should have featured some drug use
Like it wouldn't be going on. Otherwise very good movie
shareDrugs are mentioned although not specifically seen. It's quite obvious that Richie (Scott Cann's character) was on coke in both fight scenes.
Greg talks about it...
Thanks. Those *beep* Guineas, half of them do coke. They all drink. No stability, zero capital. They make all this money and they're always living three steps ahead. Do you know there are guys in this firm that make close to a million a year and couldn't get a loan for a Honda because their credit is so bad. Everyone's just waiting for the fifteenth of the month. It's like they may drive a Porsche but they don't have ten bucks to put in the gas tank.
Also in the script, the opening scene is described thusly...
EXT. GARDEN STATE PARKWAY - NIGHT
Three luxury buses with blacked-out windows speed toward
Atlantic City. A laser show explodes off of Trump Plaza.
CUT TO:
INT. BUS - NIGHT (CONTINUOUS)
SETH DAVIS stares out the window.
Seth is 20 years old. No menacing physical presence but a
sharpness that you feel right off. He's a smart kid.
Confident but edgy. Eyes always darting.
The bus is filled with 19 and 20 year olds. They wear very
sharp suits: Hugo Boss, Armani, very slick.
They're going nuts. Cards games in the aisle. Five guys
throwing dice in the back. Booze and coke, yelling,
screaming.
And...
INT. LARGE BALLROOM - NIGHT (CONTINUOUS)
A buffet and a full bar set up against a wall. Staff members
are there to serve. A huge projection TV occupies another
wall.
The doors open as we approach, and the group enters. Seth
smiles widely as he enters. The group has attacked the
buffet and the bar. A large group of managers are snorting
coke off a glass coffee table. A dice game is beginning. At
least 30 guys are in front of the TV betting on a horse race.
Unlike say, The Wolf of Wall Street, this movie doesn't need to go into graphical detail showing guys doing drugs. They just needed to establish that the guys all have vices such as drugs, gambling, flash cars, drinking. All of which are all shown and make the point. share
Right, the point was they hadn't earned enough to be wasting alot of cash on drugs n women. The higher ups were, but not the noobs like Seth. They showed enuf drugs to show that they weren't a hindrance or need to the success of the boiler room. I guess
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