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The Wolf of Wall Street is three hours long, so be patient if you decide to watch it, although I think the film is a breeze to watch.
The film was released in 2013 , its director is the legendary Martin Scorsese - a lover of gangster stories, the greatest personality in the field of cinema of our time, every actor dreams of starring in his films. Who was lucky enough to live a rich and vibrant life in this film?
Actors who starred in The Wolf of Wall Street
Leonardo DiCaprio – Jordan Belfort , broker
This Oscar-winning guy doesn't need much introduction, I think this is the third Scorsese in which Leonardo , the first two being The Aviator and Gangs of New York . Honestly, I would have given DiCaprio an Oscar , and already in 2014 it would have been on his bedside table. At the time of filming in The Wolf of Wall Street, Leonardo DiCaprio was 39 years old, and he played a 22-27 year old guy. Of course, Leo is no longer as fresh and rosy as he was in his thirties, but he is still handsome and attractive.
Jonah Hill as Donnie Azoff Jordan's financial partner .
was nominated for an Oscar for his role in The Wolf of Wall Street , his second nomination. But the actor agreed to a fee of only 60,000 USD. For comparison, DiCaprio’s was 25,000,000 USD . Jonah Hill was ready to work for nothing for the sake of filming with Martin Scorsese and even paired with Leonardo DiCaprio . He certainly succeeded in the role. The goofy, cheeky, but at the same time funny Donnie, played by Hill , won the hearts of the audience.
Margot Robbie as Naomi LaPaglia Jordan's second wife .
For Margot Robbie the role of Naomi in the film “The Wolf of Wall Street” was the first significant one in Hollywood ; perhaps this film became a turning point in the acting career of the actress. Naomi, played by Margot Robbie , is simply magnificent; neither men nor women can take their eyes off her. She really looks like a diva, at the sight of whom men lose their heads, conquer and shower her with gifts, marry and love for years. She plays love, rage, resentment, disappointment. Margot Robbie isn't just a pretty picture, she's a great actress.
Cristin Milioti as Teresa Petrillo Jordan's first wife .
A sweet, brown-eyed girl, but still, this is not what the wife of a millionaire should be, who takes from life everything that he can carry on his rather strong shoulders.
Matthew McConaughey - Mark Hannah , broker.
Another Oscar-winning actor who took part in the filming of The Wolf of Wall Street . Matthew ’s role is small, he plays the main character’s first mentor, it is he who advises him to get a kick out of life: drugs and “hand washing” are the key to the success of any broker.
And now about the film “The Wolf of Wall Street” itself.
Jordan Belfort is a former member of the middle class, he grew up in a poor family of accountants, lived in a small apartment, and at the age of 22 was already married to Teresa . But the thought of getting rich never left Jordan , and so he went to Wall Street - the financial district of New York. There he began his career as a connector - a person who must make at least 500 calls to clients a day.
At his first job, Jordan meets Mark Hannah , who gets him hooked on drugs and girls. The fact is that Hannah believes that since a broker’s brain works 24 hours a day, it is necessary to periodically prevent his gray matter from stagnating. Jordan very quickly mastered the profession of a broker; a year later he already received a brokerage license, but on his first trip to work as a broker, Jordan saw how the US financial world was a fiasco. On October 19, 1987, there was a day that went down in world economic history as “Black Monday.” On this day, the largest drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average in its entire history occurred. Thousands of brokers were left without work. Jordan began to fall into despair, but the trickster will always find somewhere to profit. The future millionaire gets a job in a small sharashka office that sells cheap shares for half a buck apiece, but with a huge commission of 50%. On his first day of work, in just five minutes, George manages to earn two thousand dollars.
And then Jordan Belfort got a taste of money, he was carried away, he sold shares with extraordinary ease, he did it masterfully, masterfully. One day, when Jordan was sitting in a cafe, a strange guy approached him and began to ask where Jordan works and how much he earns, saying that we live in the same house - I see you have money, and I make ends meet, I want to work for you. After Jordan shows him the check that he received for this month - and the amount written there is rather large - 72 thousand bucks, a new acquaintance - and his name is Donnie Azoff , immediately calls his boss at the children's furniture store to report that he quits. Donnie starts working with Jordan . They have a lot in common, both consume and want the sweet life. Donnie is married to his cousin and has such white teeth that he lights up everything around him with the light of his radiant smile.
