![]() ![]() ![]() In an effort to perhaps make Belfort seem a bit less crazed than his on-screen persona, it should be mentioned that despite the film citing “back pain” in air quotes as a reason for his drug habit, Belfort really did have constant back issues that required multiple surgeries. ![]() ![]() His first memoir, The Wolf of Wall Street, was published in 2007. Eventually, Belfort was caught by the FBI and after serving 22 months in federal prison, became a writer and motivational speaker. He later married the Duchess, and they had a tumultuous relationship filled with deceit and abuse that ended in divorce. He cheated on his first wife with a woman nicknamed “The Duchess of Bay Ridge,” played by Margot Robbie in the film. While all this was happening in his professional life, Belfort’s personal life was plagued by addictions to numerous illegal substances, primarily cocaine and Quaaludes. He recruited young, mostly working-class kids from Long Island to work at Stratton and indoctrinated them into what he repeatedly calls, in his 2007 memoir, a “cult.” They were taught to worship at the altar of money and to con their clients into buying worthless stock. Belfort was violating probably hundreds of laws at any given time, most of which involved defrauding his shareholders and manipulating the stock of dozens of companies. 17.The overall story of Jordan Belfort ( Leonardo DiCaprio) and his brokerage firm Stratton Oakmont, as presented in Scorsese’s film, is true to life. 25, but last week, the studio pushed back the film’s opening to Jan. Paramount’s Jack Ryan, starring Chris Pine as the iconic intelligence officer created by the late Tom Clancy, was originally supposed to open Dec. Red Granite’s Riza Aziz and Joey McFarland are producing with DiCaprio, Scorsese, Emma Koskoff and Alexandra Milchan. In its new home, Wolf of Wall Street goes up against The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, 47 Ronin, Grudge Match and the Justin Bieber documentary Believe. He’s continued to work on it but now it’s officially going to be ready for Christmas Day and I’m delighted,” said Paramount chairman Brad Grey. The film’s running time is now 165 minutes. 15 release date in order to give the director time to trim the length. Scorsese’s initial cut of the movie was longer than 180 minutes, forcing Paramount to scrap the film’s original Nov. Wolf of Wall Street also stars Matthew McConaughey, Jonah Hill, Jean Dujardin, Rob Reiner, Kyle Chandler, Margot Robbie, Jon Bernthal, Cristin Milioti, P.J. ![]()
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