Despite a lackluster box office most critics seem to agree that the wolf of wall street is a good film and that martin scorsese has outdone himself at least with a crowd pleaser.
Real wolf of wall street forbes article.
Jordan belfort the wolf of wall street stockbroker whose memoir was turned into a oscar nominated martin scorsese film of the same name sued producers red granite pictures for.
In scorsese s film forbes publishes an exposé of stratton oakmont entitled the wolf of wall street.
Don t go that far but have some type of monthly payoff.
Jordan belfort is a former wall street trader who was guilty of crimes related to stock market manipulation.
Belfort is initially outraged but mellows after his office is besieged by job applicants.
Belfort is a notorious public figure who wrote two memoirs.
Over the next few years news of stratton oakmont s success gets around from forbes magazine to the fbi specifically agent patrick denham kyle chandler.
In both the book and the movie belfort claims that forbes magazine wrote an article wherein he is described as a twisted robin hood who takes from the rich and gives to himself and his merry band of brokers and is given the nickname the wolf of wall street although roula khalaf the writer of the infamous article did describe belfort as.
Meet the real wolf of wall street in forbes original takedown of jordan belfort.
But the movie.
Martin scorsese s the wolf of wall street is a raucous bacchanalia of sex drugs and money on wall street that focuses on the excesses of jordan belfort s career at over the counter brokerage.