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88-458: The Cinque Terre area is a popular tourist destination. Over the centuries, people have built terraces on the rugged, steep landscape right up to the cliffs that overlook the Ligurian Sea . Paths, trains, and boats connect the villages as cars can only reach them with great difficulty from the outside via narrow and precarious mountain roads. Cinque Terre is mentioned in documents dating to

176-473: A Slave and Gravity . Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle wrote, "it is the best and most enjoyable American film to be released this year." Richard Brody of The New Yorker called the film "Olympian", saying that if it was Scorsese's last film it "would rank among the most harshly awe-inspiring farewells of the cinema." The Chicago Sun-Times 's Richard Roeper gave

264-604: A brandy made with the pomace left from winemaking, and limoncino , a sweet, creamy liqueur made from lemons. It is served chilled after meals and often used in the preparation of desserts. In 1998, the Italian Ministry for the Environment set up the Cinque Terre protected natural marine area to protect the natural environment and to promote socio-economic development compatible with the natural landscape of

352-458: A fault, The Wolf of Wall Street finds Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio at their most infectiously dynamic." Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 75 out of 100, based on 47 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. Peter Travers of Rolling Stone magazine named The Wolf of Wall Street as the third-best movie of 2013, behind 12 Years

440-503: A job as a Wall Street stockbroker for L.F. Rothschild , employed under Mark Hanna. He is quickly enticed by the drug-fueled stockbroker culture and Hanna's belief that a broker's only goal is to make money for himself. Jordan loses his job following Black Monday , the largest one- day stock market drop in history after the 1929 stock market crash , and takes a job at Investor's Center, a boiler room brokerage firm on Long Island that specializes in pink sheet penny stocks . He makes

528-419: A sauce made from basil leaves, garlic, salt, olive oil, pine nuts, and pecorino cheese. Focaccia is a particularly common locally baked bread product. Farinata , a typical snack found in bakeries and pizzerias, is a savoury and crunchy pancake made from a base of chick pea flour. The town of Corniglia is particularly popular for a gelato made from local honey ( miele di Corniglia ). The grapes of

616-421: A small fortune thanks to his aggressive pitching style and high commissions. Jordan befriends his neighbor Donnie Azoff , and the two start their own boiler room-styled brokerage company. They recruit Jordan's childhood friends Robbie Feinberg, Alden Kupferburg, Nicky Koskoff, Chester Ming, and Toby Welch, as well as local drug pusher Brad Bonick, all of whom Jordan trains in the art of the "hard sell," and set up

704-485: A storm. After their rescue, the plane sent to take them to Geneva is destroyed when a seagull flies into the engine; Jordan takes this as a sign from God to address his worsening drug addiction and attempts to sober up. In 1998, Saurel and Koskoff are arrested for an unrelated crime, the former informing the FBI about Jordan as a plea bargain. Since the evidence against him is overwhelming, Jordan agrees to gather evidence from

792-737: A terrace was also called a "lynch" ( lynchet ). An example of an ancient Lynch Mill is in Lyme Regis . The water is directed from a river by a duct along a terrace. This set-up was used in steep hilly areas in the UK. Ancient terraces are a common feature in the Jerusalem Mountains , often found in conjunction with ancient rock-cut agricultural structures including quarries, winepresses, olive oil presses, water holes, lime kilns, roads, and agricultural watchtowers . According to Zvi Ron's estimation, these terraces encompass approximately 56% of

880-522: Is DiCaprio's fifth collaboration with Scorsese . DiCaprio and Warner Bros. acquired the rights to Belfort's memoir in 2007, but production was halted due to content restrictions. It was later produced by the independent Red Granite Pictures . The film was shot in New York in late 2012, using mostly 35mm film stock. The film premiered in New York City on December 17, 2013, and was released in

968-512: Is Naomi Lapaglia on-screen. In contrast, Mark Hanna's name remains the same as the LF Rothschild stockbroker who, like Belfort, was convicted of fraud and served time in prison. Belfort's parents Max and Leah Belfort's names remained the same for the film. The role of Aunt Emma was initially offered to Julie Andrews , who declined as she was recovering from an ankle injury, and was replaced by Joanna Lumley . Olivia Wilde auditioned for

