This is a perfect example for "Magical Music": a young man who tries to get the mastro's attention ends up being used by the mastro. In the end, how the young man fights with the mastro on the crime that he has committed.
Page 0Introduction of the city. The working class people who have to ride crowded subway everyday, among them a young man who reads the newspaper all the way. (The reali ty lesson that each of the college student need to take)
Page 4The boss lectures the young man to invest in the fundamentals, but the young men just want to make quick money. (Let the s tudents to decide for themselves what kind of investor they want to become)
Page 5Once the market opens, the young man makes cold call all day long repeating the same sales pitch over and over again.
Page 7At the end of the day, Bud Fox owes money. But he still doesn't stop dreaming and calling Gordon Gekko to make an appointment.
Page 9Bud goes to see his dad, who is a union leader at Blue star airline. When Bud tells his dad that he loses money from the job, his dad lectures him about not working as a salesman. Although Bud earns a lot of money, he still can't make his end meet because he lives in Manhattan. (Let the s students decide whether to create something or live off buying or selling other people's money)
Page 13When his dad tells Bud about the inside information in the airline about FAA announcement, Bud jumps at the information. (EMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITY)
Page 14It's Gordon Gekko's birthday and Bud brings the cigar to him, trying to see him face to face. Bud desperately tries to recommend investment opportunities for Gordon, but he's already known about them. So Bud has no choice but to diverge inside information from his dad. (PHYSICAL OPPORTUNITY)
Page 23Gordon calls Bud asking him to buy shares from Bluestar. The next morning, Gordon gives Bud a one-million-dollar check, seducing him with perks. Sure enough, later that night, an escort comes to pick him up.
Page 29The next day, Bud plays ball with Gekko, who is very athletic and very well informed. He knows everything and he believes the valuable most commodity is information. Gekko lectures Bud about his betting on sure things and not taking chances when it comes to war.
Page 33Bud is no longer useful for Gekko after his information is used. In order to stay with him, Bud has to work as a spy to get more information for Gekko, who tells him to wake up and disregard the law in order to start living . (CHANGE OF PLAN: BECOMING A SPY FOR GEKKO)
Page 37Bud starts to follow a rich guy everywhere, trying to figure out what he is up to. According to the information Bud got, Gekko makes the investment moves. He informs everybody about the sure rise of the stock, Annacott Steel. But his boss warns him to invest in the fundamentals, not to make quick money. Once Bud informs the press, everybody begins to trade on the stock. (PROGRESS)
Page 44 When Bud delivers papers to Gordon's residence, he gets to meet all of his friend including a very beautiful girl, who shows Bud about the super expensive art works at Gordon's place. Bud has to lie about his financial situation to try to get the girl's attention. (PROGRESS)
Page 49 The man who Bud follows comes to see Gordon. He is angry that Gordon has risen the price of the stock for him to pay more to get the company. But eventually they reach an agreement. “All warfare is based on deception.” ( COMPLICATIONS)
Page 53Gekko made some money from Hong Kong market and sent it to Bud when he is watching the sunrise. “Money never sleeps.” Gekko encourages Bud to get more inside information. (PROGRESS)
Page 55Bud goes to see his college buddy, seducing him with money in exchange for information. (PROGRESS)
Page 57Bud poses as a cleaning worker to get into the office buildings in order to steal valuable information, meanwhile Bud goes to date with the girl. (PROGRESS)
Page 60Bud goes to see his dad to return the money and more. He begins to talk like Gordon. (EMOTIONAL POINT OF NO RETURN)
Page 62Bud meets Gordon's attorney to sign the paper to keep legal distance between them. “Stakes are going up. No mistakes.” (PHYSICAL POINT OF NO RETURN)
Page 64Bud and his girl go to swimming in the ocean. They are all very greedy.
Page 65Bud and his college buddy begin to cooperate on the deal. While one of the old guys is getting fired, Bud is promoted to the corner office because of his highest gross commission from stock trading. (HIGHER STAKES)
Page 67Bud buys a big apartment and is decorated by his girlfriend, which is completely out of his personality. The couple cooks together and enjoys dinner. After the sex, Bud asks: “Who am I?” (HIGHER STAKES -> RISE OF EMOTIONAL ANTAGONIST)
Page 72Gordon and Bud's girlfriend go to an auction. They talk about not believing in the myth of love. Meanwhile, Bud rejects his coworker friend.
Page 74 As Bud is doing transactions; the stock watch starts to notice something. (RISE OF THE ANTAGONIST)
Page 75Gekko makes the “Greed, for lack of a better word, is good” speech in order to convince the shareholder to support the stock reconstruction plan. (HIGHER STAKES)
Page 79Gekko trades foreign currency over night. Meanwhile, he pitches the Bluestar to Gekko with his inside advantage of the union. (HIGHER STAKES)
Page 82Bud's dad comes to the meeting with the union of the Bluestar and Gekko. As everybody agrees with Gekko's plan, Bud's dad sees right through him.
Page 88Bud starts a fight with his dad because he thinks his dad embarrasses him. But the Bud's dad promises he will let his men decide for himself.
Page 90The stock watch is onto Bud. His college friend is nervous about the investigation and wants to slow down their cooperation.
Page 92Bud and his friend go to the meeting where they talk about liquidating Bluestar. So Bud rushes into Gorden's office and accuses him for using him. Although Bud can profit hugely from this, his conscious doesn't allow him to put all the airline workers out of their jobs. (EVERYTHING IS PHYSICALLY LOST)
Page 99Bud tells his girlfriend that he is going against Gekko. But his girlfriend is not going to standby him. (EVERYTHING IS EMOTIONALLY LOST)
Page 102Bud has to sell his condo. When he learns that his dad is sick, he promises his dad that he will save the airline, which makes his dad proud. (FINAL PUSH)
Page 104Bud talks about the plan of getting the majority of the stocks from Gekko with the union members. In order to prevent the stock from bought by other sharks, Bud meets with the English investor that he spied upon to buy the company. (COMPLICATION BECOMES SOLUTION)
Page 107Bud goes back to the company and tells his buddy about the bluestar. He uses the same strategy that Gordon teaches him to raise the price of the stock. Gordon is pissed. When the stock price is down, and union member comes to protest to Gekko, he sells everything. And the English investor promises to buy it back.
Page 102 When Gekko learns that the English investor has brought the airline, he understands that he has been manipulated by the conspiracy.
Page 113Bud comes to the office, only to be arrested because of the inside trading. The decent boss tells him that a man's character is everything, but the other boss tells him that he knew Bud was up to no good. (EVERYTHING IS TRULY LOST )
Page 116Bud meets Gekko at the New York park where Gekko beats the shit out of him for betraying him. Bud says that reason is that he finally knows who he is. (FINAL EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL PUSH)
Page 119It turns out Bud recorded their conversation and cooperated with the SCC. Bud goes to the court to be sentenced. But his parents are proud of him.
Page 120Directed by Oliver Stone.
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