Wall Street- Daily Movie Quote

Bud Fox is awaken by a phone call in the early morning and hears the voice of Gordon Gekko on the other end say,

"Money never sleeps, pal."

Before Charlie Sheen was known for the catch phrase "winning" and his iconic role on the hit CBS show Two and a Half Men he played Bud Fox, a young stockbroker anxious to get to the top of the Wall Street ladder in the 1987 Oliver Stone classic Wall Street.

Gordon Gekko, played by Michael Douglas, is a ruthless, deceptive, but wealthy big name on the Wall Street circuit and he becomes the mentor of Bud. Although his ideals are nothing honorable he lures in Bud with the promises of wealth and the perks that come with wealth such as a better place to live and a blond named Darien that you find out later in the movie is the former lover of Gordon Gekko.

Also appearing in the movie is Martin Sheen who plays Carl Fox. Carl is Bud's father. When I was watching this movie a question that popped in my head was, "I wonder what it was like to play a role where your father and son when your actually father and son?" I guess in those scenes maybe there wasn't much "acting" involved it was probably more of evoking a feeling.

I view the character of Bud Fox as smart, but naive and I see Gordon Gekko as manipulative and calculating. I feel that both Charlie Sheen and Michael Douglas play their parts well.

I enjoy movie tidbits so here are a few: Oliver Stone originally met with Tom Cruise to play the role of Bud Fox, but Charlie Sheen had already been committed to the role. Also, the studio wanted Warren Beatty to play Gordon Gekko but he wasn't interested. Then Oliver Stone wanted Richard Gere, but he passed as well. He finally went with Michael Douglas despite being told not to. Finally, Oliver Stone gave Charlie Sheen the choice of picking either Jack Lemmon or Martin Sheen to play his father and he chose his actual father Martin Sheen.

If their is a person that has never seen Wall Street then I recommend you go to your local Best Buy, Barnes and Noble or go on Amazon.com and purchase this movie.