The Wolf of Wall Street is a film based off a true story. Mostly, it is based off of the life story of Jordan Belfort, a stockbroker in New York City. It shows from the very beginning of his rise to wealth and fame, all the way to his criminal antics and corruption. Jordan’s firm, Stratton Oakmont, was found to be committing fraud on Wall Street that ultimately led to him being placed in prison on fraud charges.
In the beginning of the film, Jordan Belfort is receiving a job as a new Wall Street stockbroker. Mark Hanna, his new boss, introduces him to life on Wall Street. Later on, Belfort becomes friends with a man named Donnie Azoff. They work together to create a new company. Belfort hires people to work for him and trains them to be great …show more content…
The movie generally describes what these drugs were used for, but I had to do a little more research to get a full understanding. They were swallowed or ingested. From my understanding, it was once considered to be one of the biggest drugs in the U.S. It is a sedative and hypnotic drug and was used as a barbiturate substitute. They were originally imported from India and were developed to aid sleep. However, by 1984 the DEA eliminated Quaaludes from the U.S because of their high abuse percentages. However, in the movie in one specific scene, Belfort takes way too many and looses his ability to speak, form sentences, walk, or control his body. He crawled and rolled around on the floor and attempted to drive, however he ended up completely totaling his car (and getting arrested). Cocaine was also used a fair amount in this film. We discussed cocaine on many different levels in this course. Several of the characters were seen snorting coke throughout the movie. After he did “ludes” he snorted a lot of cocaine, and got an immense amount of energy. Belfort makes the quote “On a daily basis I consume enough drugs to sedate Manhattan, Long Island, and Queens for a month. I take Quaaludes 10-15 times a day for “back pain”, Adderall to stay focused, Xanax to take the edge off, pot to mellow me out, cocaine to wake me back up again, and morphine… well, because its awesome”. They did not show him doing all these drugs at one time, but it can be assumed that Marijuana was smoked, Morphine injected, and Adderall taken orally. He gave an ignorant description of the drug, but by watching the rest of the movie you really understood the consequences of doing these kind of major drugs. His whole life fell
In the beginning of the film, Jordan Belfort is receiving a job as a new Wall Street stockbroker. Mark Hanna, his new boss, introduces him to life on Wall Street. Later on, Belfort becomes friends with a man named Donnie Azoff. They work together to create a new company. Belfort hires people to work for him and trains them to be great …show more content…
The movie generally describes what these drugs were used for, but I had to do a little more research to get a full understanding. They were swallowed or ingested. From my understanding, it was once considered to be one of the biggest drugs in the U.S. It is a sedative and hypnotic drug and was used as a barbiturate substitute. They were originally imported from India and were developed to aid sleep. However, by 1984 the DEA eliminated Quaaludes from the U.S because of their high abuse percentages. However, in the movie in one specific scene, Belfort takes way too many and looses his ability to speak, form sentences, walk, or control his body. He crawled and rolled around on the floor and attempted to drive, however he ended up completely totaling his car (and getting arrested). Cocaine was also used a fair amount in this film. We discussed cocaine on many different levels in this course. Several of the characters were seen snorting coke throughout the movie. After he did “ludes” he snorted a lot of cocaine, and got an immense amount of energy. Belfort makes the quote “On a daily basis I consume enough drugs to sedate Manhattan, Long Island, and Queens for a month. I take Quaaludes 10-15 times a day for “back pain”, Adderall to stay focused, Xanax to take the edge off, pot to mellow me out, cocaine to wake me back up again, and morphine… well, because its awesome”. They did not show him doing all these drugs at one time, but it can be assumed that Marijuana was smoked, Morphine injected, and Adderall taken orally. He gave an ignorant description of the drug, but by watching the rest of the movie you really understood the consequences of doing these kind of major drugs. His whole life fell