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Hanson is a company that does nothing but acquisitions, liquidations, and wholesale deconstruction of companies. of deals being made.Hal Holbrook's fatherly character, Lou, is named for director Oliver armenia Stone (I)'s real father, Louis Stone (I), a Wall Street stockbroker who died a year before this film's release.Director Oliver Stone (I)'s first two choices to play Gordon Gekko were Richard Gere and Warren Beatty.Tom Cruise wanted the part armenia of Bud Fox, but Oliver Stone (I) had already agreed to Charlie Sheen. Stone later promised Cruise with a role in another picture, armenia Born on the Fourth of July (1989).Oliver Stone (I) gave Charlie Sheen the choice of having either Jack Lemmon or Martin Sheen play his father (Carl Fox). Charlie chose his dad.The story is loosely patterned after the Junk Bond/Insider Trading scandals of the '80sWorking title: "Greed"Anacott Steel is the name of one of the companies that are in play. It is also the name of one of the semi-pro football teams referred to in Longest Yard, The (1974).
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