greed is healthy. You can be greedy and still be at peace with yourself. ") In addition, Michael Robert Milken was the" inventor "of the High-yield bonds ( junk bonds ), role model. Oliver Stone made the film in 1987 and had it set in 1985 as the inside information scandals peaked in 1985 and 1986. This led to anachronism , as the protagonists talked in 1985 about the Challenger disaster , which did not occur until 1986.
Reviews
The lexicon of international films wrote that the film came up with "theatrical highlights" and addressed the "moral depravity of unscrupulous speculators on the New York Stock Exchange".
Jens Friedemann says in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung that this film shows a “fascinating spectacle of cliché and reality”. He thinks the film is "completely realistic when it shows the nerve-racking pressure under which commission-dependent stock sellers earn their living in New York's open-plan offices". The film breathes the air of American stockbrokers, where the hunt for business is the order of the day.
Hans Günther Pflaum recognizes genre motifs "which certainly borrow from the legend of Faust and Mephisto". At the same time, in his review for the Süddeutsche Zeitung , he assumes that director Stone “sees what is happening on Wall Street more as Western camouflage”, because “Gekko could just as easily be a powerful rancher, Fox senior a good farmer, and become a buddy got between the fronts of a grazing war ”. For him, this is an old scheme down to the last detail, "only that the specific cattle have turned into abstract numbers".
Even Hellmuth Karasek used in SPIEGEL this comparison: He recognizes in Wall Street a "simple Wild West history, only that the bank card is taken the place of the guns." He is disappointed at the end of the film, when the good wins: "Better poor and union-friendly than rich and despised by dad - if a Wall Street film amounts to such lumberjack morale, then one wonders what the stock market was trying to do".
Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times that the film was a radical critique of the capitalist mentality ("Stone's Wall Street is a radical critique of the capitalist trading mentality."). He criticized the screen presence of Charlie Sheen and wrote that the role of Bud Fox should have been better cast with an actor who would appear "rapacious" - like James Spader .
Awards
For his portrayal of the character of the unscrupulous corporate raider Gordon Gekko , Michael Douglas was awarded the second Oscar of his career for the best male leading role ; he had received his first Oscar as the producer of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest . He also received a Golden Globe , David di Donatello, and Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award .
The German Film and Media Assessment FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the rating "valuable".
Daryl Hannah, on the other hand, received the Golden Raspberry for worst supporting actress for this film . Director Stone later regretted having cast the important role of Darien with Hannah.
Oliver Stone dedicated the film to his late father, who worked as a broker on the stock exchange . He designed the figure of the more level-headed older broker Lou Mannheim based on his father's example.
continuation
Filming of the sequel Wall Street: Money Doesn't Sleep began on September 9, 2009, again directed by Oliver Stone . Michael Douglas plays the role of Gordon Gekko again, with Shia LaBeouf , Josh Brolin and Carey Mulligan taking on additional roles . Charlie Sheen made a cameo . The film opened on October 21, 2010 in Germany.
Web links
- Wall Street in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Wall Street at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- Wall Street at Metacritic (English)
- Wall Street in the online movie database
- Wall Street in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ Synchronkartei.de
- ^ True Greed . In: Newsweek , December 1, 1986, p. 48.
- ↑ Jay Scott: Stone Gets Down to Business on Wall Street . In: Globe and Mail , December 4, 1987.
- ^ Wall Street. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed November 1, 2016 .
- ↑ Jens Friedemann: "Healthy greed made America great" . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , February 10, 1988, p. 17.
- ↑ Hans Günther Pflaum : When cattle become numbers . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , 20./21. February 1988, p. 13.
- ↑ Hellmuth Karasek : Hollywood's New Clothes . In: Der Spiegel , No. 6/1988, pp. 190f.
- ^ Roger Ebert : film review. In: Chicago Sun-Times , December 11, 1987
- ↑ fbw-filmbeval.com