Goofs

(at 43:27 and 1:48:14) In the two instances that Bud calls the Wall Street Chronicle to tip them off about the shares, although the occasions are days apart, the same people are sitting/standing/walking at exactly the same places with the same dresses (down to the wrinkles of the rolled sleeves of the manager), with the same set of pictures scattered on the table. Obviously, the two scenes were shot one right after the other.

When Gekko negotiates with Wildman upstairs at the beach house, the painting behind Gekko changes with reaction shots.

When Gordon and Darien are walking down the street talking about Bud, a photographer and people are behind them in one shot, and gone in the next shot.

When Bud Fox and Gordon Gekko are in the park talking after the Bluestar Airlines deal, Gekko's coat is first seen soaked in large areas by rain, then changes slightly less, then almost completely dry, then back to the original condition.

When Gordon Gekko walks away from Bud Fox in the dressing room, Bud says, "I am not just another broker..." When Gordon comes around the lockers he is wearing a suit with a pair of sneakers (full screen).

Bud readily admits his guilt and remorse about using inside information, as evidenced by his tears in the office when they took him away, and his willingness to cooperate with the SEC, the police department and the postal inspector. Since it was his first offense, and he paid back the illegally obtained funds, he should have received probation, not jail time.

Building Condo's where the Airport Hangers are would never be possible as Airlines do not own the ground they are built upon.

Marv tells Buddy about Gekko that "15 minutes after the Challenger blew up" that he was profiting off NASA's stock. While NASA is a government agency and thus has no stock to short, the notion that Gordon Gekko would do such a thing is clearly intended by Marvin as a joke. It is hyperbole on the theme that Gekko always thinks of a way to make a profit before anything else.

Not all Davidoff cigars were made in the Dominican Republic. Davidoff Cuban cigars were available from 1970 to 1992.

When Gekko drops Bud from the limo, the street is completely dry. A few blocks away it was pouring rain. It could be a microburst, which produces heavy rain in a small area.

When they're gathered in Bud's apartment to discuss improving Blue Star Airlines, it sounds like Bud introduces the attorney, Harold, by his real name Saul to his dad. However, the character's last name is Salt, so that is what Bud most likely said.

When Gordon Gekko gets on the motorized treadmill in his office, he incorrectly pushes the belt manually with his feet.

During a quick scene, Bud and Darien are having dinner. He tells her how he wants to ride his motorcycle across China and she says that she wants to produce a line of high-quality antiques. You cannot produce antiques.

When Bud first meets Darian at one point he tells her where he lives and she replies with disdain "home of the exposed brick wall". Later, when she is having Bud's new home decorated, workers can be seen putting up fake brick wall covering, which is odd considering what she had said earlier.

At 53:00 Gecko is on the phone facing the Atlantic ocean to the east. At 54:00, Gecko has turned his back to the ocean and is facing the sun to the west, which the movie presents as a sun rise. This means the sun is rising in the west when it should be rising over the ocean in the east.

At the beginning of the movie, Bud Fox and Marvin say Gordon Gekko was shorting NASA stock right after the Challenger explosion. The scene is set in 1985, but the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded January 28, 1986.

Early in the movie when Bud wakes up in his apartment and turns on his computer he see's it is Gordon Gekko's birthday. The date on his computer shows that it is May 6 1985. Later that same day after his meeting with Gekko he is back at the office when Marvin offers to take him to a New York Knicks game that night. In 1985 the Knicks last regular season game was on April 13th, nearly a month earlier. The Knicks did not make the playoffs that year, therefore there would have been no Knicks game on the evening of May 6, 1985.

Stockbroker Chuckie suggests to his friend over the phone that they "kamikaze over to Nells (an upscale NYC nightclub) to chase some cotton underwear."

The scene takes place in 1985. Nells doesn't open until the fall of 1986.

After Bud's initial meeting in Gekko's office, when Gekko asks, "You got a card?", the camera crew is reflected in the door behind Bud.

When Bud Fox first talks to Roger Barnes in his office, a lighting stand is reflected in the computer monitor on the desk.

When Lou Mannheim gives Bud the speech about money making you do things you don't want to do, the mic under Mannheim's tie is visible.

During the poolside meeting between Bud, Gekko, and Gekko's lawyer, when Bud puts on his sunglasses and replies "piece of cake", the lighting is reflected in his sunglasses.

When Gekko is on his phone talking to Bud by his Hamptons beach house, he refers to the beauty of the sun coming up. The sun appears to be rising behind him, to the west. Beaches in the Hamptons face south, so the sun should be in front of him, off-camera.

When Sir Larry Wildman was at Gekko's home, it is clear that Sir Larry recognized Bud Fox from the encounter in the elevator the day before. Thus, Larry, being as intelligent as he was, should have made an immediate connection between Bud following him around as "one of my gang" belonging to Gordon Gekko, and should have investigated further the illegal obtaining of information by Buddy, thus cutting short his inside information gathering.

When Gekko meets Bud in his final scene, he appears to have no knowledge of Bud's arrest. This would likely be impossible considering that even back then in the time, word of mouth would have spread rapidly through a huge business enterprise like Wall Street.

When Gekko gives a speech to Carl, the boom mic is reflected in the window of Bud's apartment.

When Bud Fox first talks to Roger Barnes in his office, right after Bud tells Roger that no one else can hear them, a boom mic is visible.

Only two .45 Lugers were made, not six as Gekko claims.

Gekko says his 3-year-old son "had the highest IQ score in his class." No known IQ test is given to 3-year-olds. Obviously, Gekko - as is his wont - is boasting about his son without any real basis for the boast.

Various characters make a hash of the description of the occurrence that gives Bud his entree to Gekko, that being the not-yet-public news about Bluestar that Bud passes on to Gekko and Gekko trades on. According to Bud's father it was a ruling by the FAA in the course of the investigation of an accident (Bud later calls it a crash). The FAA doesn't investigate airplane crashes: the NTSB does. It's an independent agency, not part of the FAA. Also, when he's talking to Gekko, Bud says it's a lawsuit, not an investigation, and refers to plaintiffs. Neither the FAA nor the NTSB makes rulings in lawsuits: judges do. Finally, both Bud and Gekko clearly imply that Gekko trading on the tip from Bud is wildly illegal. Under the Supreme Court's Dirks decision (1983), Gekko's trading would appear to be legal, as Bud's dad had no intention (or even a thought) of gaining some benefit by mentioning the ruling to Bud.

In his first meeting with Gekko, Bud says Bluestar has "80 medium body jets." Aircraft are either narrow body or wide body. Bud may be revealing his ignorance about aircraft, though he seems fairly well-informed about Bluestar and the airline business.

When Bud first enters the party at Gordon's house in the Hamptons, Gordon introduces him to the party guests, starting with Sam Ruspoli, Darien's boyfriend. Later, after talking with Darien, Kate Gekko again introduces Sam to Bud, by asking "if they have met." Sam replies "no", even though he met Bud less than 5 minutes earlier.