The Wolf of Wall Street - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

Fan of The Wolf of Wall Street or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to The Wolf of Wall Street

[jim]

The cameo by Sharon Jones performing Goldfinger, the title theme to the James Bond film Goldfinger (1964), at Jordan and Naomi's wedding is a reference to Jordan Belfort's actual wedding where "Nobody Does It Better", the theme song from another Bond film, The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), was performed.

[alyssa]

The white car Jordan drives under the influence is a Lamborghini Countach. Back then in the 1980s this car didn't meet the safety requirements in the US with its original design. It had to be specially modified with additional bumpers in order to meet the safety requirements in the US market. The one that is seen in the movie has these additional bumpers on. Today any car older than 25 years old is exempt from design legislations in the US, so the Countach can be used freely without the bumpers.

[phyllis]

When Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio) walks into the Investors Center for the first time, the manager (Spike Jonze) greets him as "Dwayne." However, when Jordan addresses him moments later he calls him "Mike."

[francisco]

The phone number for Stratton Oakmont is 1-800-555-0199.

[amber]

During a Heated argument between Jordan and Naomi, Jordan keeps reiterating "Who, who?" after which Naomi mimicks him sarcastically saying, "Who? Who? What are you, a fuckin' owl?" This was the precise line Vincent Hanna (Al Pacino) used while interrogating Alan Marciano (Hank Azaria) in Heat (1995).

[eli]

Martin Scorsese has confirmed that some of the editing is odd on purpose, especially the scenes in which one or more characters are high. Every time Jordan is seen taking drugs, the scenes that follow have continuity issues and often flow oddly.

[terry]

When "The Wolf of Wall Street" was released in the Philippines the movie had 2 cuts which was the R-16 version and R-18 version. R-16 cuts a lot of scenes and R-18 is the uncut version.

[beth]

Martin Scorsese said that there were actual real-life stockbrokers on the set, some of whom actually worked at the real Stratton Oakmont firm.

[kyle]

When Jordan is talking about Brad's death he says: "He was 35, same age as Mozart. I don't know why I remember that" This is a reference to Amadeus (1984) where Mozart (whose first name was Wolfgang) is repeatedly called "Wolfie" through the film by his wife Constanze. In this film, Jordan is called "Wolfie" repeatedly while in is office and by his friends.

[phyllis]

Production was halted for a week after Hurricane Sandy hit New York in late 2012. Martin Scorsese even denied access to his film facility on Manhattan's 57th Street due to the potential hazards posed by a toppled crane near his building.

[miriam]

Leonardo DiCaprio explained to Ellen DeGeneres that during the Quaalude sequence it took them seventy takes just to get the ham to stick to his face. This was achieved by flicking the ham off a spoon and using K Y jelly in order to make it sticky enough.

[melinda]

Leonardo DiCaprio was paid $25 million for his role, a quarter of the film's budget, making him the highest paid star of the year.

[jessie]

In the film Click, Jonah Hill and Jake Hoffman play Adam Sandler's son Ben at different ages.

[ronnie]

In the film Catch Me If You Can (2002), DiCaprio portrays Frank Abagnale Jr., a con man who pretends to be several different professionals, one of which is an airline pilot for Pan Am. Margot portrayed a stewardess in the short lived TV series Pan Am (2011).

[ronnie]

On a routine visit, Steven Spielberg spent a day on the set, watching the shoot of the Steve Madden speech. Martin Scorsese claims that Spielberg essentially codirected the scene, giving advice to actors and suggesting camera angles.

[bernice]

When Jordan is filming one of his infomercials, he appears on a boat in front of women in brightly colored bikinis. This is a direct homage to Tom Vu's infomercials from the late 1980s and early 1990s in which people would be invited to his get-rich-quick seminars.

[kenzi]

Just like their characters in the film, Jonah Hill (Donnie Azoff) and Jake Hoffman (Steve Madden) also grew up together as childhood friends.

[ray]

The gay orgy was one of the scenes that had to be toned down to earn an R rating. V.F.X. supervisor and second unit director Robert Legato shot footage of a chair in a lobby, then had artists digitally insert the chair into the scene, to avoid displaying the men's genitals.

[riley]

In the conference room, the main characters sing "One of us", a reference to the 1932 movie "Freaks". Olga Baclanova was the lead actress in that film and also in the 1929 film "The Wolf of Wall Street".