Soon Jordan and Donnie realize that it is time for them to go on a free voyage. They find office space, hire their comrades, teach them the art of selling cheap, worthless shares and begin to rake in the money - not even with shovels, but with a dump truck! Jordan Belfort decides to rebrand his company, from now on it is called “Stratton Oakmont ” , the employees put on a polish and lo and behold! $28 million per month net profit. Money is flowing like a river, complete chaos reigns at the company: drugs, girls - cheap for a hundred and expensive for 500, the frenzy is gaining momentum, and the feds are starting to take a closer look at the company of Jordan Belfort .
At this time, an article about Jordan Forbes and it was in it that he was first called the Wolf of Wall Street , he was given an unflattering description - “he takes from the rich and gives to himself and his merry gang of brokers.” Jordan is furious, but as it turned out, this anti-advertising did the firm good; the next day the office was full of brokers looking for work and striving for financial independence. The company has doubled in size. The fumes and drugs stirred up the ranks of the workers of a successful company with renewed vigor.
At this time Jordan takes his father to work as a sheriff, he keeps order, keeps his ear to the ground and is the only person who was not blown away by the amount of money falling on his head. Jordan's dad is noisy, but tactful, one day he and his son were talking about Teresa - Jordan's , and Jordan admitted that he had lost interest in his wife, she had bushes between her lower limbs - and this does not turn him on, all the girls with whom he spends time - and there are many of them - everything is smooth.
Jordan Belfort’s new idea is to attract clients directly, without intermediaries, and place their shares themselves. Money flows like a river, but you want even more.
Margot Robbie in The Wolf of Wall Street as Naomi Lapaglia
Jordan is throwing another crazy party at his house, and now she appears in his life for the first time! Naomi LaPaglia !
Margot Robbie and Leonardo DiCaprio in The Wolf of Wall Street
She’s wearing a blue dress, the men are breaking their necks, staring at her, and the main character’s friend, Donnie , actually takes the device out of his pants and starts making fun of Naomi right in front of his dumbfounded wife.
Margot Robbie in The Wolf of Wall Street as Naomi Lapaglia
Exclamations are heard: “I would even get AIDS from her!” , “I would fuck her even if she were my sister!” .
Margot Robbie in The Wolf of Wall Street as Naomi Lapaglia
Jordan is captivated by the beauty of Naomi , he is speechless and talks all sorts of nonsense, the party ends, but Jordan has the girl’s treasured phone number, by the way, she was at the party with her boyfriend.
Margot Robbie in The Wolf of Wall Street as Naomi Lapaglia
And so these two go on their first date. Candlelight dinner, romance, Jordan's jaw dropped and drooling, Naomi is pretty - he calls her Countess, after dinner they go to her place, Jordan just thinks about how to stay the night with her, but Naomi is not like that Already a modest person, she asks him to light the fireplace in the living room, and she retires to her room for a while.
Jordan lights the fireplace with grief, then the doors open and she comes in! The only clothes she wears are black stockings and high-heeled shoes.
Jordan got his, but this happiness lasted only 11 seconds, but they did it again and again. Jordan and Naomi began to meet often, the guy was literally obsessed with her, and it wasn’t just a matter of matching, they were on the same wavelength, the same interests plus drugs. One day they were caught by Jordan's , Teresa . The wife was furious, but it was no longer possible to change the course of events; Jordan was head over heels in love and soon Naomi to marry him.
The bachelor party in Vegas cost Jordan two million dollars, the bacchanalia was such that after all this mob moved out of the hotel, the entire 28th floor had to be restored from ruins.
