The Wolf Of Wall Street Research Papers

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The three hour movie, The Wolf of Wall Street, is based on the real life story of Jordan Belfort, a millionaire stock-broker who’s career was full of theft, deception, and addition. The real Jordan Belfort was born in 1962 and started his rise on the stock market in 1984; he was only 22 years old. The movie The Wolf of Wall Street was released in late 2013 making nearly 400million dollars in the Box Office. The move was written by Terence Winter and Jordan Belfort and was directed by Martin Scorsese. The main stars of the movie are Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, and Margot Robbie. The movie is rated 147th on IMBd.com and was nominated for 5 Oscars. The movie starts with a Stratton Oakmont, Jordan Belfort’s stock exchange company, commercial …show more content…

The surrounding employees are gripping cash. The next scene is him snorting drugs off of a prostitute's body and flying a helicopter while very intoxicated, showing his carelessness and lack of self control. The following acts explain Belfort's first experience with drugs and the companies growth through scummy tactics such as deception. Forbes magazine did an interview with Belfort calling him The Wolf of Wall Street, they were attempting to out his unethical business practices but instead caused even more popularity and gave more attention. Not only from potential stock buyers but also the SEC, U.S Securities and Exchange Commission. The movie goes on to show Belfort's interest in a women known as Naomi Lapaglia. He later cheats on his wife and they get a divorce, Jordan and Naomi get married. Eighteen months later they begin arguing religiously foreshadowing future marriage problems. Every day, Belfort and his best friend a business partner Donnie would get richer and richer and the SEC would get closer and closer to revealing their malicious intent. After a conversation with Belfort and …show more content…

At the very beginning of the movie, when Belfort is snorting cocaine off of a prostitute, he randomly turns around with wide eyes, implying that somebody is watching him. This foreshadows nearly the entire last half of the movie where every more Belfort makes the SEC is watching. The next big encounter of fear is with him and his first wife, Teresa Petrillo. She catches him with another woman and they get a divorce. The fear here is shared between the unknown of what will happen next and the current fear of getting caught. This is significant in the film because it resembles Belfort leaving his old life behind when he becomes wealth. Teresa even screams, “Who the fuck are you Jordan. You’re like a completely different fucking person”. About a year and a half after Naomi and Jordan’s wedding, the SEC asks Belfort to talk on his yacht. Jordan unwisely tries to bribe the government employee, this starts a conflict between Belfort and Agent Denham. This conflict sparks a fire in Denham which drives him to investigate Belfort further and harder, eventually leading to his arrest. The reason the writer included this is because for the majority of the movie, Belfort is always in charge; he does what he wants, to who he wants, whenever he wants. This is the first exchange in which somebody shows they don’t care who he his, they are going to do what they want to do.

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