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Oliver Stone's sequel to the movie "Wall Street" premieres at the festival on Friday, and the director tells NY magazine that a ticket is going on the black market for $10,000. Seems a little hard to believe, but prices are always jacked up during the festival.
It'd be kind of ironic if this film in particular sparked a dangerously volatile futures market.It's a scalping thing. I heard we were the highest ticket at the festival. I had 25 "friends" call on the last day [before the film screened] to get in. That's a dilemma you can't get out of.
"Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" was supposed to open in April, but when Stone pushed for a showing at Cannes the film was pushed back to September.
Mark Lacter created the LA Biz Observed blog in 2006. He posted
until the day before his death on Nov. 13, 2013.