Margot Robbie and Leonardo DiCaprio in The Wolf of Wall Street
It was a gorgeous wedding, the wedding gift for Naomi was a yacht named after her, the couple bought a house on the island, they lived happily, but Jordan continued to engage in docking on the side, and once again, when he said the name of another woman at night, Naomi threw up he had a familiar scandal in the morning, by that time the couple already had a little daughter, and after Naomi threw three glasses of cold water in Jordan’s , she decides to take revenge on her unfaithful husband in a unique way, from now on she will have no connection with the scoundrel, but She will only wear short dresses and no underwear at home. Naomi shows her husband all the beauty of her ... with stilts spread out, and not suspecting that there is a camera in the eye of the children's toy, and that two guards see everything that happens in the nursery.
One day, Donnie got into a fight with one of the money carriers to Switzerland , and because of this situation, the entire financial pyramid that Jordan . Fearing for his own skin, Donnie decides to appease Jordan with a cool forbidden drug. Jordan doesn’t yet know that Donnie has played a prank; together they are going to have a great evening, throwing in a pill. But 35 minutes pass - no action, friends roll their wheels again and again - but there is zero effect. Jordan receives a call from his father asking him to call him from a phone located in a nearby bar, which Jordan does. There, in the bar, he begins to get inserted, and he bypasses the stage of euphoria and immediately feels the stage of a motionless vegetable. At this time, he learns that his home phone is tapped, and he urgently needs to go home - after all, half-witted Donnie is talking on the phone with a Swiss lawyer who is laundering Jordan's . The way the semi-paralyzed Jordan to his home is enchanting! This scene is worth watching the movie The Wolf of Wall Street .
On this toxic evening, Donnie almost died by choking on a ham roll, and Jordan had to give him mouth-to-mouth artificial respiration. Perhaps, already at this stage of married life, Jordan’s wife Naomi ’s nerves begin to lose, and she begins to seriously think about divorce. At the same time, Emma’s , the figurehead in whose name all the accounts in the Swiss bank are registered, dies. Jordan decides to urgently sail closer to Switzerland , the whole wonderful company ( Jordan , Naomi , Donny ) gets caught in a terrible storm, and only miraculously survives, the waves reached a height of 6 meters. In general, after all this madhouse, Jordan decides to quit extreme sports, he stops consuming and behaves like a good boy, but that was not the case, the mechanism of the punitive machine has already been launched, and it only took one small mistake of a Swiss lawyer, who was even caught It wasn't really Jordan's job to let it all go to waste. The lawyer ratted everyone out. Naomi leaves her husband, Jordan faces 20 years in prison, but if he turns everyone in, his sentence will be reduced. Jordan warns Donnie about drying out, but rats out the others. The conditions in prison were excellent - after all, Jordan is rich, which means he can afford a lot.
After he was released from prison, he became a business coach, making a living by lecturing on the art of sales.
This story is based on real events described in the book of the same name by Jordan Belfort.
Jordan Belfort really look like . The wife's name was Nadine Caridi .
Leonardo DiCaprio (Jordan Belfort)
The film “The Wolf of Wall Street”: actor Leonardo DiCaprio as Jordan Belfort, “Film Poster”
Actors of the film “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels”: 20 years later
Jordan Belfort becomes a successful broker by learning how to create a buzz around assets. An example of his business idea was a pen that can be sold at a profit only to someone who urgently needs it, for example, to give an autograph. Intoxicated by easy money, the main character falls into a wild life and divorces his wife. Having remarried, Belfort is unable to give up his financial fraud and ends up in prison.
The main role in the film was played by actor Leonardo DiCaprio, who collaborated with Scorsese for the fifth time. First made famous by James Cameron's Titanic, DiCaprio has become a star of the first magnitude over the years. The press included the actor in the list of the 50 most beautiful people on the planet, but he only managed to win an Oscar on his sixth attempt. In 2020, DiCaprio won the coveted award for the film “The Revenant.” In 2020, Quentin Tarantino's thriller Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is expected to be released, where Brad Pitt and Al Pacino became Leonardo's co-stars.
Meet Sorel and money laundering
In 1993, when one of Belfort's first teachers, Alvin Abrams, was arrested for financial crimes, Jordan began thinking about protecting his fortune. He earned almost $50 million a year, there was nothing to worry about.
