With the release of Scorsese’s magnum opus, The Wolf of Wall Street, this month, we put it against some of the best biopics that made headlines in the year that was
THE WOLF OF WALL STREET
About: Jordan Belfort
Director: Martin Scorsese Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill
Synopsis: The Wolf of Wall Street is about New York stockbroker Jordan Belfort (played by DiCaprio) whose nouveau riche lifestyle and frivolous attitude trap him in a large securities fraud case that creates widespread corruption on Wall Street and in its corresponding business sectors.
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JOBS
About: Steve Jobs
Director: Joshua Michael Stern
Stars: Ashton Kutcher, Dermot Mulroney
Synopsis: Jobs revolves around the life of Steve Jobs, the co-founder, chairman and CEO of Apple Inc. With Kutcher as Jobs, the story treads his professional and personal journey: from inventing some of the most iconic gadgets the world has seen, to his life with his wife and their two kids.
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SAVING MR. BANKS
About: P.L. Travers
Director: John Lee Hancock
Stars: Tom Hanks, Emma Thompson
Synopsis: Saving Mr. Banks starring Emma Thompson and Tom Hanks tells the untold story of the making of the classic film Mary Poppins by Walt Disney. It follows Walt’s journey as he strives to convince Travers to allow for her iconic book to be adapted into a movie, the struggles that he faces along the way and his success.
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DIANA
About: Diana, Princess of Wales
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Stars: Naomi Watts, Naveen Andrews Synopsis: Diana is based on Princess Diana’s secret love affair with Dr Hasrat Khan, a Pakistani heart surgeon, and Dodi Fayad, during the final two years of her life following her divorce from Prince Charles. The screenplay of the movie is based on the 2001 book Diana:
Her Last Love.
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