Gordon Gekko
Fictional Character
Carey Mulligan's in a class of her own...to his 1987 corporate classic Wall Street, in which she plays the coveted role of Winnie, daughter to Michael Douglas's fresh-out-of-prison Gordon Gekko. From that, she's moved straight on to the latest screen adaptation of Graham Greene's... In this article: Carey Mulligan, An Education, Keira Knightley, Jim Sheridan, Pride & Prejudice, Wall Street 2, Oscar, Brothers, Joe Wright, and Audrey Hepburn |
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Times Online | October 20, 2009
British actress Carey Mulligan tipped for Oscar after premiere
...with a sparkling performance that has led to comparisons with Audrey Hepburn and secured her a coveted part as Gordon Gekko's daughter in Oliver Stone's Wall Street sequel. This month Time magazine proclaimed: "Carey Mulligan: a star is...
In this article: Carey Mulligan, Oscar, An Education, Audrey Hepburn, New York, Nick Hornby, Emma Thompson, Dominic Cooper, Googled, and Woldingham School
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Esquire | October 28, 2009
Can We Say Goodnight to the Bad Guy, Already?
...for the end of cultural hypocrisy. GREED IS STILL GOOD /// Fans have clamored to see Michael Douglas reprise his role as Gordon Gekko on the set of Oliver Stone's Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps. Ten years ago, rallying behind a...
In this article: Bernie Madoff, Law Abiding Citizen, Wall Street 2, Kate Gosselin, and Hollywood
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New York Post | 4 days ago
'Wall Street' journal
...is scheduled to be released next year. In the upcoming movie from director Oliver Stone, fans will see a softer side of Gekko, as he tries to mend his relationship with his estranged daughter. The film takes place 20 years after the...
In this article: Wall Street 2, Michael Douglas, Wall Street, Academy Award, Oliver Stone, and New York Post
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New Kerala | October 23, 2009
Fate Helped Carey Mulligan Score Wall Street Role
...after a series of spooky signs. The Brit was thrilled when she was asked to audition for the Oliver Stone movie, in which she plays the daughter of Michael Douglas' infamous Gordon Gekko character. And she insists she was never nervous...
In this article: Carey Mulligan, DVD, Wall Street, Oliver Stone, Wall Street, Michael Douglas, New York, and Los Angeles
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Monique sequel
...ago, is back in Oliver Stone's sequel. The ageless Belgian beauty bumps into Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas), shortly after he's been released from prison, at a black-tie gala at the Metropolitan Museum. The scene was actually shot in the...
In this article: Kellan Lutz, Ryan Gosling, Oscar, Cancer, Cunard Line, and Roman Polanski
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Contactmusic.com | October 15, 2009
Shia Labeouf - Labeoufs A Real Wall Street Whizz
...and shares. LaBeouf plays a young Wall Street whizzkid who dates the daughter of Michael Douglas' Gordon Gekko character in the forthcoming film - currently shooting on location in New York City's financial district. And, according to...
In this article: Shia LaBeouf, Wall Street, Wall Street, Oliver Stone, New York City, All rights reserved, Wall Street 2, Star Magazine, and Michael Douglas
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | September 16, 2009
Gordon Gekko still resonates on Wall Street
...the film Wall Street. Twenty-two years after appearing on the big screen, and one year after the collapse of investment bank Lehman Brothers, the film character Gordon Gekko continues to resonate on Wall Street. The "strip and flip"...
In this article: Wall Street, Oliver Stone, Lehman Brothers, Lawrence McDonald, Michael Douglas, Wall Street 2, and Bankruptcy
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'Street' of schemes
..."Wall Street." Oliver Stone's follow-up, "Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps," picks up the action after Gekko completes a prison sentence for securities violations -- just in time for the 2008 stock-market crash. LaBeouf plays a...
In this article: Shia LaBeouf, Wall Street 2, Oliver Stone, Michael Douglas, and Wall Street
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St. Petersburg Times | September 11, 2009
Wall Street the sequel: more greed, more risk
...Sleeps, in Manhattan's financial district. Aging Michael Douglas again plays '80s corporate raider Gordon Gekko whose utterance of "Greed … is good" still ranks among moviedom's top one-liners. The new Gekko is just out of prison for...
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Gordon Gekko is a fictional character from the 1987 film Wall Street by director Oliver Stone. Gekko was portrayed by actor-producer Michael Douglas, in a performance that won him an Oscar for Best Actor. Gekko may return in Money Never Sleeps which is currently in pre-production.
Co-written by Stone and screenwriter Stanley Weiser, Gekko is claimed to be based loosely on arbitrageur Ivan Boesky, who gave a speech on greed at the University of California, Berkeley in 1986, and real-life activist investor / corporate raider Carl Icahn. According to Edward R. Pressman, producer of the film, "Originally, there was no one individual who Gekko was modelled on," he adds. "But Gekko was partly Milken", who was the "Junk Bond King" of the 1980s, and indicted on 98 counts of racketeering and fraud in 1989.
In 2002 Gordon Gekko was named one of the Fifteen Richest Fictional Characters according to Forbes who attributed him with 650 million dollars. In 2003, the AFI named him number 24 of the top 50 movie villains of all time.
- Name:
- Gordon Gekko
- Age:
- Mid-40s
- Nationality:
- United States
- Occupation:
- Investment banker, arbitrageur
- First appearance:
- Wall Street
- Last appearance:
- Wall Street 2
- Created By:
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- Oliver Stone
- Stanley Weiser
- Played By:
- Michael Douglas
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