By the way, after his arrest, Abrams agreed to cooperate with the investigation and, under FBI wiretapping, called Belfort, allegedly to remember the old days. True, before that he himself taught Jordan how to determine whether a person is going to set you up, so the authorities failed. Belfort bought out Abrams' share in their joint transactions, but was worried that the teacher might pawn some of his operations.
Together with Danny Porush and Dollar Time Group CFO Gary Kaminsky, who had connections among bankers in this country, Belfort went to Switzerland. There they met with Jean-Jacques Sorel from Union Bancaire Privee. The conversation proceeded approximately as presented in the film: Belfort learned in what cases the US government would have access to his accounts.
Having received the necessary information, Jordan decided to use a front man. Initially, he thought about taking on one of the fake owners of his shares, but they got into scandals no less often than Jordan and were not suitable for this role. Then Belfort drew attention to Patricia Mellor, the aunt of his second wife Nadine Carridy, who lives in England. Sorel, whom he turned to for advice, gave some advice - including making Patricia a card and allowing her to use accounts so that they did not seem “fake”.
Judging by Belfort's autobiography, the bank had its own structure of front men, which Sorel offered to Jordan. Patricia easily agreed to Belfort’s proposal, primarily because it was an adventure in the spirit of spy novels. Sometimes this version, even though it was told by Belfort, is criticized. In particular, there are doubts that Jordan explained all the intricacies of the scheme to Patricia - he probably simply opened an account in her name, using it for his own purposes.
Having finished this, Jordan wondered how to access his money without attracting too much attention. He did not like the options proposed by Sorel. The latter introduced him to a man named Roland Franks, who specialized in a special range of services, including the creation of fictitious companies under the guise of legitimate ones with foreign capital.
The main reason for all these actions was the circumvention of Rule 144, which allowed the sale of unregistered shares acquired in a private placement no sooner than two years after their purchase, and even then with certain restrictions. Foreign investors had loopholes in the law that allowed them to bypass this rule. Belfort believes that the very existence of such rules is unfair to American investors and forces brokers to look for workarounds.
Using the loophole, he planned to invest $3 million to acquire shares of the retailer Dollar Time Group, and then sell them for a profit within 40 days. Creating a fake company in Switzerland and negotiating with the bankers was half the battle. It was still necessary to transfer money to this country and remain unnoticed.
As usual, Belfort found an ingenious combination: he used the wife and parents of one of the Stratton-Oakmont shareholders, as well as simultaneously the supplier of methaqualone, Todd Garrett. First of all, it was planned to export $3 million, and then the quantities were supposed to be increased. In addition, he persuaded his mother-in-law Susan and Patricia Mellor to join the scheme.
There were some incidents - the culprit was Danny Porush, who was supposed to give Garrett Todd about $1 million. The meeting was going to be held in a public place, in the parking lot of a shopping center. Instead of doing it as discreetly as possible, Porush and Todd arrived in suits and carried out the exchange in a black Rolls-Royce.
Porush, contrary to all agreements, arrived at the meeting in a state of drug intoxication. He attracted the attention of supermarket parking attendants, who thought the car driver was drunk and called the police. During the transfer of money, Todd, in a state of nervousness, began threatening Porush with a gun.
Danny managed to make the exchange and leave, but the police detained Todd Garrett along with weapons and money. He was not charged with money laundering - he was charged with drug trafficking, but thanks to Belfort he was released from prison on bail, and it was difficult to prove guilt in this case.
Matthew McConaughey (Mark Hana)
The Wolf of Wall Street: Actor Matthew McConaughey as Mark, Kinomania
Mark Khan becomes Jordan's first boss at an investment bank. He teaches the newcomer all the intricacies of the brokerage craft, and also actively pushes him towards a dissolute lifestyle.
American actor and director Matthew McConaughey began with comedic roles, but in recent years he has been playing dramatic characters. He became famous for the films “The Lincoln Lawyer” and “Interstellar” by Christopher Nolan. For his role in the film “Dallas Buyers Club” he received an Oscar and a Golden Globe in 2013. In 2014, he played alongside Woody Harrelson in the TV series True Detective, which managed to overtake the Game of Thrones saga in terms of the number of views. In 2020, he starred in the film adaptation of Stephen King's novel series The Dark Tower.
