The movie "The Wolf of Wall Street" is based on the memoir of the same name by Jordan Belfort. It details his time as a Wall Street stockbroker, including his evential conviction for financial fraud that stole millions of dollars from investors.

The Wolf of Wall Street is a movie about deception, gluttony, corruption, and deceit. It chronicles the life of highly successful stockbroker Jordan Belfort, who founded his own brokerage company, Stratton Oakmont, and made his millions by using a "pump and dump" method.

Jordan Belfort, a young man hailing from a middle class family, filled with passion of becoming a millionaire, ends up on Wall Street. He then loses his job and resorts to selling penny stocks and builds his business out of it.

An amazing movie about the true to life story of how Jordan Belfort rose to fame. It accurately portrays the real life events based on the movie. However parents do need to be aware that constant sex, coarse language and drug use is prevalent throughout the duration of the three-hour film.

Imo… it is a commentary about the story of the boy who cried wolf. People who buy and sell stocks are sheep. Stocks go up for a long time, then a boy cries wolf, a lone voice of reason. Then stocks fall, a lot of people sell… but turns out to be a false alarm, and stocks keep rising after only a brief fall.

The Wolf of Wall Street was released in 2013 to critical acclaim, but the project was marred in controversy after its production was alleged to have been involved in a multi-billion fraud scheme.

The Wolf of Wall Street might be the first movie to show the real spirit that late capitalism have, the film uncovers the ruthless essence of capital; money in search for more money, speedier and quicker profits, nothing more and nothing less.

2 In 1999, Belfort and his associate Danny Porush were indicted for money laundering and securities fraud. Belfort pleaded guilty to fraud for the pump-and-dump schemes, which may have cost his investors as much as $200 million. He was sentenced to four years in prison. Ultimately, he served 22 months.

According to the government's documents, Red Granite Productions purchased film rights to The Wolf of Wall Street for $1.045 million. Of that amount, Belfort received $940,500.

The Wolf on Wall Street is a refresher course on how not to take life too seriously. Belfort and Stratton Oakmont made so many crazy decisions. While they paid the consequences for those choices, and this is by no means worthwhile, they also had a ton of fun. Running a company is extremely challenging.

Dream big – and look through a realistic lens. Perhaps the biggest lesson an entrepreneur can learn from The Wolf of Wall Street is that dreams are the sparks for business. And when you start looking for ways to make your dreams come true, use sound, honest, and responsible ways to make that happen.

As a spirit animal the wolf symbolizes an intriguing mix of power, loyalty, guardianship, teamwork and wildness. Many cultures traditionally value the wolf as a powerful guiding force.

The film is banned in Kenya, Malaysia, Nepal, and Zimbabwe because of its scenes depicting sex and drugs and excessive profanity, and additional scenes have been cut in the versions playing in India.