{"id":4344,"date":"2016-11-05T16:40:22","date_gmt":"2016-11-05T20:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=4344"},"modified":"2026-05-20T15:05:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T19:05:42","slug":"wall-street-1987","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=4344","title":{"rendered":"Wall Street-1987"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Wall Street-1987<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Director Oliver Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen, Daryl Hannah<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott&#8217;s Review #511<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/60003330.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4345\" src=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/60003330-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"60003330\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/60003330-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/60003330.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reviewed November 5, 2016<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade: B+<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rather late in the game, but 2011 was my first time seeing the film Wall Street (1987), and it was a very good film.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Douglas and Charlie Sheen have great on-screen chemistry, and the numerous scenes of New York City are pleasing- pre- 9\/11, they capture a haunting feeling.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being made in 1987 (not a great year for cinema), it does not feel dated except for the soundtrack.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the circumstances in this movie still ring true today. There is a lot of dishonesty and greed in the financial world (check out the documentary Inside Job (2010) for proof).<\/p>\n<p>The 2008 financial collapse is a strong indicator.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Douglas is excellent as Gordon Gekko, a power-hungry, greedy financial mogul.<\/p>\n<p>He encompasses the role in every way and deservedly won the Best Actor statuette for this year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Oscar Nominations: 1 win-<\/strong>Best Actor-Michael Douglas <strong>(won)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wall Street-1987 Director Oliver Stone Starring Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen, Daryl Hannah Scott&#8217;s Review #511 Reviewed November 5, 2016 Grade: B+ Rather late in the game, but 2011 was my first time seeing the film Wall Street (1987), and it was a very good film. Michael Douglas and Charlie Sheen have great on-screen chemistry, and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=4344\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Wall Street-1987<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,835,225,1518,192,1002,1428,11171,893,1516,1268,5612,6143,1519,857,11172,768],"tags":[70,840,226,1520,193,1003,1432,11173,895,1517,1271,5615,6145,1521,859,11174,769],"class_list":["post-4344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1987-films","category-charlie-sheen","category-crime-dramas","category-daryl-hannah","category-dramas","category-hal-holbrook","category-james-spader","category-john-c-mcginley","category-martin-sheen","category-michael-douglas","category-oliver-stone","category-paul-guilfoyle","category-richard-dysart","category-sean-young","category-sylvia-miles","category-tamara-tunie","category-terence-stamp","tag-1987-movie-reviews","tag-charlie-sheen","tag-crime-dramas","tag-daryl-hannah","tag-dramas-2","tag-hal-holbrook","tag-james-spader","tag-john-c-mcginley","tag-martin-sheen","tag-michael-douglas","tag-oliver-stone","tag-paul-guilfoyle","tag-richard-dysart","tag-sean-young","tag-sylvia-miles","tag-tamara-tunie","tag-terence-stamp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4344"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23170,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4344\/revisions\/23170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}