He gave us about an hour,and it was quite interesting because... he was arrogant, in the...
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He gave us about an hour,
and it was quite interesting because... he was arrogant, in the sense that
he was telling us about the new way
of doing things and how it was necessary
to attack these companies because these are
outdated companies. They take profit
for the executives and they don't care
about the shareholders. You own the company. That's right,
you the stockholder, and you are all
being royally screwed over by these... these bureaucrats with their,
their steak lunches, their hunting
and fishing trips, their... their corporate jets
and golden parachutes. man: This is an outrage!
You're out of line, Gekko! Burrough:
You know, there's
a purity to that speech in what's wrong
with the corporate America. It doesn't surprise me
that part of that famous speech is informed by talks
that Stone had with Carl
and it was quite interesting because... he was arrogant, in the sense that
he was telling us about the new way
of doing things and how it was necessary
to attack these companies because these are
outdated companies. They take profit
for the executives and they don't care
about the shareholders. You own the company. That's right,
you the stockholder, and you are all
being royally screwed over by these... these bureaucrats with their,
their steak lunches, their hunting
and fishing trips, their... their corporate jets
and golden parachutes. man: This is an outrage!
You're out of line, Gekko! Burrough:
You know, there's
a purity to that speech in what's wrong
with the corporate America. It doesn't surprise me
that part of that famous speech is informed by talks
that Stone had with Carl
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He gave us about an hour,
and it was quite interesting
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because... he was arrogant,
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in the sense that
he was telling us
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about the new way
of doing things
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and how it was necessary
to attack these companies
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because these are
outdated companies.
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They take profit
for the executives
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and they don't care
about the shareholders.
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You own the company.
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That's right,
you the stockholder,
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and you are all
being royally screwed over
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by these... these bureaucrats
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with their,
their steak lunches,
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their hunting
and fishing trips, their...
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their corporate jets
and golden parachutes.
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man: This is an outrage!
You're out of line, Gekko!
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Burrough:
You know, there's
a purity to that speech
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in what's wrong
with the corporate America.
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It doesn't surprise me
that part of that famous speech
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is informed by talks
that Stone had with Carl.
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Movie Summary
Explores the fascinating contradictions at the heart of the famed financier, Carl Icahn. Amassing close to $20 billion dollars over the last half century and at the forefront of some of the most legendary business deals of our times.
