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Synopsis: The Wolf of Wall Street is a 2013 American biographical black comedy film directed by Martin Scorsese. The screenplay by Terence Winter is adapted from the memoir of the same name by Jordan Belfort and recounts from Belfort's perspective his career as a stockbroker in New York City and how his firm Stratton Oakmont engaged in rampant corruption and fraud on Wall Street that ultimately led to his downfall. Leonardo DiCaprio (who also co-produced the film) stars as Belfort, with Jonah Hill as his business partner and friend Donnie Azoff, Margot Robbie as his second wife Naomi Lapaglia, and Kyle Chandler as Patrick Denham, the FBI agent who tries to bring him down. Matthew McConaughey, Rob Reiner, Jon Favreau, and Jean Dujardin are also featured. The film marks the director's fifth collaboration with DiCaprio, after Gangs of New York (2002), The Aviator (2004), The Departed (2006), and Shutter Island (2010), as well as his second collaboration with Winter after the television se
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2013
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1 INSERT - TV COMMERCIAL - DAY 1

1A

Over jungle sound effects, the CAMERA is low, movingthrough brush from the POV of a stalking animal. As the

brush parts, revealing Wall Street and the New York StockExchange, we HEAR the resonant voice of GENE HACKMAN.

GENE HACKMAN (V.O.)

The world of investing can be ajungle.

WE SEE a charging, snorting BULL.

GENE HACKMAN (V.O.)

Bulls.

1A

1B WE SEE a ferocious, growling BEAR.

GENE HACKMAN (V.O.)

Bears. Danger at every turn.

Pretentious CLASSICAL MUSIC kicks in.

1B

1C-1D

1E

1F

GENE HACKMAN (V.O.)

That’s why we at Stratton Oakmontpride ourselves on being the best.

VARIOUS SHOTS -- a conservative young MAN reviews a stockportfolio with a wealthy older COUPLE; a smiling youngWOMAN sits before a computer talking into a headset.

GENE HACKMAN (V.O.)

Trained professionals to guide youthrough the financial wilderness.

WE SEE the Stratton “team” - an ethnically diverse groupof ACTORS with their handsome, grey-templed “CHAIRMAN”.

GENE HACKMAN (V.O.)

Stratton Oakmont. Stabilty.

Integrity. Pride.

WE SEE a shot of the black glass Stratton Building, and:

1C-1D

1E

1F

2 INT. STRATTON OAKMONT III - BULLPEN - DAY (FEB ‘95)

Absolute bedlam. 300 drunken STOCKBROKERS, most in their

early 20s, chant wildly as JORDAN BELFORT, handsome, 30,

stands beside a DWARF dressed in tights, cape & helmet.

JORDAN:

Twenty five grand to the firstcocksucker to nail a bullseye!

The “bullseye” is a large dollar sign in the middle of agiant velcro “dartboard”.

2

The Wolf of Wall Street Buff Revised Pages 3/5/13 2.

JORDAN (CONT’D)

Watch and learn, people!

The Brokers go apeshit as Jordan grabs the Dwarf by hispants and collar. In the Crowd, cash flies as side bets

are made. Jordan winds up, aims for the “dartboard”.

JORDAN (CONT’D)

One. Two. Throw!!

The Brokers cheer, and as the screaming Dwarf takesflight, hurtling toward camera, we FREEZE FRAME:

JORDAN (V.O.) (CONT’D)

My name is Jordan Belfort. No, nothim, me. I’m a former member of

the middle class raised by twoaccountants in a tiny apartment inBayside, Queens.

*

*

3-3B A SERIES OF POLAROIDS -- (1969)

Jordan, 7, smiles as he poses behind a lemonade stand,

his parents Max and Leah behind him; Jordan, 13, standsholding a styrofoam cooler, selling ices on the beach;

Jordan, 18, smiles as he holds an Amway sales brochure.

JORDAN (V.O.)

The year I turned 26, I made 49million dollars as the head of

my own brokerage firm-3-

3B*

4 EXT. LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY - DAY (FEB ‘95)

A CHERRY RED Ferrari Testarossa ZOOMS down the L.I.E.

4

JORDAN (V.O.)

--which really pissed me offbecause it was three shy of amillion a week.

The Ferrari weaves in and out of traffic.

JORDAN (V.O.)

Hey, my Ferrari was white, like

Don Johnson’s in Miami Vice.

We see the same Ferrari, now in WHITE, as it zooms away,

a BLONDE head bobbing up and down in Jordan’s lap.

5 EXT. LONG ISLAND’S NORTH SHORE - DAY (FEB ‘95) 5

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Terence Winter

Terence Patrick Winter (born October 2, 1960) is an American writer and producer of television and film. He is the creator, writer, and executive producer of the HBO television series Boardwalk Empire (2010–14). Before creating Boardwalk Empire, Winter was a writer and executive producer for the HBO television series The Sopranos, from the show's second to sixth and final season (2000–2007). In 2013, he wrote the screenplay to Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He is the co-creator, writer and executive producer of another HBO television drama series, Vinyl (2016–present). more…

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