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===Principal photography=== Stone wanted to shoot the film in New York City and that required a budget of at least $15 million, a moderate shooting budget by 1980s standards. The studio that backed ''Platoon'' felt that it was too risky a project to bankroll and passed. Stone and producer [[Edward R. Pressman]] took it to [[20th Century Fox]] and filming began in April 1987 and ended on July 4 of the same year.<ref name="Blair 2008">{{cite news |last=Blair |first=Cynthia |title=1987: ''Wall Street'' Filmed in New York City |work=[[Newsday]] |year=2008 |url=http://www.newsday.com/other/special/ny-ihiny090904story,0,2269738.htmlstory |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207012006/http://www.newsday.com/other/special/ny-ihiny090904story%2C0%2C2269738.htmlstory |archive-date=December 7, 2008}}</ref> Parts of the film were shot in [[Snowbird, Utah]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=D'Arc |first1=James V. |title=When Hollywood came to town: a history of moviemaking in Utah |date=2010 |publisher=Gibbs Smith |location=Layton, Utah |isbn=978-1-4236-0587-4 |edition=1st}}</ref> According to Stone, he was "making a movie about sharks, about feeding frenzies. Bob [director of photography [[Robert Richardson (cinematographer)|Robert Richardson]]] and I wanted the camera to become a predator. There is no let-up until you get to the fixed world of Charlie's father, where the stationary camera gives you a sense of immutable values".<ref name="Riordan 1996"/> The director saw [Wall Street] as a battle zone and "filmed it as such" including shooting conversations like physical confrontations, and in ensemble shots had the camera circle the actors "in a way that makes you feel you're in a pool with sharks".<ref name="Wuntch 1987">{{cite news |last=Wuntch |first=P |title=Stone's War on Wall St |work=Herald |date=December 21, 1987}}</ref> Jeffrey "Mad Dog" Beck, a star investment banker at the time with [[Drexel Burnham Lambert]], was one of the film's technical advisers and has a [[cameo appearance]] in the film as the man speaking at the meeting discussing the breakup of Bluestar. [[Kenneth Lipper]], investment banker and former deputy mayor of New York for Finance and Economic Development, was also hired as chief technical adviser.<ref name="Cowan 1987">{{cite news |last=Cowan |first=Alison |title=Making ''Wall Street'' Look Like Wall Street |work=The New York Times |date=December 30, 1987}}</ref> At first, he turned Stone down because he felt that the film would be a one-sided attack. Stone asked him to reconsider and Lipper read the script responding with a 13-page critique.<ref name="Welles 1987">{{cite news |last=Welles |first=Chris |title=The Platoon of Pros Who Helped Out on ''Wall Street'' |work=[[Business Week]] |date=December 21, 1987}}</ref> For example, he argued that it was unrealistic to have all the characters be "morally bankrupt".<ref name="Cowan 1987"/> Lipper advised Stone on the kind of computers used on the trading floor, the accurate proportion of women at a business meeting, and the kinds of extras that should be seated at the annual shareholders' meeting where Gekko delivers his "Greed is good" speech.<ref name="Cowan 1987"/> Stone agreed with Lipper's criticism and asked him to rewrite the script. Lipper brought a balance to the film and this helped Stone get permission to shoot on the floor of the [[New York Stock Exchange]] during trading hours.<ref name="Welles 1987"/> Lipper and Stone disagreed over the character of Lou Mannheim. Stone shot a scene showing the honest Mannheim giving in to insider trading, but Lipper argued that audiences might conclude that everyone on Wall Street is corrupt and insisted that the film needed an unimpeachable character. Stone cut the scene.<ref name="Welles 1987"/> Stone also consulted with Carl Icahn, Asher Edelman, convicted inside trader David Brown, several government prosecutors, and Wall Street investment bankers.<ref name="Lipper 1987">{{cite news |last=Lipper |first=Hal |title=The Stone Age |work=[[St. Petersburg Times]] |date=December 13, 1987}}</ref> In addition, traders were brought in to coach actors on the set on how to hold phones, write out tickets, and talk to clients.<ref name="Welles 1987"/> Stone asked Lipper to design a six-week course that would expose Charlie Sheen to a cross section of young Wall Street business people. The actor said, "I was impressed and very, very respectful of the fact that they could maintain that kind of aggressiveness and drive".<ref name="Rattner 1987">{{cite news |last=Rattner |first=Steven |title=From Vietnam to ''Wall Street'' |work=The New York Times |date=August 30, 1987}}</ref> Douglas worked with a speech instructor on [[Vocal pedagogy|breath control]] in order to become better acclimatized to the fast rhythm of the film's dialogue. Early on in the shoot, Stone tested Douglas by enhancing his "repressed anger", according to the actor.<ref name="Kiselyak 2007"/> At one point, Stone came into Douglas' trailer and asked him if he was doing drugs because "you look like you haven't acted before".<ref name="Kiselyak 2007"/> This shocked Douglas, who did more research and worked on his lines again and again, pushing himself harder than he had before. All of this hard work culminated with the "Greed is good" speech.<ref name="Kiselyak 2007"/> Stone planned to use a ''[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]'' magazine cover in exchange for promotional advertisements, but ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine made a similar offer. Stone stuck with ''Fortune'', which upset ''Forbes'' publisher [[Malcolm Forbes]], who turned down a later request to use his private yacht.<ref name="Garcia 1987">{{cite magazine |last=Garcia |first=Guy D |title=In the Trenches of Wall Street |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=July 20, 1987 |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,965026,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080408195840/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,965026,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 8, 2008}}</ref> Stone switched from 12- to 14-hour shooting days in the last few weeks in order to finish principal photography before an impending [[Directors Guild of America]] strike and finished five days ahead of schedule.<ref name="Garcia 1987"/> Sheen remembered that Stone was always looking at the script and at his watch.<ref name="Kiselyak 2007"/>
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