Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis: “The Wolf of Wall Street”
The entire 5-part series on the award-winning movie script.
The entire 5-part series on the award-winning movie script.
Screenplay by Terence Winter, book by Jordan Belfort.
IMDb plot summary: Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stock-broker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government.
Scene-By-Scene Breakdown
Major Plot Points
Characters
Themes
Takeaways
You can download a PDF of the screenplay here.
For my 7-part series on How to Read a Screenplay, go here.
Years ago, I came up with this mantra: Watch movies. Read scripts. Write pages. A link to my reflections on that here.
Cannot emphasize enough the importance of reading movie scripts.