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I haven't watched many movies focusing on the cultures, icons of Wall Street. I do sometimes get to watch some movies by chance and I'd like to hear from you about your favourite Wall Street movies.
Enron :The smartest guys in the room http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0413845/
This movies very closesly follows the book by the same title. I have the movie in High Definition format and I'd like to share with you all. I'm working on details for a plan with the trading center at Baruch to use their seminar room for this purpose. I like this movie very much because first it's in HD format (Mark Cuban's company documented this movie), second the detailed facts about Enron are just shocking. I still remember watching Ken Lay trying to keep a straight face after Jeff Skilling arubtly left and then the accident when Jeff called an analyst a*****e.
Trading place http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086465/
Eddie Murphy is hilarious in this movie about a homeless man switchs place with an investor.
Of the top of my heads, these are the only two movies I can remember that fall into this category. Prof. Stefanica mentioned he has a documentary about some math theorem he likes to share. Speaking of which, I still have a copy of the document about Andrew Wiles and how he dedicated his whole life to solve Fermat's Last Theorem.
RussianMike
08-06-2006, 02:24 PM
Wall Street (Michael Douglas and Glen Close) a classic
Rogue Trader (about Nick Leeson and bringing down of Barings)
Boiler Room (a bunch of stockbroker scams)
Barbarians at the Gate (leveraged buyout of RJR Nabisco)
Wall Street (Michael Douglas and Glen Close) a classic
Finally, gotta watch this movie last night. It was a classic, Mike. :smt023 I'll rent and watch this a couple more times (exactly my type of movie)
Actually, Glen Close was not in the movie but the cast is very impressive : Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen, Martin Sheen.
woody
11-19-2006, 07:34 PM
Wall Street (Michael Douglas and Glen Close) a classic
Finally, gotta watch this movie last night. It was a classic, Mike. :smt023 I'll rent and watch this a couple more times (exactly my type of movie)
Actually, Glen Close was not in the movie but the cast is very impressive : Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen, Martin Sheen.
Daryl Hannah!
sarathk
11-20-2006, 12:37 AM
I watched the first one, Enron. It's a great documentary.
The 'Smart Guys' wiped away savings of thousands of employees and investors.
Everyone right from CEO, Chairman, traders are involved.
They even showed some (private) conversation between traders.
Must watch!
sarathk
11-20-2006, 12:40 AM
The Bank - An Australian movie, about a young mathematician whose model predicts the next market crash.
Boiler Room (a bunch of stockbroker scams)
Finished this movie at 4:30am :D I'm on a roll here :smt006
Next on my list will be the 2 left from Mike's list and The Bank-recommended by Sarathk
woody
11-22-2006, 10:30 AM
Anyone gonna see "pursuit of happiness?"
Anyone gonna see "pursuit of happiness?"
Opens 12/15. Can we see it after the finals. Say 12/22 ? This movie should be really good.
By the way, Woody, I like your new pic, kinda remind me of some action movie actor I can't recall at this moment.
RussianMike
11-27-2006, 10:14 AM
By the way, Woody, I like your new pic, kinda remind me of some action movie actor I can't recall at this moment.
Tom Cruise in MI2 or MI3?
Wall Street (Michael Douglas and Glen Close) a classic
Rogue Trader (about Nick Leeson and bringing down of Barings)
Boiler Room (a bunch of stockbroker scams)
Barbarians at the Gate (leveraged buyout of RJR Nabisco)
Thanks Mike,
I had a chance to watch all movies you recommended. Watched "The Bank" recommended by Sarathk. Read "Poker's Liar" borrowed from Hien. Went to see Pursuit of Happyness as well. \\:D/
I like the book and Wall Street, Boiler Room the best.
Added Wall Street Warriors to the list of my WS-themed movies.
So happy to see the Wall Street is coming out on Blu-ray. Can't wait to pick it up
Link (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000Y9Q59W?tag=quantfinaneng-20)
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/415TaMhaNHL._AA240_.jpg (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000Y9Q59W?tag=quantfinaneng-20)
woody
11-22-2007, 07:35 AM
When is the Wall Street sequel coming out?
My best movie
Anyone gonna see "pursuit of happiness?"
The Bank - An Australian movie, about a young mathematician whose model predicts the next market crash.
awesome movie especialiy for aspiring quants:
“He is building a model that can evolve and learn from the experiences of the market”
"We have seen this kind of stuff before, black box for XXX [a certain] hedge fund until collapsing and taking twelve billions with it.”
“It tends to find order in the matter of chaos”
“He named it betsy…”
“Great, he is naming it after a f%^&ng cow.”
"He is smart..."
“They are all smarter until they are not…”
“Allright, let get him him”
joe_bradley
11-24-2007, 07:18 PM
John,
I love that particular dialog you just posted.
My nomination is "Pi: Faith in Chaos". It's about 10 years old and the film was considered experimental at the time - the low-budget indie quality may seem a bit dated now. The wall street angle is that if you keep looking at randomness, eventually you can come up with a model that will fit the randomness, and convince yourself you have found the pattern. A model that works... until it doesn't.
Joe
John,
I love that particular dialog you just posted.
My nomination is "Pi: Faith in Chaos". It's about 10 years old and the film was considered experimental at the time - the low-budget indie quality may seem a bit dated now. The wall street angle is that if you keep looking at randomness, eventually you can come up with a model that will fit the randomness, and convince yourself you have found the pattern. A model that works... until it doesn't.
