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For a piece of the action, a hundred million dollars money. All it takes is a little inside

information. Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen, Darryl Hennum, Martin Sheen, and Oliver Stone Film, Wall Street.

All right our friend Brian Coppelman is here. You know him as one of the co-creators of Billions.

He wrote rounders. He's had podcasts on The Ringer and on Grantland. He's been on this podcast

before. He's on the book of basketball, me and him talking about Julia Serving. What a month

for us, Coppelman. We're talking Wall Street. My first question. Is this the ultimate first 50

minutes? Everything's going great. And then it turns movie. Did this perfect the blueprint?

Yeah, I mean, I've been thinking a lot about it. I mean, this movie and stripes are the biggest

examples I think of where the first hour is basically the best movie of all time. And

and then things sort of turn in various ways both with the movie and its rewatchability.

And yeah, I mean, look, it's it's it's an old archetype, but I would say the adrenaline is what

you're really what you're really talking about, right? Is how adrenalized and satisfying

buds ride is as you take it with him. And you know, like by the set, you know, most of us,

the first time we saw it, New Gecko, new bud should stop. But even now, Bill, you watch it.

And you're taking the fucking ride with buddy. And so you're so adrenalized and rolling along

with him that when it crashes, it is just fucking brutal. Well, I've just known he, you know,

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