Int. Stratton Oakmont I - auto body shop - bullpen 37

(OCT `88)

 

We see the above guys working the phones.

 

JORDAN (V.O.)

Brad, the guy I really wanted,

took a pass, since he'd become the

Quaalude king of Bayside.

 

 

38 EXT. BRAD'S HOUSE - BACKYARD GYM - DAY (OCT `88) 38

 

Bare-chested, wearing kung fu pants, Brad sells ludes to

a couple of HIGH SCHOOL KIDS.

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JORDAN (V.O.)

They were absolute morons, my

friends, but like I always said--

 

 

INT. STRATTON OAKMONT I - AUTO BODY SHOP - BULLPEN - DAY 39

(OCT `88)

 

Jordan emerges from his office into the garage area

(the bullpen), looking on as Donnie, Chester, Robbie, Sea

Otter and four other BROKERS (now including RUGRAT and

Toby) make sales calls from the cheap desks.

 

JORDAN (V.O.)

Give me them young, hungry and

stupid and in no time I'll make

them rich.

 

 

40 EXT. MARINA - LONG ISLAND - SUNSET (MAY `89) 40

 

On lounge chairs at the edge of a dock, bottle of wine

nearby, Jordan sits with Teresa. He smiles as she opens

a jewelry case -- inside is a diamond tennis bracelet.

 

TERESA

Omigod. Jordan.

 

JORDAN

You like it?

 

TERESA

It's beautiful.

 

Jordan helps her try it on. She smiles, but he detects a

wave of... something.

 

JORDAN

They're small, I know, but the

stones are really high quality.

 

TERESA

No, no. I love it.

 

JORDAN

Then what?

 

They sit in silence. Finally:

 

TERESA

I don't know, it's just -- these

stocks, these crappy companies.

 

JORDAN

In five years the Corleone family

will be completely legitimate.

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TERESA

Why can't you be legitimate now?

 

JORDAN

It's not illegal, Teresa,

technically. I mean they're real

stocks, they're just...

 

TERESA

Never gonna make anybody money.

(a few beats; then)

Wouldn't you feel better selling

this junk to rich people, who can

afford to lose the money at least?

 

JORDAN

Rich people don't buy penny

stocks.

 

TERESA

Why not?

 

And on Jordan's look:

 

JORDAN (V.O.)

Because they're too smart, that's

why not.

 

 

41 INT. STRATTON OAKMONT I - AUTO BODY SHOP - DAY (AUG `89) 41

 

CLOSE ON Jordan, brow furrowing as his wheels turn.

 

JORDAN (V.O.)

I mean what person of any

substance would trust this bunch

of jerk-offs? Like the Pinhead, *

Robbie Feinberg.

 

 

42 SCENES 42 - 46 OMITTED * 42

 

 

46A INSERT ID PHOTO - TOBY WELCH *46A

 

JORDAN (V.O.) *

Toby Welch. I mean, look at this *

fucking Cro-Magnon, I wouldn't *

trust him to pick up a rock. *

 

(ALT) *

 

JORDAN (V.O.) *

Toby Welch. I mean, look at this *

fucking Cro-Magnon, he couldn't *

even think without moving his *

lips. *

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B INSERT ID PHOTO - ROBBIE FEINBERG 46B

 

JORDAN (V.O.)

Or the Sea Otter.

 

 

C INSERT ID PHOTO - THE SEA OTTER 46C

 

JORDAN (V.O.)

Chester Ming even, the Depraved

Chinaman, with his giant panda

head.

 

 

D INSERT ID PHOTO - CHESTER MING 46D

 

JORDAN (V.O.)

Or Nicky Koskoff, who I called

Rugrat because--

 

 

E INSERT ID PHOTO - RUGRAT 46E

 

JORDAN (V.O.)

Well, you can probably figure that

out for yourself.

 

 

INT. STRATTON OAKMONT I - AUTO BODY SHOP - REAR - NIGHT 47

(MAR `90)

 

The camera PUSHES IN on Jordan as he stands before a

large dry erase board.

 

JORDAN (V.O.)

But what if they didn't sound like

jerk-offs? What if I took this

bunch of nincompoops and molded

them in my own image? I

reinvented the company, gave it a

new image, a new name. Something

patrician, blue-blooded, something

that reeked of tradition and anti-

semitism.

 

And as his Brokers settle in to folding chairs--

 

JORDAN

Gentlemen, welcome to Stratton

Oakmont. The clients we've gone

after in the past -- they're done.

We will now target exclusively the

wealthiest one percent of

Americans. The methods we've used

-- over. Loud, obnoxious sales

hype is worthless with these

people.

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JORDAN (CONT'D)

In military terms it's like carpet-

bombing -- noisy, menacing and

only marginally effective. As

Stratton brokers you will be laser-

guided smart-bombs aimed at high-

priority targets. You will

establish an initial relationship

with your clients selling only

blue chip stocks -- then and only

then will you attempt to sell the

pink sheets, where the real money

is. Now the key to every sale is

this:

 

Jordan writes the word "URGENCY" on the board.

 

JORDAN (CONT'D)

No one buys stock unless he thinks

it's going up and going up now.

You must convince your client to

buy before the takeover happens,

before the lawsuit is settled,

before the patent is granted.

If he says I'll think about it and

call you back, it's over, you're

dead! No one calls back! So you

have to create urgency --