the wolf of wall street

The Wolf of Wall StreetDirected by Martin ScorseseBy Ed Chalk

Narrative and genre The wolf of Wall street is a crime drama/ dark comedy. It follows

corruption and crime through the concept of politicians and bankers.

This could be reflective of bankers and politicians today, there is always a suspicion that crime is involved.

The film is also based on a true story, Leonardo Di Caprio plays a real life motivational speaker and former investment banker. He was convicted of securities fraud and money laundering.

Though I haven't seen the film in full I know it uses some of Scorsese's typical conventions, for example continuous shots with lots going on as well as brutal violence.

Funding/financing

Producers include Martin Scorsese, Leonardo Di Caprio, Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Joey Macfarland and Riza Aziz.

The film had a budget of $100 million and made $118,841,968.

This huge budget comes mainly from Di Caprio and Scorsese themselves.

Development

The script was written by Martin Scorsese. He was said to have started working on it before “Shutter Island” but only got the production go ahead in 2012.

Jordan Belfort made $1 million in letting The studio make a film about him.

Di Caprio fought Brad Pitt in a biding war for the rights to the film, Di Caprio won.

Production Director: Martin Scorsese Cast: Leonardo Di Caprio, Jonah Hill, Jean

Dujardin, Rob Reiner, Matthew McConaughey, Kyle Chandler, Jon Favreau, Margot Robbie, Jon Bernthal, Cristin Milioti, P.J. Byrne, Ethan Suplee, Kenneth Choi, Jake Hoffman, Christine Ebersole, Shea Whigham, Danny Abeckaser, Jean Dujardin, Matthew McConaughey, Kyle Chandler

Locations: The production was filmed largely in different places in New York and in the Bahamas.

Distribution

Upon release the film was said to have a 169 minute run time.