The Real 'Wolf Of Wall Street'

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The Real ‘Wolf of Wall Street’?, produced by Vice, is a short documentary that efficiently captures life of Dana Giacchetto. This documentary is aimed at anyone mature enough to understand themes of drugs, sex, and a life of excess, but it also helps to have seen The Wolf of Wallstreet movie. The Real ‘Wolf of Wall Street’? presents the true inspiration for Leonardo DiCaprio’s character in The Wolf of Wall Street. Dana Giacchetto is everything you would expect from a “Wolf of Wall Street”.

A life of excess, A-list, and overdose. Dana Giacchetto was invincible, not that he couldn’t get caught, just that he was too wealthy to care. Giacchetto compared the height of his faculty to Icarus flying too close to the sun because just like Icarus

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