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1056-689: Is a 2013 American epic satirical biographical black comedy drama film co-produced and directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Terence Winter , based on Jordan Belfort 's 2007 memoir of the same name . It recounts Belfort's career as a stockbroker in New York City and how his firm, Stratton Oakmont , engaged in rampant corruption and fraud on Wall Street , leading to his downfall. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Belfort; Jonah Hill as his business partner and friend Donnie Azoff ; Margot Robbie as his second wife, Naomi Lapaglia ; Matthew McConaughey as his mentor and former boss Mark Hanna; and Kyle Chandler as FBI agent Patrick Denham. It

1144-462: Is a major issue. The best method of transportation is by train. Trains run from La Spezia to all five towns within the Cinque Terre, as well as to major regional and national destinations. The Cinque Terre railway stations are located on the Genoa-Pisa line . Most long-distance trains do not stop at all five Cinque Terre towns, making it necessary to transfer from La Spezia onto regional trains or

1232-545: 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 . In Singapore , after cuts were made to a gay orgy scene as well as some religiously profane or denigrating language, the film was passed R21. The release of The Wolf of Wall Street marked a shift in cinema history when Paramount became

1320-419: Is left unchecked". She describes Belfort's business acumen, his talent in communicating and selling his ideas, and his ability to motivate others as offering "valuable lessons for risk professionals as they seek to avoid similar pitfalls". Belfort said of the film's depiction of himself and Stratton Oakmont that it did an excellent job at describing the "overall feeling" of those years, adding, "the camaraderie,

1408-602: Is suddenly worth much less than they paid for it. To cloak this, Jordan gives the firm the respectable-sounding name of Stratton Oakmont in 1989. Soon after, the company becomes immensely successful, moving out of the auto repair shop into a bigger office. An exposé in Forbes , which dubs Jordan "The Wolf of Wall Street" – "a sort of twisted Robin Hood who takes from the rich and gives to himself and his merry band of brokers" – causes hundreds of ambitious young financiers to flock to

1496-635: Is therefore called terracing . Graduated terrace steps are commonly used to farm on hilly or mountainous terrain. Terraced fields decrease both erosion and surface runoff , and may be used to support growing crops that require irrigation , such as rice . The Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras have been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site because of the significance of this technique. Terraced paddy fields are used widely in rice, wheat and barley farming in east , south , southwest , and southeast Asia , as well as

1584-456: The Via dell'Amore ("Love Walk") has been closed since fall 2019 and is expected to reopen in 2024. It is still possible to walk between these villages, although the trail is both steeper and longer than the closed path along the waterfront. Limoni The little path that winds down along the slope plunges through cane-tufts and opens suddenly into the orchard among the moss-green trunks of

1672-550: The 1Malaysia Development Berhad corruption scandal ; the U.S. Department of Justice and the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission investigated Red Granite Pictures, and producer Riza Aziz was arrested in 2019. He was discharged in May 2020 on a 1,000,000 Malaysian Ringgit (US$ 240,000) bail. The film received positive reviews (and some moral censure) from critics and appeared on several "best of

1760-526: The 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal , a major international corruption scandal that began in Malaysia . The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) alleged the film was financed by money producer Riza Aziz stole from the Malaysian 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) sovereign wealth fund. Aziz is the stepson of then-Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak . Aziz was arrested in connection with

1848-767: The Hanging Gardens of Babylon may have been built on an artificial mountain with stepped terraces, such as those on a ziggurat . At the seaside Villa of the Papyri in Herculaneum , the villa gardens of Julius Caesar 's father-in-law were designed in terraces to give pleasant and varied views of the Bay of Naples. Intensive terrace farming is believed to have been practiced before the early 15th century AD in West Africa . Terraces were used by many groups, notably

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1936-464: The Hellenistic period to Mamluk and Ottoman times. The majority of the samples fell within the latter periods. However, the study's ability to precisely determine the original construction date remains uncertain, as the results could also reflect subsequent agricultural modifications that affected exposure to sunlight. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013 film) The Wolf of Wall Street

2024-552: The IPO of Donnie's childhood friend and women's shoes designer Steve Madden , bringing him and his firm further FBI attention. To hide his money, Jordan opens a Swiss bank account with corrupt banker Jean-Jacques Saurel in the name of Naomi's aunt Emma, who lives in London and thus remains outside the immediate reach of American authorities. He uses Brad's Swiss-Slovenian wife Chantalle and her family, who have European passports, to smuggle

