The Wolf of Wall Street

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
Production: Paramount Studios
  Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 38 wins & 165 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.2
Metacritic:
75
Rotten Tomatoes:
78%
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Year:
2013
180 min
$91,330,760
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884,747 Views


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”.

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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.

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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-

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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

A twin-engine Bell Jet helicopter descends over a hugemansion, with sparkling pool, tennis court and waterfall.

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JORDAN (V.O.)

See that humongous estate downthere? That’s my house.

6 INT. JORDAN’S ESTATE - MASTER BEDROOM - DAY (FEB ‘95)

We see NAOMI, 24, blonde and gorgeous, a living wet dreamin LaPerla lingerie.

JORDAN (V.O.)

My wife, Naomi, the Duchess of BayRidge, Brooklyn, a former modeland Miller Lite girl.

Naomi licks her lips; she’s incredibly, painfully hot.

JORDAN (V.O.)

Yeah, she was the one blowing mein the Ferrari, so put your dickback in your pants.

Over the following, WE SEE a quick

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7-7C SERIES OF SHOTS 7-7C

All taken from TV; a mansion from Lifestyles of the Richand Famous; wealthy PEOPLE applauding at a polo match;

a yacht sailing crystal blue seas; Robert Wagner andStephanie Powers toasting with champagne on Hart to Hart.

JORDAN (V.O.)

In addition to Naomi and my twoperfect kids, I own a mansion,

private jet, six cars, threehorses, two vacation homes and

a 170 foot yacht.

8 INT. HOTEL BEDROOM - NIGHT (FEB ‘95)

Sweaty, wild-eyed and naked, Jordan fucks an HISPANICHOOKER from behind.

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JORDAN (V.O.)

I also gamble like a degenerate,

drink like a fish, f*** hookers

maybe five times a week and havethree different Federal agencieslooking to indict me.

He dismounts, snorts some coke through a straw, then usesit to blow some into her a**hole.

JORDAN (V.O.)

Oh yeah, and I love drugs.

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Jordan looks up suddenly, paranoid, as if he’s hearingvoices.

9 INT. HELICOPTER - NIGHT (FEB ‘95)

Jordan, drooling and stoned out of his skull, wears arumpled custom-made business suit as he mans a set ofcontrols next to his frantic co-pilot, CAPTAIN DAVE.

CAPTAIN DAVE:

Pull up! Jesus! We’re gonnacrash!!

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Jordan’s head bobs as he pulls back on the stick.

The helicopter rises sharply, then levels out, hovering30 feet above a huge mansion. Down below, throughJordan’s hazy, DOUBLE VISIONED POV, we see a sparklingpool, tennis court and waterfall.

JORDAN (V.O.)

Check this out -- despite mycompletely f***ed-up state, Icould fly straight while stillseeing two of everything.

He closes one eye; his POV sharpens. Putting pressure onthe stick, the helicopter descends slowly over thedriving range... then LURCHES and SLAMS to the ground.

JORDAN:

(to Captain Dave)

Ya guzza git hazarous doozy pay,

buddy.

10 INT. JORDAN’S ESTATE - FRONT DOOR - DAY (FEB ‘95)

Morning. Sober now, impeccable in suit and tie, Jordanheads for the door holding a glass of orange juice.

JORDAN (V.O.)

Yes, on a daily basis I takeenough drugs to sedate greaterLong Island.

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11 EXT. JORDAN’S ESTATE - CONTINUOUS (FEB ‘95)

He pops two white pills, swigs some juice, then speaksdirectly to the camera as he heads for a waiting limo.

JORDAN:

I take Quaaludes for my back,

fifteen to twenty a day.

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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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