Boyd Ostroff
June 6th, 2005, 08:06 PM
http://www.fortune.com/fortune/information/currentissue
The current issue of Fortune magazine features a new photo of Michael Douglas in the personna of Gordon Gekko from Oliver Stone's movie Wall Street: http://imdb.com/title/tt0094291/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnxteD0yMHxsbT01MDB8dHQ9b258ZmI9dXxwbj0wfHE9d2FsbCBzdHJlZXR8aHRtbD0xfG5tPW9u;fc=1;ft=28; fm=1
No, it really isn't a story about a remake, but they asked Douglas to pose for the cover story, "Is greed still good?" and he jumped at the chance. The editors column has a nice write-up. He says he's amazed that fund managers constantly come up to him (usually late at night when they're drunk) and say he was their inspiration. Douglas replies "... wait a minute, I was supposed to be the bad guy!"
He mentions that he's discussed a remake with Stone (although it's a little hard to tell if he's serious or not). It begins as Gekko is released from prison...
Regardless, it's kind of fun to see him on a real cover of Fortune. The article also has a photo of what they call the most famous bogus cover of Fortune, a prop for the movie with Douglas' photo and the headline "Gekko the Great."
But the scary thing is, they interview a current hedge fund manager who says, "If Gordon Gekko were around today, they'd eat him alive..."
The current issue of Fortune magazine features a new photo of Michael Douglas in the personna of Gordon Gekko from Oliver Stone's movie Wall Street: http://imdb.com/title/tt0094291/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnxteD0yMHxsbT01MDB8dHQ9b258ZmI9dXxwbj0wfHE9d2FsbCBzdHJlZXR8aHRtbD0xfG5tPW9u;fc=1;ft=28; fm=1
No, it really isn't a story about a remake, but they asked Douglas to pose for the cover story, "Is greed still good?" and he jumped at the chance. The editors column has a nice write-up. He says he's amazed that fund managers constantly come up to him (usually late at night when they're drunk) and say he was their inspiration. Douglas replies "... wait a minute, I was supposed to be the bad guy!"
He mentions that he's discussed a remake with Stone (although it's a little hard to tell if he's serious or not). It begins as Gekko is released from prison...
Regardless, it's kind of fun to see him on a real cover of Fortune. The article also has a photo of what they call the most famous bogus cover of Fortune, a prop for the movie with Douglas' photo and the headline "Gekko the Great."
But the scary thing is, they interview a current hedge fund manager who says, "If Gordon Gekko were around today, they'd eat him alive..."