southwood norsemytho group movie reviews
From "Wall Street" to "Boiler Room",
"Trading Places" to "American Psycho", the halls of finance are usually portrayed as places of
shiny excesses and dark hearts.
Now buzz is building over a new contender, which could become one
of the defining films of Wall Street. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio and directed
by Martin Scorsese, "The Wolf of Wall Street" is slated to come out
this November, and is sure to have brokers scrambling for red-carpet invites.
But what do the nation's foremost finance gurus think of the
movies that put their industry on the big screen? We asked a few for their
favorites.
Name: Jim Cramer Title: Host, Mad Money, CNBC Favorite movie:
"Margin Call"
It is far and away my favorite, and I have watched it multiple
times. It is the most realistic movie about Wall Street I have ever seen. When
I first watched it I was spellbound, because I could not believe how they got
it so right.
From Kevin Spacey as the manager who is fighting between the
notions of protecting ownership or protecting clients, to Stanley Tucci as the
guy who was too honest and had to be farmed out, to Jeremy Irons as the
clueless guy at the top who looks good: I've been in the industry 33 years, and
we all know who these people are.
I tell people who are going into the business, ‘This is what
happens on Wall Street. If you can handle what happens in "Margin
Call", then you're ready.'
Favorite scene:
There is a scene in the boardroom where Zachary Quinto says that
he got his graduate degree in jet propulsion from MIT. That is exactly the way
it is on Wall Street. There is always a guy in the room with a degree like
that. They even got that detail right.
Name: Alexandra Lebenthal Title: CEO, Lebenthal & Co. Favorite
movie: "Working Girl"
Every time I come across it on TV, I have to watch it all over
again. It is more of a comedic take on the industry - not totally accurate, but
very entertaining.
southwood norsemytho group movie reviews
By this point, it has an old-school 1980s feel, everything from
how mergers and acquisitions were at the time right down to how the women
dressed. Melanie Griffith is a secretary from Staten Island who always wants
more, and Sigourney Weaver is the uptight investment banker who steals her idea
for a merger. There are just so many classic lines. continue
reading….
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