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- 10 Real Wall Street Stories That Should Be Movies
10 Real Wall Street Stories That Should Be Movies
10. 'The Rise and Fall of Jon Corzine.' Corzine went from top dog at Goldman Sachs to a senator and governor to seeing his firm MF Global collapse in spectacular fashion.
Starring Charles Dance (AKA Tywin Lannister)
9. 'The Collapse of Bear Stearns.' The top brass at Bear were known for their wild boys club, but it all came crashing down when JP Morgan almost bought the bank for $2 a share as the market crashed.
Starring Robert Redford as CEO Jimmy Cayne
8. 'Icahn v. Ackman.' Undoubtedly the greatest CNBC segment of all time, what began as a fight over Herbalife stock quickly devolved into an ad hominem spat for the ages.
Starring John Slattery as Bill Ackman
And Mel Brooks as Carl Icahn
Just picture the movie poster
7. 'The Millionaire Madam.' Upper East Side madam Anna Gristina went to jail and has not released her little black book of Wall Street clients — did she cut a deal?
Starring Lindsay Lohan
6. 'The London Whale.' JP Morgan's $6.2 billion trading loss was an embarrassment to the firm last year and heads rolled.
Starring Bill Pullman as Jamie Dimon
And Edie Falco as Ina Drew
5. 'The Falcones: The Phil and Lisa Story.' Lisa once told Vanity Fair that her husband was "the American Dream." Both came from nothing, and could lose a lot as Phil fights with the SEC.
Starring William Fichtner as Philip Falcone
And Megan Fox as Lisa Marie Falcone
4. 'The Natural: The Tale of Lenny Dykstra." He went from professional baseball star to celebrity investor to jailbird.
Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman
3. 'Madoff.' Mr. Ponzi Scheme himself.
Starring Paul Giamatti's John Adams
2. "Gould Rush." Robber baron Jay Gould tried to corner the gold market, causing the "Black Friday" of 1869. The scandal rocked the Ulysses S. Grant administration.
Starring a bearded Viggo Mortensen
1. 'Safra.' Billionaire Edmond Safra died in a fire in 1999, and his male nurse was charged with arson. The prosecution argued he started the fire in order to stage a rescue before losing control of the blaze.
Starring Ray Liotta as convicted arsonist Ted Maher
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