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So We Never find Out Whether Bud Goes to Jail?

posted 14 years ago by broadsword2004
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So we don't find out what happens to Gordon Gekko (we just assume he goes to jail) and we don't find out whether Bud goes to jail or not? Also, I hope the people in Bud's office discovered that he wasn't the criminal they might have thought he was, given how he saved the airline. He cheated, yes, but he didn't sell his soul.

And on an unrelated note, how in the hell is it that Gordon Gekko became a hero to so many Wall Streeters? I am all about capitalism and making money, but Gekko to me just seems like an evil, selfish, amoral prick.

[–] Sharmster 14 years ago

Why don't you delete your duplicate "repost"?

[–] broadsword2004 14 years ago

I didn't realize one could and I just assumed the moderators would get it.

[–] timgdx 14 years ago

We do find out in the sequel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNEuMFK-PyM

[–] epa101 14 years ago

We never find out whether Bud goes to prison or not. It's not mentioned during his brief appearance in the sequel. That annoyed me somewhat.

[–] Naughty-God 14 years ago

I thought Bud did mention to Gekko in MNS when he told Gekko after his "little time away" he turned Blue Star into one of the largest private Jet brokerages in the world. I guess it depends on how you interpret "away"?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNEuMFK-PyM

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[–] gwnightscream 12 years ago

I like that scene with Charlie and Michael.

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[–] Mr-Fusion 12 years ago

So we don't find out what happens to Gordon Gekko (we just assume he goes to jail) and we don't find out whether Bud goes to jail or not? Also, I hope the people in Bud's office discovered that he wasn't the criminal they might have thought he was, given how he saved the airline. He cheated, yes, but he didn't sell his soul.

I like the implied ending. We know that Gordon went down (and Bud probably [read: probably] did, too), but we don't need it all spelled out for us. Seeing Bud climb the steps to the Supreme Court building as the camera draws back on the larger city was a great final shot.

Sheen's cameo in Money Never Sleeps cheapened that ending, which is part of what I really didn't like about the sequel.

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[–] coolk1970 11 years ago

We don't know if Bud was offered a plea deal or if his case went to trial. Obviously someone ratted him out because they needed his help to get Gekko so they likely would have needed a snitch to strengthen their case against Bud. Remember Bud told Gekko he had a few friends who wouldn't mind making a little extra money, so likely one of them testified against him, could have been another broker at his firm. But we never found out who. How much evidence there was against Bud is something we will never know. The scene where the Stock Watch guy is alerted of his suspicious activities is really the only info we got.

[–] Matthew7819 9 years ago

Bud Foxe got arrested because Gordon called the SEC and reported his insider trading with Sir Larry to them after Larry bought the Bluestar airline during that whole mess near the end of the movie, Gordon ratted Bud out and they were already looking at Bud already because his lawyer friend had been contacted by them and wanted to suspend all business deals with Bud after that, so Gordon made it worse for Bud by telling them how Bud screwed him over and sold inside information to Sir Larry about the bluestar deal, how else do you explain Bud getting arrested the very next day?

So Gordon got his revenge and Bud got sent to prison, but Gordon did time away too, i was suprized that Bud did not have Gordon arrested for Assault and Battery after Gekko kicked his ass at the Central Park club on the green, that was way out of line too.

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[–] KingBrian1 9 years ago

My understanding is that Bud's lawyer friend alerted the authorities and they swooped down on Bud. Gordon would have learnt of Bud's arrest in the papers or from the traders desks those who witnessed his very public detention by the cops.

[–] krisdb 8 years ago

According to the trivia section, Bud wouldn't have gotten any jail time because he gave the money back and it was a first offense. Probation only.

[–] TexasJack (12516) 6 years ago

I disagree. The only way for him to completely avoid jail would have been to turn himself in and fully cooperate before the authorities were onto him. Cooperating after the arrest would help lower his sentence, but I think he definitely did some time.

[–] ebhaynz (3688) 6 years ago

the big question is: Did Bud deserve jail time?

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

Yes he went to jail. Reduced time for wearing a wire to record Gee Gee.

[–] BourbonKing (5777) 5 years ago

The ending was completely rushed and it reminded me of Goodfellas, but at least with Scrosese's film we saw Hendry walking out of his schmucky suburban safe house to collect the paper so we did see a glimpse of what happened afterwards.

In Wall Street, we get hints from Bud and even his dad that he will serve some time but he would have a job after time spent working for Sir Wildman. Still, it would have been cool to see Gekko's Empire disintegrate before our eyes, like it did in "Casino" when the Feds closed up shop and shipped all of the Old Greaseballs into the courtroom.

Gekko is indeed well liked because he's confident and doesn't give a fuck. It's easy to like people like that because they're always on top and are unapologetic about it. It reminds me a lot with the current batch of Social Media influencers who make money living a lie Online and sell their likeness in exchange for Ad $$. The sad commentary is that millions of their fans think it's cool that these assholes make money with no talent. Dan Blazerian comes to mind. I thought perhaps he was some kind of talented Ex-US military guy/health guru but after looking him up he's nothing more than a slutty Armenian Coke-head trust fund brat.