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ID #: 
160
Film Type: 
DVD
Playing Time: 
126 Minutes
Release Date: 
1987
Color or BW: 
Color and B&W
Description: 
Feel the need for greed with the Wall Street Insider Trading Edition, featuring an all-new scrolling trivia track chroniciling the financial, political and cultural events of the freewheeling '80s - and more! Michael Douglas received the 1987 Best Actor Academy Award for his powerful performance as Gordon Gekko, a financial wizard who lures an ambitious young stockbroker (Charlie Sheen) into the illegal, lucrative world of corporate espionage in this gripping morality tale about the American dream gone wrong.
Keywords: 
American dream, corporate espionage, Gordon Gekko, Greed, stockbroker, Wall Street
Notes: 
2-disc set