2112-740: The Mafa , Ngas , Gwoza , and the Dogon . It was long held that steep mountain landscapes are not conducive to, or do not even permit, agricultural mechanization. In the 1970s in the European Alps , pasture farms began mechanizing the management of alpine pastures and harvesting of forage grasses through use of single axle two-wheel tractors (2WTs) and very low center of gravity articulated steering 4-wheel tractors. Their designs by various European manufacturers were initially quite simple but effective, allowing them to cross slopes approaching 20%. In

2200-541: The Mediterranean Basin , Africa, and South America. Drier-climate terrace farming is common throughout the Mediterranean Basin, where they are used for vineyards , olive trees, cork oak , and other crops. The Yemen Highlands are known for their terrace systems which were constructed at the beginning of Bronze Age in the 3rd millennium BC . Terracing is also used for sloping terrain;

2288-726: The United States Department of Justice filed "for having provided a trust account through which hundreds of millions of dollars belonging to the 1MDB fund were illicitly siphoned". To settle the civil lawsuit, Red Granite Pictures agreed to pay the U.S. government $ 60 million with no "admission of wrongdoing or liability on the part of Red Granite". This settlement was part of a more expansive U.S. effort to seize approximately $ 1.7 billion in assets allegedly purchased with funds embezzled from 1MDB. In January 2020, Belfort sued Red Granite for $ 300 million, also wishing to void his rights deal; he said that he would never have sold

2376-536: The World Monuments Fund . The organization secured grants from American Express to support a study of the conservation of Cinque Terre. Following the study, a site management plan was created. Terrace (earthworks) In agriculture , a terrace is a piece of sloped plane that has been cut into a series of successively receding flat surfaces or platforms, which resemble steps, for the purposes of more effective farming . This type of landscaping

2464-511: The 11th century. Monterosso and Vernazza were settled first and the other villages grew later, whilst within the territory of the Republic of Genoa . In the 16th century, the inhabitants reinforced existing forts and built new defensive towers to protect the population from attacks by the Turks . Cinque Terre experienced an economic decline from the 17th to 19th centuries, recovering when an arsenal

2552-408: The 2000s new designs of wheels and tires, tracks, etc, and incorporation of electronics for better and safer control, allowed these machines to operate on slopes greater than 20% with various implements such as reaper-harvesters, rakes, balers, and transport trailers. In Asian sub-tropical countries, a similar process has begun with the introduction of smaller, lower-tech and much lower-priced 2WTs in

2640-513: The 4-9 horsepower range that can be safely operated in the small, narrow terraces, and are light enough to be lifted and lowered from one terrace to the next. What is different from the Alpine use is that these 2WTs are being used for tillage and crop establishment of maize , wheat, and potato crops, and with their small 60-70cm-wide rotovators and special cage wheels are puddling the terraces for transplanted and broadcast rice. Farmers are also using

2728-501: The Cinque Terre Express. Some intercity trains also stop at Monterosso Station. A scheduled passenger ferry runs between Levanto and La Spezia , stopping at all of the main villages except Corniglia, which does not have a landing point, as it is not located on the coast. Boats also connect to Genoa's Old Harbour , Lerici , and Porto Venere . Many walking trails run throughout the park and are named according to

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2816-575: The Cinque Terre are used to produce two locally made wines. The eponymous Cinque Terre and the Sciachetrà are both made using Bosco , Albarola , and Vermentino grapes. Both wines are produced by the Cooperative Agricoltura di Cinque Terre , located between Manarola and Volastra . Other DOC producers are Forlini-Capellini, Walter de Batté, Buranco, Arrigoni. In addition to wines, other popular local drinks include grappa ,

2904-401: The FBI, who arrest Jordan, before they raid and shut down Stratton Oakmont. Despite breaching his deal, Jordan receives a reduced sentence of 36 months in a minimum security prison for his testimony, and is released in 2000 after serving 22 months. After his release, Jordan makes a living hosting seminars on sales techniques. In addition, cameos and smaller roles include Bo Dietl as himself,

2992-603: The Ligurian shoreline. Given its location on the Mediterranean, seafood is plentiful in the local cuisine. Anchovies of Monterosso are a local speciality designated with a Protected Designation of Origin status from the European Union. The mountainsides of the Cinque Terre are heavily terraced and are used to cultivate grapes and olives. This area, and the region of Liguria, as a whole, is known for pesto ,

