The Wolf of Wall Street Page #8

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As Jordan hands Donnie his paystub and sure enough, it’s *30Bnorth of seventy-two k. *

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DONNIE (CONT’D)

Holy sh*t.

Jordan watches as Donnie crosses to a pay phone anddials.

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JORDAN (V.O.)

And he did quit his job, which

I thought was a little weird.

I mean I had just met thisfucking guy.

A few beats, then into phone:

DONNIE:

Yo Paulie, it’s Donnie... Yeah,

listen, I quit.

Jordan studies Donnie as he continues his conversation...

JORDAN (V.O.)

There were other things about himtoo, like his phosphorescent whiteteeth and the fact that he wore

horn rims with clear lenses to

look more Waspy. He also married

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32 INT. BAR - DAY (JUN ‘88)

Jordan sits in mid-conversation with Donnie over beers.

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DONNIE:

No problem, if we have a kid who’sa retard, we’ll just leave it onthe steps of some institution.

And as they continue drinking...

JORDAN (V.O.)

He was also a closet drug fiend.

I’d known him less than a week

before he talked me into smokingcrack.

33 EXT. BACK OF BAR - DAY (JUN ‘88)

Jordan and Donnie get high. Donnie holds a flame under acrack pipe.

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JORDAN (V.O.)

The weird thing was when he’d do

crack, his face would contort into

this bizarre, frozen mask like the

Phantom of the Opera.

Donnie does a hit of crack; his jaw twitches, then hisfacial muscles contort, locking up like a stroke victim.

After a few beats, he hands the pipe to Jordan.

DONNIE:

You now, take a hit!

Jordan takes a deep hit and holds it.

JORDAN:

Omigod, I f***in’ love you!!

JORDAN (V.O.)

I knew I had to make him my

partner.

A beat, then:

34 INT. INVESTOR’S CENTER - DAY (SEP ‘88) 34

Jordan looks on as Donnie works the phone like a madman.

JORDAN (V.O.)

Which turned out to be a greatmove - Donnie was a fast learner

who transitioned into the pennystock business quickly.

35 EXT. STRATTON OAKMONT I - AUTO SHOP - DAY (SEP ‘88) 35

Jordan and Donnie pull up to a defunct auto body shop,

which has a “For Lease” sign in the window.

JORDAN (V.O.)

So within months we started our

own firm out of an abandoned auto

body shop.

36 INT. KACANDES DINER - DAY (OCT ‘88) 36

Jordan sits with CHESTER MING, ROBBIE FEINBERG, ALDEN

KUPFERBERG (”SEA OTTER”) and BRAD, muscular and bald,

with a Fu Manchu mustache.

JORDAN (V.O.)

In addition to Donnie, I also

recruited my friends Sea Otter,

Chester and Robbie, who were at

the time all middling pot dealers.

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As a WAITRESS serves cheeseburgers:

JORDAN:

--see everyone wants to get rich,

so you’re already half way thereby the time the call starts.

SEA OTTER:

I sold weed once to this Amish

dude, had one of those beards with

no mustache?

So?

ROBBIE FEINBERG:

SEA OTTER:

He only wanted to make furniture.

CHESTER MING:

What’s that got to do withanything?

SEA OTTER:

He just said everyone wants to

get rich.

ROBBIE FEINBERG:

(to Jordan)

That’s true, you did.

SEA OTTER:

Buddhists too, they don’t give ashit about money either.

CHESTER MING:

Man I could sell weed to anybody,

get a convent full of nuns fuckingwasted.

And as Brad looks at Jordan and shakes his head:

37 INT. STRATTON OAKMONT I - AUTO BODY SHOP - BULLPEN

(OCT ‘88)

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We see the above guys working the phones.

JORDAN (V.O.)

Brad, the guy I really wanted,

took a pass, since he’d become theQuaalude king of Bayside.

38 EXT. BRAD’S HOUSE - BACKYARD GYM - DAY (OCT ‘88) 38

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