Wall Street is a 1987 American drama film released by 20th Century Fox. It was directed by Oliver Stone and stars Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen, and Daryl Hannah. The screenplay was written by Stanley Weiser and Stone. The film tells the story of Bud Fox , a young stockbroker desperate to succeed who becomes involved with his hero, Gordon Gekko , a wealthy, unscrupulous corporate raider. Stone made the film as a tribute to his father, Lou Stone, a stockbroker during the Great Depression. The character of Gekko is said to be a composite of several people, including Owen Morrisey, Dennis... Levine, Ivan Boesky, Carl Icahn, Asher Edelman, Michael Ovitz, Michael Milken, and Stone himself. The character of Sir Lawrence Wildman, meanwhile, was modelled on the prominent British financier and corporate raider Sir James Goldsmith. Originally, the studio wanted Warren Beatty to play Gekko, but he was not interested, and Stone wanted Richard Gere, though Gere passed on the role. Stone went with Douglas even though he had been advised by others in Hollywood not to cast him. The film was well-received among major film critics including Roger Ebert.
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| Release date: | December 11, 1987 |
| Directed by: | Oliver Stone |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 125 Minutes |
| Producer: | Edward R. Pressman, Lauren Shuler Donner, Arnold Kopelson, Branko Lustig, John Davis, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall |
| Editor: | Claire Simpson, Chris Lebenzon |
| Music by: | Stewart Copeland |
| Cinematography: | Robert Richardson |
| Screenplay by: | Oliver Stone, Stanley Weiser |
| Estimated budget: | $15,000,000 |