3080-830: The Rephaim valley, proposing that the ones in Khirbet er-Ras were built during the Iron Age II, whereas those in Ein Yael were linked to the Second Temple and Roman periods. Seligman suggested that while some terraces were established in ancient times, the majority of them are more likely to have originated during the Roman and Byzantine periods. A 2014 research study on terraces near Ramat Rachel , using Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL), yielded dates ranging from

3168-538: The SVA numbering system, however, it is common to hear trails referred to by their previous numbers, causing confusion to visitors. The most popular path is known as the Sentiero Verde Azzurro ("Blue Trail"), used to connect the five villages. Due to the unstable environment, landslides frequently cause portions of the trails to be closed. The Sentiero Azzurro section from Riomaggiore to Manarola called

3256-587: The UAE believed the film should not have been shown rather than being edited so heavily. The Wolf of Wall Street premiered at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City on December 17, 2013, followed by a wide release on December 25. Its original release date of November 15 was pushed back after cuts were made to reduce the runtime. On October 22, it was reported that the film was set for release that Christmas. On October 29, Paramount officially confirmed that

3344-580: The United States on December 25, 2013, by Paramount Pictures . It was the first major American film to be released exclusively through digital distribution . It was a major commercial success, grossing $ 406.9 million worldwide during its theatrical run, becoming Scorsese's highest-grossing film. However, the film initially received considerable controversy for its moral ambiguity and lack of sympathy for victims, as well as its explicit, graphic sexual content, extreme profanity (with at least 500 uses of

3432-452: The area's gaily painted fishermen's cottages were conceived in the late 1970s as a tourist attraction. Because of its exceptional cultural and ecological assets, UNESCO added Cinque Terre to its list of World Heritage Sites in 1997. On 25 October 2011, torrential rain caused floods and mudslides in Cinque Terre. Nine people were killed and villages were severely damaged, particularly Vernazza and Monterosso al Mare. The heavy rainfall event

3520-508: The area. Today, millions of visitors visit it every year. In 1999 the Parco Nazionale delle Cinque Terre was created to conserve the ecological balance, protect the landscape, and safeguard the anthropological values of the location. Nevertheless, dwindling interest in cultivation and maintenance of the terrace walls posed a long-term threat to the site, which was for this reason included in the 2000 and 2002 World Monuments Watch by

3608-528: The audience at what he considered all the wrong moments, writing, "When Belfort—a drug addict attempting to remain sober—rips up a couch cushion to get to his secret coke stash, there were cheers." Former Assistant United States Attorney Joel M. Cohen, who prosecuted Belfort, criticized both the film and the book on which it is based. He said that he believes some of Belfort's claims were "invented": for instance, Belfort "aggrandized his importance and reverence for him by others at his firm." He strongly criticized

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3696-519: The best film of the 2010s. The film received an average grade of C on an A+ to F scale from audiences surveyed by CinemaScore , the lowest rating of any film opening that week. The Los Angeles Times suggested that the film's marketing may have attracted conservative viewers who expected a more moralistic tone than the film presents. Christina McDowell, daughter of Tom Prousalis, who worked closely with Belfort at Stratton Oakmont, wrote an open letter to Scorsese, DiCaprio, and Belfort, criticizing

3784-466: The cash into Switzerland . Donnie and Brad soon get into a heated argument in public during a money exchange, resulting in Brad's arrest as Donnie escapes. Jordan learns from his private investigator Bo Dietl that the FBI is wiretapping his phones. Fearing for his son, Jordan's father Max advises him to leave Stratton Oakmont and lie low while Jordan's lawyer negotiates a deal to keep him out of prison. In

3872-428: The company in an abandoned auto repair shop. Jordan's tactics and salesmanship largely contribute to the success of his pump and dump scheme, in which misleading, positive statements inflate a stock's price so it can be sold at an artificially high price. When the scheme's perpetrators sell their overvalued securities, the price plummets, and those who were conned into buying at the inflated price are left with stock that

3960-587: The company, thus causing them to move into even bigger offices. As all this is happening, Jordan becomes immensely successful, and slides into a decadent lifestyle of prostitutes and drugs. He has an affair with lingerie designer Naomi Lapaglia, and when his wife Teresa finds out about this, Jordan divorces her and marries Naomi in 1991. Meanwhile, the SEC and the FBI begin investigating Stratton Oakmont. In 1993, Jordan illegally makes $ 22 million in three hours after securing

