Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Gordon Gekko is a fictional character in the 1987 film Wall Street and its 2010 sequel Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, both directed by Oliver Stone. Gekko was portrayed by actor Michael Douglas, whose performance in the first film won him an Oscar for Best Actor.Co-written by Stone and screenwriter Stanley Weiser, Gekko is claimed to be based loosely on several actual stockbrokers, including Stone's own father Louis Stone. According to Edward R. Pressman, producer of the film, \"Originally, there was no one individual who Gekko was modeled on,\" he adds. \"But Gekko was partly Milken\", who was the \"Junk Bond King\" of the 1980s, and indicted on 98 counts of racketeering and fraud in 1989.In 2003, the American Film Institute named Gordon Gekko No. 24 on its Top 50 movie villains of all time.In 2008, Forbes listed Gordon Gekko as the fourth richest fictional character with a net worth of US$8.5 billion."@en }
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- Gordon_Gekko abstract "Gordon Gekko is a fictional character in the 1987 film Wall Street and its 2010 sequel Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, both directed by Oliver Stone. Gekko was portrayed by actor Michael Douglas, whose performance in the first film won him an Oscar for Best Actor.Co-written by Stone and screenwriter Stanley Weiser, Gekko is claimed to be based loosely on several actual stockbrokers, including Stone's own father Louis Stone. According to Edward R. Pressman, producer of the film, \"Originally, there was no one individual who Gekko was modeled on,\" he adds. \"But Gekko was partly Milken\", who was the \"Junk Bond King\" of the 1980s, and indicted on 98 counts of racketeering and fraud in 1989.In 2003, the American Film Institute named Gordon Gekko No. 24 on its Top 50 movie villains of all time.In 2008, Forbes listed Gordon Gekko as the fourth richest fictional character with a net worth of US$8.5 billion.".