Joe
Joel,
funny you mentioned this movie, I was just talking to a buddy of mine about 'The bank' the movie and also recommended that I check out 'Pi'... will try to get hold of a copy in local libraries...
John
charlesdwright
12-03-2007, 03:44 PM
Trader.
trading places.
boiler room.
wall street.
Moonix
12-08-2007, 11:09 AM
Here is a good documentary about Long Term Capital Management. It features interviews with Robert Merton and Myron Scholes, it was orginally broadcast at PBS in 1999 with the title "Trillion dollar bet". Enjoy :D
BBC - Horizon - 1999 - The Midas Formula (LTCM, Black-Scholes) - The Pirate Bay (http://thepiratebay.org/tor/3926388/BBC_-_Horizon_-_1999_-_The_Midas_Formula_(LTCM__Black-Scholes))
The BBC documentary is great. It is true now as it was in 1999.
Thoroughly enjoyed watching it.
John,
I love that particular dialog you just posted.
Just came across this one on Wilmott. This is straight out from Boiler room. Hilarious
Boiler Room wasn't a bad film! It was an awesome film:
Jim Young: Okay, before we get started, I have one question, has anyone here passed a Series Seven exam?
Man: (raises his hand) I have a Series Seven license.
Jim: Good for you. You can get up too.
Man: What? Why?
Jim: We don't hire brokers here, we train new ones. That's it Skippy - pack your ****, let's go. (the man leaves) Okay, here's the deal, I'm not here to waste your time. Okay, I certainly hope you're not here to waste mine, so I'm gonna keep this short. Become an employee of this firm, you will make your first million within 3 years. Okay, I'm gonna repeat that, you will make a million dollars, within three years of your first day of employment at J.T. Marlin. There's no question as to whether you become a millionaire working here. The only question is, how many times over. You think I'm joking....I am not joking. I am a millionaire. It's a weird thing to hear, right? Lemme tell ya, its a weird thing to say: I am a ******* millionaire. And guess how old I am...27, you know what that makes me here? A ******* senior citizen. This firm is entirely comprised of people your age, not mine. Lucky for me, I happen to be very ******* good at my job or I'd be out of one. You guys are the new blood. You are the future swinging dicks of this firm. Now you all look money hungry and that's good. Anybody who tells you that money is the root of all evil, doesn't ******* have any. They say money can't buy happiness. Look at the ******* smile on my face! Ear to ear baby! You want details, fine. I drive a Ferrari 355 Cabriolet. What's up? (slides keys across long table) I have a ridiculous house at the South Fork. I have every toy you could possibly imagine. And best of all, I am liquid. So now you know what's possible, let me tell you what's required. You are required to work your ******* *** off at this firm. We want winners here, not pikers. A piker walks at the bell. A Piker asks how much vacation time you get in the first year. Vacation time? People come to work at this firm for one reason, to become filthy rich, that's it. We're not here to make friends, we're not saving the ******* manatees here guys. You want vacation time, go teach third grade at a public school.
Ashish Tare
12-18-2007, 02:49 AM
hello people, when did these movies release ??
wall street is i guess not released, but boiler room, after what Andy posted, is a MUST WATCH
Wall street is out on Bluray on Feb 05, 2008
Amazon.com: Wall Street [Blu-ray]: DVD: Frank Adonis,Thomas Anderson,James Bulleit,John Capodice,Jean de Baer,Richard Dysart,John Galateo,Faith Geer,Hal Holbrook,Sam Ingraffia,James Karen,Donnie Kehr,Dani Klein,Leslie Lyles,Michael C. Mahon,Annie McEnroe,John C. McGinley,Sylvia Miles,Liliane Montevecchi,Cecilia Peck,Robert Richardson,Stewart Copeland (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000Y9Q59W?tag=quantfinaneng-20)
maxrum
02-19-2008, 03:01 PM
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Jack Campbell (Nicolas Cage) is the quintessential Wall Street shark, scoring killer deals by day and shallow escort sex by night. His round-the-clock routine of empty luxuries is disturbed one lonely Christmas Eve when a gun-packing punk (Don Cheadle)--perhaps an angel of mercy--responds to an altruistic gesture from Jack by giving him "a glimpse" of the life he could have had. Could have, that is, if he had married the girlfriend (Téa Leoni) he'd abandoned 13 years earlier, raised two adorable children, worked in his father-in-law's retail tire outlet, and lived happily ever after in suburban New Jersey. Thrust into this "glimpse" of the path not taken, Jack's a single-malt man in a lite-brew world, wondering if he'll ever return to his "better" life of callous wealth and solitude--or if he even wants to.
Dmytro
02-19-2008, 04:12 PM
wall street shmall street...
has anyone watched Pi?
Pi (1998) (http://imdb.com/title/tt0138704/)
honestly, i dare anybody to top that one. i would even volunteer to bring it to class/group gathering to watch.
has anyone watched Pi?
Pi (1998) (http://imdb.com/title/tt0138704/)
honestly, i dare anybody to top that one. i would even volunteer to bring it to class/group gathering to watch.
It seems to be a popular movie among the math circle. My undergrad math prof forced me to watch that and I found it enjoyable. I also realized that I didn't want to become the kind of mathematician that gone mad, running around.
By the way, I just watched both Wall Street and Enron movies in Blu-ray. It was even more mind blowing than seeing it in standard DVD.
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