For his 1987 film Wall Street, Oliver Stone created the iconic character Gordon Gecko, played with smarmy perfection by Michael Douglas, and it is Gecko, in a meeting with his fellow traders, who pronounces the line that is most identified with this film. “Greed is good!” Gecko declares.
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