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Fletch
12-09-2003, 09:42 AM
Everybody knows the "greed is good" part. but my favorite scene is when Hal Holbrook professes:

"Man looks into an abyss. There's nothing staring back at him. At that moment, Man finds his character, and that's what keeps him out of the abyss". Classic!
P-Flipp
12-09-2003, 12:21 PM
Originally posted by Fletch:
Everybody knows the "greed is good" part. but my favorite scene is when Hal Holbrook professes:

"Man looks into an abyss. There's nothing staring back at him. At that moment, Man finds his character, and that's what keeps him out of the abyss". Classic! The Gekko "Greed Is Good" speech inspired a new generation to go Business school.Oliver Stone was not glorifying this maligned subculture but was cautioning about it's seamy underside.A superb movie.

[ December 09, 2003, 12:33 PM: Message edited by: P-Flipp ]
DaveR
12-09-2003, 12:27 PM
One of my all-time favs
mhd
12-09-2003, 12:32 PM
Blue Horshoe loves Anacott Steel
DaveR
12-09-2003, 12:42 PM
"We're not fund managers here baby, churn 'em and burn 'em"
jsd540
12-09-2003, 03:16 PM
The most valuable commodity in this world is information...Wouldn't you agree ?
Fletch
12-09-2003, 04:09 PM
Remember the way the let go "Tom Willis of the Jeffersons" (I forget his real name)? I believe he was just too old. Or did he get caught up in the scandal?

[ December 09, 2003, 04:10 PM: Message edited by: Fletch ]
DaveR
12-09-2003, 04:12 PM
Originally posted by Fletch:
Remember the way the let go "Tom Willis of the Jeffersons" (I forget his real name)? I believe he was just too old. Or did he get caught up in the scandal? He was just too old - 40 years of cold-callin'

DR