4048-546: The decade" film rankings. The Wolf of Wall Street uses animals, including a chimpanzee , a lion , a snake , a fish , and dogs . The chimpanzee and the lion were provided by the Big Cat Habitat wildlife sanctuary in Sarasota County, Florida . The four-year-old chimpanzee Chance spent time with DiCaprio and learned to roller skate in three weeks. The sanctuary also provided a lion named Handsome because

4136-399: The engines as stationary power sources for powering water pumps and threshers . Even more recently farmers are experimenting with use of small reaper -harvester attachments. In Nepal, the low costs of these mostly Chinese-made machines and the increased productivity they produce have meant that this scale-appropriate machinery is spreading across Nepal's Himalaya Mountains and likely into

4224-400: The film "three hours of cash, drugs, hookers, repeat" and argued that the film is a "celebration of this lifestyle" and implies that short-lived extreme wealth and extraordinary experiences are superior to normal behavior. Nikole TenBrink, vice president of marketing and membership at Risk and Insurance Management Society , has said the film is a "cautionary tale of what can happen when fraud

4312-409: The film a B+, calling it "good, not great Scorsese". Dana Stevens of Slate was more critical, calling the film "epic in size, claustrophobically narrow in scope." Marshall Fine of The Huffington Post argued that the story "wants us to be interested in characters who are dull people to start with, made duller by their delusions of being interesting because they are high". Some critics viewed

4400-552: The film as an irresponsible glorification of Belfort and his associates rather than a satirical takedown. DiCaprio defended the film, arguing that it does not glorify the excessive lifestyle it depicts. In 2016, the film was ranked #78 on the BBC's 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century list. In 2017, Richard Brody named The Wolf of Wall Street the second-best film of the 21st century so far, behind Jean-Luc Godard 's In Praise of Love . In 2019, Brody named The Wolf of Wall Street

4488-569: The film finished in fifth place in its first weekend with $ 19.4 million from 3,387 theaters, for a five-day total of $ 34.2 million. The film made $ 13.2 million (a drop of 27.9%) and $ 8.8 million (33%) in its second and third weekends, finishing in fourth place both times. In Australia, it is the highest grossing R-rated film, earning $ 12.96 million. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 80% of 289 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.8/10. The website's consensus reads: "Funny, self-referential, and irreverent to

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4576-522: The film for insufficiently portraying the victims of Stratton Oakmont's financial crimes, disregarding the damage done to her family as a result, and giving celebrity status to people (Belfort and his partners, including her father) who do not deserve it. Steven Perlberg of Business Insider saw an advance screening of the film at a Regal Cinemas near the Goldman Sachs building with an audience of finance workers. Perlberg reported cheers from

4664-452: The film for not depicting the "thousands of victims who lost hundreds of millions of dollars", not accepting the filmmakers' argument that it would have diverted attention from the wrongdoers. He deplored the ending—"beyond an insult" to Belfort's victims—in which the real Belfort appears, while showing "a large sign advertising the name of Mr. Belfort's real motivational speaking company", and a positive depiction of Belfort uttering "variants of

4752-569: The film would be shot digitally instead of on film . Scorsese had been a proponent of shooting on film , but decided to shoot Hugo digitally because it was being photographed in 3D . Despite being filmed in 2D, The Wolf of Wall Street was originally planned to be shot digitally. Schoonmaker expressed her disappointment with the decision: "It would appear that we've lost the battle. I think Marty just feels it's unfortunately over, and there's been no bigger champion of film than him." After extensive comparison tests during pre-production, eventually

4840-711: The film would release on Christmas Day, with a runtime of 165 minutes. This was changed to 180 minutes on November 25. It was officially rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) for "sequences of strong sexual content, graphic nudity, drug use and language throughout, and for some violence". In the United Kingdom, the film received an 18 certificate from the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) for "very strong language, strong sex [and] hard drug use". The film

4928-468: The film, and an uncredited Spike Jonze as Dwayne, the head of the Long Island brokerage firm who introduces Belfort to the world of penny stocks. In 2007, DiCaprio and Warner Bros. won a bidding war for the rights to Belfort's memoir The Wolf of Wall Street , with Belfort making $ 1 million off the deal. Having worked on the film's script, Scorsese was considered to direct the film but abandoned

