Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (Wall Street: Money never sleeps)
Directed by: Oliver StoneCast list: Michael Douglas, Shia LaBeouf, Josh Brolin, Carey Mulligan, Susan Sarandon
Country: USA
Year: 2010
Genres: Drama /
Runtime: 137 min.
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In 2001, Gordon Gekko is released from prison after serving eight years for money laundering. Seven years later, Gekko is promoting his new book Is Greed Good?, while his estranged daughter, Winnie, runs a small news website and is dating Jacob Moore, a top proprietary trader at Keller Zabel Investments (KZI). Jacob is a protégé of managing director Louis Zabel, and is trying to raise money for a fusion research project. When Bretton James, an old agent of Gecko, devours the firm Jake works for, Jake wants revenge and Gordon may be the perfect ally.
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Subjects: English language / Contemporary world / Economy / History /
Topics: education in human values / world of work, employment relationships / human relations, psychology, sociology / family, family relationships /
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