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Would Gordon Gekko Actually Go To Prison For His Actions In "Wall Street"?

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Ben Dreyfuss
Apr 06, 2022
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Oliver Stone’s classic 1987 film Wall Street stars Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko, a corporate raider who famously believes that “greed is good.” He takes a young broker named Bud Fox (Charlie Sheen) under his wing and schools the hungry upstart in the dark arts of high-stakes finance. Fox loses his soul and is eventually arrested by the Feds. He then …

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