As absurdly rich as Jordan becomes, at the end of the day he is never more than a small fry by the standards of the true, big-shot Wall Street sharks. Always Someone Better: Another thematic similarity the movie shares with Scarface (1983).Always a Live Transmission: Jordan's infomercial seems to be filmed live, because just after the phone number appears on-screen some FBI agents appear to arrest him while another one covers the camera.Anonymous Public Phone Call: At one point Jordan makes use of a public payphone because he suspects the FBI to be tapping his landline.On the other hand, even after it's cured his rampant drug use continues unabated, so there's a chance it was merely an excuse the film's Jordan at one point claims he takes quaaludes for back pain, but the sarcastic delivery hints at this interpretation. In his biography, he claims his quaalude dependence stems from it soothing chronic pain from a back injury (caused by Rocky, Naomi's annoying dog). Adaptational Personality Change: In the film, the root of Jordan's frequent drug use is pure hedonism.More "objective" shots reveal a measly six steps (not that it makes it easier to traverse). Desperately struggling to reach his vehicle through a quaalude-induced "cerebral-palsy phase", Jordan perceives a set of stairs in his path as an intimidating incline of dozens of steps. The film provides examples of the following tropes: The movie was released on December 25, 2013. His downfall begins when he is investigated by the SEC and FBI, but he refuses to leave the life he has built. Jordan Belfort (DiCaprio), a New York stockbroker, recounts to the audience how he amassed his fortune through the use of shady (and outright illegal) stock manipulations, and the hedonistic drug-and-sex-fueled lifestyle he built with that fortune. The year I turned twenty-six as the head of my own brokerage firm, I made 49 million dollars, which really pissed me off because it was three shy of a million a week."Ī 2013 American biographical crime film based on the memoir of the same name by Jordan Belfort, directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio along with a supporting cast that includes Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie, Kyle Chandler, Rob Reiner, Jon Bernthal, Matthew McConaughey, Jon Favreau, Jean Dujardin, and Joanna Lumley among others. I'm a former member of the middle-class raised by two accountants in a tiny apartment in Bayside, Queens.
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