Thirty-five years ago, writer/director Oliver Stone released the follow-up to his searing Vietnam War drama Platoon which came out the previous year winning Best Picture among several other Oscars.....and this time, his focus was on stock brokers? :o Of course his late father had been a stock broker so this was a very personal subject for Stone and he even brought back the star from his previous film to star in this one....Charlie Sheen. Sheen plays our main protagonist Bud Fox who's an aspiring young stock broker who idolizes one of the most exciting new titans of investment banking, Gordon Gekko who is played by Michael Douglas. One day, he ingratiates himself into Gekko's world and ends up trading for him.....and what results is one of the most quoted and often imitated adult drama/thrillers of the 1980's. Much of what makes it so iconic is the lead performance by Douglas who would win Best Actor at the Oscars. It also stars Martin Sheen, Darryl Hannah, John C. McGinley, and the late great Hal Holbrook among several others. Let's find out if Greed is STILL good!
Host: Geoff Gershon
Editors: Geoff and Ella Gershon
Producer: Marlene Gershon
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