Jordan Belfort is a successful stockbroker, multi-millionaire and motivational speaker from New York who had enough money to throw anywhere he wanted. He was arrested and jailed in 1998 for a string of fraudulent activities surrounding stock market manipulation including money laundering and mob infiltration. He served 22 months in prison after being given a sentence of 4 years, famously refusing to cooperate during the case which exposed massive corruption on Wall Street. His crime was fuelled by his loved of alcohol, parties, women and, generally, the finer things in life including his luxury yacht which was originally built for Coco Chanel. He wrote two memoirs which were published in around 40 countries and have since been translated into 18 different languages.
'The Wolf of Wall Street' was one of the two best-selling autobiographies by Jordan Belfort and it has been adapted onto screen by multi-Primetime Emmy winning writer Terence Winter ('The Sopranos', 'Boardwalk Empire', 'Brooklyn Rules'). Directed by the Oscar winning Martin Scorsese ('Shutter Island', 'Goodfellas', 'The Departed') and starring Leonardo Dicaprio ('Django Unchained', 'Titanic', 'Inception'), this white-collar crime drama reveals the mass corruption of the American financial in the 90s . It is set to be released next year on January 17th 2014.
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Matthew McConaughey, Margot Robbie, Jon Bernthal, Jon Favreau, Cristin Milioti, Kyle Chandler, Ethan Suplee, Spike Jonze, Rob Reiner, Shea Whigham, Christine Ebersole, Ben Leasure, Michael Jefferson, Chris Riggi, Jean Dujardin, Joanna Lumley, J.C. MacKenzie, Christine Ebersole