The Wolf of Wall Street (2013 movie)

The Wolf of Wall Street
The Wolf of Wall Street
Directed by	Martin Scorsese
Screenplay by	Terence Winter
Based on	The Wolf of Wall Street (book); by The Wolf of Wall Street; Jordan Belfort;
Produced by	Martin Scorsese; Leonardo DiCaprio; Riza Aziz; Joey McFarland; Emma Tillinger Koskoff;
Starring	Leonardo DiCaprio; Jonah Hill; Margot Robbie; Matthew McConaughey; Kyle Chandler; Rob Reiner; Jon Favreau; Jean Dujardin;
Cinematography	Rodrigo Prieto
Edited by	Thelma Schoonmaker
Production; companies	Red Granite Pictures; Appian Way Productions; Sikelia Productions; EMJAG Productions;
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	December 17, 2013 (Ziegfeld Theatre (1969)); September 12, Ziegfeld Theatre (25); United States;
Running time	180 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$100 million
Box office	$406.9 million

The Wolf of Wall Street is an 2013 American black comedy movie directed by Martin Scorsese and produced by Leonardo DiCaprio. The movie is about a stockbroker who works on Wall Street in New York City during the 1990s. He runs a company that commits stock fraud and insider trading. The story is based on the memoirs of Jordan Belfort.

DiCaprio plays Belfort (the stockbroker), Matthew McConaughey plays Mark Hanna, Jean Dujardin plays (money-laundering Swiss banker) Jean-Jacques Handali, ^[3]Jonah Hill plays Donnie Azoff, Rob Reiner plays Max Belfort and Kyle Chandler plays Denham. P. J. Byrne, Jon Favreau, Joanna Lumley, Margot Robbie, Spike Jonze, and Edward Herrmann also appear in the movie. The movie is 179 minutes long. Some sex scenes were cut away to prevent MPAA from giving NC-17. It was released on December 25, 2013. It was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

Plot

Jordan Belfort starts working as a stockbroker but loses his job and joins a small firm selling cheap stocks. He makes a lot of money and starts his own company with his friends, using tricky methods to get rich.

As his company grows, he gets into trouble with the law and starts living a wild lifestyle. The FBI begins investigating him, and he tries to hide his money in a Swiss bank. Eventually, his actions catch up with him, and he faces serious consequences.

Jordan’s associates are arrested, and one informs the FBI about him, leading Jordan to cooperate with the authorities for a lighter sentence. After his wife decides to divorce him, Jordan is betrayed by his partner, arrested, and eventually serves 22 months in prison before starting a new career hosting sales seminars.

References

↑ "The Wolf of Wall Street (18)". British Board of Film Classification. December 12, 2013. Archived from the original on October 17, 2014. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Archived from the original on March 23, 2021. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
↑ Miller, Daniel (2012-06-14). "Jean Dujardin in Talks to Join Martin Scorsese's 'The Wolf of Wall Street'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2024-08-19.

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[BBFC-1] "The Wolf of Wall Street (18)". British Board of Film Classification. December 12, 2013. Archived from the original on October 17, 2014. Retrieved October 17, 2014.

[mojo-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Archived from the original on March 23, 2021. Retrieved March 13, 2023.

[3] Miller, Daniel (2012-06-14). "Jean Dujardin in Talks to Join Martin Scorsese's 'The Wolf of Wall Street'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2024-08-19.

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