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Hollywood turned Jordan Belfort into a legend. Now hear the story from the people who lived through the excess, the fraud, and the fallout. The Real Wolf of Wall Street examines the real events behind one of the most infamous financial scandals in modern history. Stream the new Paramount+ Original documentary July 14.

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00:00Ernest Corsese's film The Wolf of Wall Street tells the real-life story of Jordan Belfort.
00:04Leonardo DiCaprio playing you.
00:06I prefer him than Danny DeVito playing me.
00:09A lot of the movie was booked.
00:11The Wolf of Wall Street doesn't even accurately portray the level of insanity that occurred.
00:18You got the power, you can do whatever the hell you want to do.
00:22These twins hooked themselves up to a car battery for 10 grand.
00:26You could see them shaking.
00:28It was insanity.
00:29It was glamorous and exciting.
00:31But if it feels too good to be true, it probably is.
00:35Why are you here today?
00:37Kind of asking for forgiveness in a way.
00:39Jordan had so much cash that it ran into the same problem that drug cartels have.
00:45Have you ever told your story publicly before?
00:48No.
00:50This is a company built on fraud.
00:53What's missing from the movie is that there is a price to pay.
00:57That's the part where this unravels.
01:00People lost money.
01:01People got hurt.
01:01Now I'm a convicted felon.
01:04You don't know the real Jordan Belfort.
01:06Manipulative.
01:07A rat.
01:09Scumbag.
01:11Lying piece of...
01:14When did you find out Jordan was wearing a wire?
01:19When I got arrested.
01:23For a lot of people, the American dream turned into the American nightmare.
01:30...
01:35You
01:36You
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