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May 18, 2014 the fulllength film i selected for this post is one that i recently purchased, the wolf of wall street. Why the debate over wolf of wall street might feel familiar. Mcconaugheys wolf of wall street chant was dicaprios idea. The wolf of wall street in the 1990s jordan belfort, former kingpin of the notorious investment firm stratton oakmont, became one of the most infamous names in american finance.
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Meet the real wolf of wall street in forbes original. It is based on the true story of jordan belfort, which he recounted in a memoir and was released on december 25th, 20. Their company quickly grows from a staff of 20 to a staff of more than 250 and their status in the trading community and wall street grows exponentially. Drugs, prostitutes, crashed helicopters the debauchery in the wolf of wall street is so outlandish that audiences might leave the theater thinking director martin scorsese took plenty of creative license in telling the story of jordan belfort, a new york stock broker who conned his way to earning hundreds of millions in the 1990s. Page 172173, 260261 are missing in the original book. Project by patrick fischer book citation belfort, jordan. But, as his wife points out, theres no such thing as bad publicity.