Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010) (Movie)

format_quote Gordon Gekko: It's about the game.

stars  Frank Langella is the third Richard Nixon to work with Oliver Stone. Not only did stone direct Anthony Hopkins in the part of Nixon (1995), but Stone's earlier film also featured Dan Hedaya, who played the role in Dick (1999).

stars  Shia LaBeouf became so interested in trading that he began studying for his Series 7 Exam, earning his broker's license.

stars  Note that the opening scene - Gordon gets out of prison, gets his money clip with no money in it, his Cartier watch and quote mobile phone unquote back and does not get a limo - is stylistically quite different from the rest of the movie. That is because it was written in December 2000 by a German creative director, Jan Geschke, who was producing the only European commercials Michael Douglas ever agreed to for the stock market branch of Commerzbank AG, Comdirect, as the pilot for a series of commercials celebrating the return of Gordon Gecko from prison with 86 million dollars acquired through online trading by WAP phone from behind bars. The script was handed to Oliver Stone on January, 15th, in the bar of the Del Mar hotel in Santa Monica, Cal., when discussing the possibility of him directing 6 commercials. Quote "If I ever do a sequel, I'll start with this." End of quote. Michael did not agree to the ad agency's choice of director, Oliver did not wish to become involved with ad work, Harald Zwart was chosen as director for the shooting of 6 different commercials which had become necessary when the bank client realized "That Gordon Gecko is a CRIMINAL!" The original script rested with Oliver Stone until he decided to use it.

stars  Carl Quintana and Joe Kernan from CNBC shot scenes for the film, but did not make the final cut.

stars  Shia LaBeouf's character Jacob Moore tells Bretton James (Josh Brolin) who is a fellow lover of motorcycle riding, that if James were to ride everyday for the rest of his life, James would still never be as good as Moore. This is based on the initial meeting between Bear Stearns executives Alan C. Greenberg and Jimmy Cayne. When Cayne was introduced to Greenberg following an interview for a sales position with the firm, Greenberg asked Cayne if he was a bridge player and how well did he play. Cayne responded "Mr. Greenberg, if you study bridge the rest of your life, if you play with the best partners and you achieve your potential, you will never play bridge like I play bridge." Greenberg so admired Cayne's confidence, he hired him on the spot.