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lineage (lineage / scale): Wall Street → The Wolf of Wall Street. Oliver Stone's Wall Street is part of the lineage but feels small beside Wolf.
“That movie feels very small compared to Wolf of Wall Street.”
The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:42:46 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
people (director): Wall Street → Oliver Stone. Wall Street is Oliver Stone's movie; Stone is not among the speaker's favorites in the Stone episode.
“it's not my favorite as we've when we did our stone episode, it's not really high for me personally.”
The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:42:55 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
contrast (contrast): Margin Call → Wall Street. Brian says Margin Call is the best film about business and the two are the best movies on the subject.
“Wall Street and Margin Call of the 2 best movies about this”
The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 1:09:55 · Brian Koppelman (0.80 sure it was them)
career (career arc): Wall Street → Platoon. Wall Street, a year after Platoon, indicated Oliver Stone's later movies would become Wall Street.
“It's a it's a little bit of an indication of where things are going to go prematurely in his career.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 2:34:32 · Bilge Ebiri (0.50 sure it was them)
what-if (Oscar what-if): Planes, Trains and Automobiles → Wall Street. Planes, Trains and Automobiles should have won best actor for Candy that year, over Michael Douglas in Wall Street.
“Yeah, the movie that should have won best actor this year.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 2:35:40 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
lineage (sequel): Wall Street → Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps is a long-awaited legacy sequel to an Oscar-winning 80s drama.
“a much minded sequel, long-awaited, a legacy sequel of sorts, to a Oscar winning 80s drama.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 2:46:56 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
lineage (sequel): Wall Street → Money Never Sleeps. Wall Street is followed by Money Never Sleeps.
“but then, of course, money never slept”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:28:36 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
unmapped (zeitgeist): The Edge → Wall Street. Wall Street captured the 80s aspirational billionaire that the Edge still lives in.
“Wall Street really captures it with the Gordon Gecko character.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:10:59 · Van Lathan (0.60 sure it was them)
programming (programming): Margin Call → Wall Street. Simmons chooses Wall Street as the best double feature, a fun mix that complements.
“I would go Wall Street.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 1:24:10 · Bill Simmons (0.75 sure it was them)
what-if (what-if): Wall Street → Eddie Murphy. Eddie could not have been a supporting character like Bud Fox in Wall Street; he had to be the giant star.
“Eddie hit a point where he couldn't have been like Bud Fox in Wall Street.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ With Bill Simmons, Wesley Morris, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:12:07 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
what-if (what-if): Sidney Poitier → Wall Street. If Eddie plays Gordon Gekko, the speaker thinks he would defer to Poitier-type roles.
“But if he makes Sidney Poitier, Gordon Gecko.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ With Bill Simmons, Wesley Morris, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:12:15 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)