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1 INSERT - TV COMMERCIAL - DAY 1

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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.

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1B WE SEE a ferocious, growling BEAR.

GENE HACKMAN (V.O.)

Bears. Danger at every turn.

Pretentious CLASSICAL MUSIC kicks in.

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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:

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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.

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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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