5016-432: The film, but an incident recounted in the book, in which Belfort gives Lavigne mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to save him from choking to death , is similar to a scene in the film involving Donnie. The FBI agent Patrick Denham is the stand-in for real-life Gregory Coleman, and lawyer Manny Riskin is based on Ira Sorkin . Belfort's first wife, Denise Lombardo, is renamed Teresa Petrillo, and his second wife, Nadine Caridi ,

5104-531: The film; Paramount agreed to do so in North America and Japan, but passed on the rest of the international market, with Universal Pictures acquiring the film's international distribution rights. According to Belfort, Random House asked him to tone down or excise the depictions of debauchery in his memoir before publication, especially those relating to his bachelor party, which featured zoophilia , and rampant use of drugs like nitrous oxide ; neither

5192-502: The filmmakers of "exacerbating our national obsession with wealth and status and glorifying greed and psychopathic behavior". She emphasized the gravity and significance of Belfort's crimes, saying that Wolf of Wall Street is a "reckless attempt at continuing to pretend that these sorts of schemes are entertaining, even as the country is reeling from yet another round of Wall Street scandals". After DiCaprio defended himself from criticism, Variety journalist Whitney Friedlander called

5280-429: The first major studio to distribute movies to theaters exclusively in a digital format, eliminating 35mm film entirely. Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues was the last Paramount production to include a 35mm film version to be shown in theaters. The Wolf of Wall Street was released on DVD and Blu-ray on March 25, 2014. On January 27, 2014, it was announced that a four-hour director's cut would be attached to

5368-406: The home release. Paramount later announced that the home release would feature only the original theatrical version. A 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray was released on December 14, 2021. The Wolf of Wall Street grossed $ 116.9 million in the United States and Canada, and $ 289 million internationally, for a worldwide total of $ 406.9 million; it is Scorsese's highest-grossing film. In the United States,

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5456-426: The increasing criticism of Hollywood's use of animals, writing, " The Wolf of Wall Street' s use of a chimpanzee arrives as Hollywood comes under ever-increasing scrutiny for its employment of animals on screen". PETA also launched a campaign to highlight mistreatment of ape "actors" and to petition for DiCaprio not to work with great apes. In 2015, Red Granite Pictures and the film's financing became implicated in

5544-515: The insanity, that was accurate". Of his drug use, Belfort said that his actual habits were "much worse" than is depicted in the film and that he was "on 22 different drugs at the end". Belfort also analyzed the inaccuracies in the film's oversimplification of Stratton Oakmont's gradual transition from advocating for "speculative stocks" in order to "help build America" to committing crimes. He said he "didn't like hearing" overly simplified and blunt depictions of his crimes because "it made me look like I

5632-704: The lemon trees. [...] From the poem, "The Lemon Trees", 1921. This is how the Nobel laureate Eugenio Montale , through his poetry, describes Monterosso and how the Cinque Terre must be discovered. The Cinque Terre were not only a source of inspiration for Eugenio Montale but for many others. Tra Lerice e Turbìa la più diserta, la più rotta ruina è una scala, verso di quella, agevole e aperta. [...]e allora in una tovagliuola bianchissima gli portò due fette di pane arrostito e un gran bicchiere di vernaccia da Corniglia [...] ...quel fiero Sciacchetrà che si pigia nelle cinque pampinose terre. In 2013 Cinque Terre

5720-635: The majority of the film was shot on film stock, while scenes that used green screen effects or low light (mainly the nighttime scenes) were shot with the digital Arri Alexa camera system. The film contains 400 to 450 VFX shots. The film set a Guinness World Record for the most instances of swearing in a motion picture. It uses the word " fuck " 506 times, "cunt" three times, "twat" twice, "fuckface" once, and "prick" four times, averaging 2.81 profanities per minute. The previous record holders were Scorsese's gangster films Goodfellas (1990) and Casino (1995), which had respectively 300 and 422 uses of

5808-547: The midst of his farewell speech, Jordan cannot bear to quit and talks himself into staying, to the immense support of his friends and employees. In 1996, Jordan, Donnie, and their wives are on a yacht trip to Italy , when they learn that Emma has died of a heart attack. Jordan proceeds to Switzerland to forge her name and save the account before going to London for the funeral. To bypass the border patrols, he orders his yacht captain Ted to sail to Monaco , but their ship capsizes in

