The Wolf of Wall Street (2013 movie)

The Wolf of Wall Street is an 2013 American black comedy movie directed by Martin Scorsese and produced by Leonardo DiCaprio. The movie is about a stockbroker who works on Wall Street in New York City during the 1990s. He runs a company that commits stock fraud and insider trading. The story is based on the memoirs of Jordan Belfort.

DiCaprio plays Belfort (the stockbroker), Matthew McConaughey plays Mark Hanna, Jean Dujardin plays (money-laundering Swiss banker) Jean-Jacques Handali, Jonah Hill plays Donnie Azoff, Rob Reiner plays Max Belfort and Kyle Chandler plays Denham. P. J. Byrne, Jon Favreau, Joanna Lumley, Margot Robbie, Spike Jonze, and Edward Herrmann also appear in the movie. The movie is 179 minutes long. Some sex scenes were cut away to prevent MPAA from giving NC-17. It was released on December 25, 2013. It was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

Plot

Jordan Belfort starts working as a stockbroker but loses his job and joins a small firm selling cheap stocks. He makes a lot of money and starts his own company with his friends, using tricky methods to get rich.

As his company grows, he gets into trouble with the law and starts living a wild lifestyle. The FBI begins investigating him, and he tries to hide his money in a Swiss bank. Eventually, his actions catch up with him, and he faces serious consequences.

Jordan’s associates are arrested, and one informs the FBI about him, leading Jordan to cooperate with the authorities for a lighter sentence. After his wife decides to divorce him, Jordan is betrayed by his partner, arrested, and eventually serves 22 months in prison before starting a new career hosting sales seminars.

Other websites

• The Wolf of Wall Street on IMDb