Okay, maybe all of you knew this already, but it came as a shock to me.
I was browsing in a bookstore in Paris earlier today, and I came across the French version of The Wolf of Wall Street. On the book jacket there was a streamer that read, "Soon to be a major motion picture by Martin Scorsese."
So I came home and looked it up, and sure enough, he's got it in development for 2010 and it looks like Leonardo DiCaprio is slated to play Jordan Belfort.
I've always considered Belfort a total blowhard, so when he mentioned they were going to make a movie of the book, I took it with a huge grain of salt. Now I'm kinda pumped to see it. I think if anyone could make a great movie of the Stratton Oakmont story it would definitely be Scorsese.
I just hope he tells it like it was and doesn't make another Boiler Room.
That book was so poorly written, it was comical
I saw the same book the other day, I think on rue de rivoli...
That's where I bought my English version.
I was over at Galeries Lafayette when I saw it today.
And you're right, SAC. The writing is execrable.
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It's entertaining, but I don't love the idea of giving money to a guy who cheated so many out of their own. That said, DiCaprio is one of my favorite actors so I'll likely see it when it comes out.
Side note - I hate how he (Belfort) tries to portray himself as a nice guy throughout the book, justifying his actions by saying he got caught up in the lifestyle. I don't buy it for a second - even in interviews he seems like he could care less about what he did. Overall he just seems very fake.
I thought all the money from the books, and by extension the movie, went to pay restitution to the idiots who got ripped off by him (not that they deserve it)
I never got the impression he tried to portray himself as a good guy; granted, I put it down half way after hearing one too many stories about quaaludes, but I didn't really think he was trying to portray himself that way
I was around back then and I can tell you that he knew exactly what he was doing and what the consequences were for Stratton clients.
And he wasn't even anything special (except that Stratton was the most obvious about what they were doing). There were tons of firms on the street doing the same things and making a shitload of money, and you've never heard about them.
The regulators were so clueless it was comical.
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