5896-472: The most efficient use of shallow soil and to enable irrigation of crops by allowing runoff to occur through the outlet. The Inca people built on these, developing a system of canals , aqueducts , and puquios to direct water through dry land and increase fertility levels and growth. These terraced farms are found wherever mountain villages have existed in the Andes. They provided the food necessary to support

5984-555: The north to Kagoshima in the south, are slowly disappearing, but volunteers are helping the farmers both to maintain their traditional methods and for sightseeing purposes. Terraced fields are common in islands with steep slopes. The Canary Islands present a complex system of terraces covering the landscape from the coastal irrigated plantations to the dry fields in the highlands. These terraces, which are named cadenas (chains), are built with stone walls of skillful design, which include attached stairs and channels. In Old English ,

6072-548: The open grounds in the area. Despite their prevalence, there is a lack of consensus among scholars regarding their construction date. Various theories have been proposed, with Zvi Ron suggesting that their origins date back to ancient times, Finkelstein proposing the Middle Bronze Age , and Feig, Stager, and Harel suggesting the Iron Age . Archaeologists Gibson and Edelstein conducted research on terrace systems in

6160-651: The other countries of the Himalaya and Hindu Kush . In the South American Andes , farmers have used terraces, known as andenes , for over a thousand years to farm potatoes, maize, and other native crops. Terraced farming was developed by the Wari culture and other peoples of the south-central Andes before 1000 AD, centuries before they were used by the Inca , who adopted them. The terraces were built to make

6248-527: The populations of great Inca cities and religious centres such as Machu Picchu . In mountainous areas of Myanmar , terrace farming is known locally as the staircase or ladder farming (in Myanmar: mm:‌လှေခါးထစ်‌တောင်ယာ ) ‌and the agriculture technique of that kind is known as လှေခါးထစ်စိုက်ပျိုးနည်း . In Japan , some of the 100 Selected Terraced Rice Fields (in Japanese : 日本の棚田百選一覧 ), from Iwate in

6336-546: The project to work on Shutter Island (2010). He has said he "wasted five months of [his] life" without getting a green light on production dates from Warner Bros. In 2010, Warner Bros. offered the directorial role to Ridley Scott , with Brad Pitt playing Belfort, but the studio eventually abandoned the project. In 2012, the independent company Red Granite Pictures greenlit the project without content restrictions. Soon after, Scorsese came back on board. Red Granite Pictures also asked Paramount Pictures to distribute

6424-446: The published memoir nor the film contains references to this. In the film, most real-life characters' names have been changed from Belfort's original memoir. Donnie Azoff is based on Danny Porush . The name was changed after Porush threatened to sue the filmmakers. Porush maintains that much of the film is fictional and that Azoff is not an accurate depiction of him. Former Donna Karan Jeanswear CEO Elliot Lavigne does not appear in

6512-554: The real Jordan Belfort as the Auckland Straight Line host at the end of the film, Stephanie Kurtzuba as Kimmie Belzer, Thomas Middleditch as a Stratton broker whose goldfish is eaten by Donnie for slacking off, Jake Hoffman as Steve Madden , Fran Lebowitz as The Honorary [ sic ] Samantha Stogel, Edward Herrmann as the voice over the Stratton Oakmont commercial at the beginning of

6600-463: The rest of his colleagues in exchange for leniency. After having sex for the last time, Naomi tells Jordan that she is divorcing him, and wants full custody of their daughter and infant son. In a cocaine-fueled rage, Jordan punches Naomi and tries to drive away with his daughter, but crashes his car in the driveway. Later, Jordan wears a wire to work and slips a note to Donnie, warning his old partner. However, Donnie betrays Jordan by giving his note to

6688-431: The rights to Red Granite if he had known how the film was being financed. Aziz was discharged in May 2020 on a 1,000,000 Malaysian Ringgit (US$ 240,000) bail. Various people have criticized the film as materialistic, encouraging greedy behavior, extreme wealth , and advocating for the infamous individuals portrayed in the film. Christina McDowell, whose father, Tom Prousalis, worked in association with Belfort, accused

6776-525: The role of Naomi, but she was rejected as she was deemed " too old " for the role despite DiCaprio being a decade older than her; the role eventually went to Margot Robbie. In January 2014, Jonah Hill revealed in an interview with Howard Stern that he had made only $ 60,000 on the film (the lowest possible SAG-AFTRA rate for his amount of work), while DiCaprio (who also produced) received $ 10 million. Filming began on August 8, 2012, in New York City. Hill announced on Twitter that his first day of shooting

