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Excerpt: Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps movie open with Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas) is released from prison in 2001 after eight years behind bars. He leaves the prison hoping to find a car waiting for him but there is no one. Hes alone.Seven years Later, Jacob “Jake” Moore (Shia Lebouf) is awakened in his apartment by his girlfriend, Winnie (Carey Mulligan). Jake turns on the television and there is an interview with Gekko on television. Gekko has become an author and a lecturer promoting his new book, Is Greed Good? Winnie gets upset and throws the remote at the TV after Jake doesnt turn it off. Winnie is Gekko’s estranged daughter and wants nothing to do with him. Jake drives Winnie to the airport on his motorbike and she goes off to gather investors for her online political magazine.Jake goes to work at Keller Zabel Investments, a banking institution. He tries to raise more money for a fusion research project which will be a viable source of alternative energy down the line but the rest of the board doesnt agree with him. Jake is one of the firms top brokers and the protégé of its managing director, Lewis Zabel (Frank Langella). Zabel has become disillusioned with the industry and doesnt understand how he can be told a loss is a profit. He gives Jake a 1.5 million dollar bonus and tells him to spend it and keep the economy going. Zabel also…
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