"Satire" is a fig leaf, permitting the sort of audiences who wouldn't dream of watching, say, The Hangover three whole hours of supposedly highbrow guffawing at gruesome variations on the pump-and-dump theme. The story is the memoir of Jordan Belfort, a Long Island kid who rose to become a. In the end (which comes, at last, heralded by a smug little cameo from the real Belfort), Scorsese seems to have little to add to Belfort's self-serving version of his own story. The true story of the Wolf of Wall Street is completely out of control. And, though some of it is very funny – DiCaprio proves himself a great physical clown when as Belfort, whacked out on Quaaludes, he slithers on his belly back to his car – the film is usually too much in drooling awe of its own subject to bother questioning him. Sadly, Denham gets just one decent scene. Had it given equal weight to FBI investigator Patrick Denham (Kyle Chandler), based on real agent Gregory Coleman, it might have had a chance of being balanced. Enjoy these behind the scenes facts about The Wolf of Wall Street. Scorsese brought this story to life with an A list cast and the magic that only Marty can bring the big screen. Belfort may be an antihero but, as the protagonist, he is the only hero the film has. The Wolf of Wall Street, a film about the rise and fall of Jordan Belfort and the greed of Wall Street. The film is undeniably loyal to its historical source, yet it claims to be satire. Kyle Chandler Photograph: c.Paramount/Everett/REX Belfort sinks his yacht and has to be rescued by the Italian coastguard on page 405. A female sales assistant lets brokers shave her head for $10,000 on page 104. Danny Porush eats a broker's goldfish on page 62. Most of what you see is faithfully recreated from the memoir.
"How else was a man to measure his success if not by playing out every one of his adolescent fantasies?" asks the real Belfort in his book. Stratton Oakmont's profits fund a bacchanal: cars, drugs, women who are exactly as disposable as the cars and drugs, and antics that veer from Jackass territory into hazing rituals. Incidentally, you won't be seeing any of those investors in this movie. With the help of Azoff and others, he turns a penny stock business into Stratton Oakmont, an empire based on the fraud known as " pump and dump": buy cheap stock, talk it up, sell it high, and don't shed any tears for the investors you screw over in the process.
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Even though some of the scenes in the movie are just downright unimaginable a midget being thrown like a dart, a chimpanzee being brought to the office, a helicopter crash most of the film is inspired from real events. Unfortunately for Belfort, he gets promoted on 19 October 1987: Black Monday. Is The Wolf of Wall Street Based on a True Story Yes, it is no secret that ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ is based on a true story. LEONARDO DICAPRIO sales Photograph: Allstar/PARAMOUNT PICTURES/Sportsphoto Ltd./Allstar