6864-477: The same falsehoods he trained others to use against his victims". The Wolf of Wall Street was listed on many critics' top ten lists for films released in 2013, and was chosen as one of the top ten films of the year by the American Film Institute . Metacritic analysis found the film was the ninth-most mentioned film on "best of the year" film rankings and the 22nd-most mentioned on "best of

6952-453: The scandal and pleaded not guilty to money laundering charges in July 2019. According to court filings, a company owned by fugitive businessman Jho Low gave the film's producers a $ 9 million advance. Low was given a "special thanks" in the film's credits. The film is part of a broader investigation into these illicit monetary movements, and in 2016 was named in a series of civil complaints

7040-401: The swear word " fuck "), depiction of hard drug use, and use of animals during production. The film was initially rated NC-17 by the Motion Picture Association of America , but it was shortly appealed for an R rating after Scorsese made slight editorial changes to the film. It set a Guinness World Record for the most instances of swearing in a film. The film's financing became implicated in

7128-518: The trading company depicted in the film used a lion as its symbol. Danny Porush denied that there were any animals in the office, although he admitted to eating an employee's goldfish. In December 2013, before the film premiered, the organization Friends of Animals criticized the use of the chimpanzee and organized a boycott of the film. Variety reported, " Friends of Animals thinks the chimp   ... suffered irreversible psychological damage after being forced to act." The Guardian commented on

7216-621: The word; the 1993 film Menace II Society , which had 305 uses; the 1997 British film Nil by Mouth , which had 428; and the 1999 film Summer of Sam at 435. The record has since been broken by Swearnet: The Movie , which uses the word 935 times, but it still holds the record for a major theatrical release. The film's distributor in the United Arab Emirates cut 45 minutes of scenes of swearing, religious profanity, drug use, sex, and nudity, and "muted" dialogue containing expletives. The National reported that filmgoers in

7304-438: The year" lists. It was nominated for several awards , including five at the 86th Academy Awards ceremony: Best Picture , Best Director , Best Adapted Screenplay , Best Actor (for DiCaprio) and Best Supporting Actor (for Hill). DiCaprio won Best Actor – Musical or Comedy at the 71st Golden Globe Awards , where the film was also nominated for Best Picture – Musical or Comedy . In 1987, 25-year-old Jordan Belfort lands

7392-473: Was September 4, 2012. Filming also took place in Closter, New Jersey , and Harrison, New York . Vitamin D powder was used as the fake substance for cocaine in the film; Hill was hospitalized with bronchitis due to snorting large quantities during filming. Scorsese's longtime editor Thelma Schoonmaker , who has received seven Academy Award nominations (as well as one win) for Best Film Editing , said

7480-537: Was built in La Spezia and it gained a railway link to Genoa. Bombing and fighting during World War II caused extensive damage to the Cinque Terre. The railway led to migration from the area and a decline in traditional industries until the growth of tourism from the 1970s onward brought some prosperity. The predominant crops in the area have been grapes and olives. Some fishermen were based in Monterosso, but

7568-407: Was favoured by the crisis of the traditional and less remunerative cultivation of terraced landscapes which sixty years before started a progressive decline and reduction of maintenance. It was partially balanced by the vegetation that spontaneously developed on abandoned terraces, a role underlined by a part of the existing scientific literature. Access to Cinque Terre by car is possible, but parking

7656-466: Was just trying to rip people off". However, Belfort did acknowledge the cinematic benefits of these oversimplifications as "a very easy way in three hours" to "move the audience emotionally". On September 28, 2022, Nadine Macaluso , Belfort's ex-wife on whom the character Naomi was based, said that the depiction of Belfort and their relationship was accurate and that she hopes to educate people on signs of domestic abuse and toxic relationships. The film

7744-503: Was one of the shooting locations of the movie The Wolf of Wall Street by Martin Scorsese . The 2021 Disney / Pixar film Luca was set in the fictional town of Portorosso, on the Italian Riviera, placed west of Corniglia on a fictional map. Portorosso was inspired by and modeled after Cinque Terre. The 2016 videogame Hitman featured the fictional town of Sapienza , which was inspired by Vernazza and other towns on

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