This is 'Ben Affleck's 'Boiler Room' Speech' by Bohdan Zhuravel on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Boiler Room (2000) Screenwriter(s): Ben Younger 'I'm a F-king Millionaire' Play clip (excerpt): 27 year-old, arrogant suburban brokerage investment firm Jim Young (Ben Affleck) spoke to new recruits on how to become a fast-track millionaire.
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Someone then had the bright idea to recommend Michael and I re-watch some of these classics to see how well (or poorly) they aged, discuss how realistic they are/were, and talk about how things have changed in the markets since they came out.
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For the first one, we decided to check out Boiler Room, the late-1990s/early-2000s movie about the old school chop shop commission-based brokerage firms who ripped off their clients.
We discuss:
How many millionaires did Microsoft produce in the 1990s?
Can you believe people used to actually buy stocks from people who cold-called them on the phone?
Did people really pay $2/share for stock commissions?
What’s Vin Diesel’s real name?
Is Ben Affleck’s speech one of his all-time acting performances?
Would Matt Damon have made this movie much better as the star?
Why selling is so important in finance.
Is Boiler Room better than The Wolf of Wall Street?
How normal people view the finance industry and much more.
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