Famous for the scene where Mchael Douglas has a speech on what he coins 'The Ninja Generation' (No Income, No Job, No Assets) referring to the millennial generation.
Gekko's line "You stop telling lies about me, I'll stop telling the truth about you" is lifted from American politician Adlai Stevenson's famous quote: "I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends... that if they will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them."
Jake's ringtone is opening title theme to "The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly". The film Eli Wallach has star in as Tuco, 44 years prior to his role as Julie in this film.
In the scenes in which MSNBC is on the television, the Dow Jones Average shown on the ribbon at the top of the TV screen is the same throughout the movie, even when the market drops "777" points at the nadir of the financial crisis, the average is still over 11,000. The average dipped below 7,000 in the real world in the time frame of the film.
The Dyna Tac was the first handheld cellular phone, one of the 8000 series of phones. Cellular phones actually existed long before the 1980s, but the private handheld ones didn't come out until the early 80s. Dr. Martin Cooper led the team that developed the phone. The phone was nicknamed "The Brick" by users because of its large size and weight.
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Will Gekko's famous DynaTac phone make an appearance?
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Gekko gets his DynaTac mobile phone back when he's released from jail. It is not seen again after this scene. It is unknown if the original phone is playing the role of Gekko's DynaTac in this film.
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How much time has lapsed between the original movie and this one?
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Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps takes place about 23 years after Wall Street. The original was set in 1985, the new film is set in 2008.