here to figure out what to do. thank you very much for that, angela and phil on this. you re very aggressive and passionate about this. i appreciate you coming in. we ll continue this talk. i think it is a very good talk. thank you. thanks, don. all right. let s move on now. the cannes film festival in full swing in france and brooke anderson talks to oliver stone and josh brolin about the new sequel to wall street. take a look. unskrupless investment banks, wall street corruption, economic disaster, those sound like stories from any leading newspaper. but here at cannes, they re not headlines, they re plot points in the latest film to premiere here. oliver stone s wall street: money never sleeps . when i got out who is waiting for me? nobody. this is not about the money. this is about you and me. reporter: this is stone s follow-up to his 1987 hit movie wall street which defined the excess of that earlier era and
helped push our economy to the brink. and the famous michael douglas character is back, money will never sleep. you won t see on this the pester, but our very own ali velshi has a role it in. brooke baldwin sat down with oliver stone and one of the stars ahead of tonight s premiere at cannes. take a look. reporter: unscrup you lus investment banks, wall street corruption, economic disaster, those sound like stories from any leading newspaper, but here at cannes, they re not headlines, they re plot points in the latest film to premiere here. oliver stone s wall street money never sleeps. when i got out, who is waiting for me? nobody. this is not about the money. this is about you and me. reporter: this is stone s follow-up to his 1987 hit movie wall street which defines the excess of that earlier era and glamorized corporate raiders. stone, whose father was a new york stockbroker decades ago is hoping the timeliness, the relevance of his new movie resonates with filmgoers.
the cannes film festival is in full swing in the south of france with a showing of oliver stone s follow-up to the 1987 blockbuster wall street. cnn s brooke anderson tries to find out if greed is still good. reporter: unscrupulous investment banks, wall street corruption, economic disaster. those sound like stories from any leading newspaper, but here at cannes, they re not headlines. they re plot points in the latest film to premiere here. oliver stone s wall street, money never sleeps. when i got out who was waiting for me? nobody. this is not about the money. this is about you and me. this is stone s follow up to his 1987 hit movie wall street which defined the excess of that earlier era and glamourized corporate raiders. stone, whose father was a new york stockbroker decades ago is hoping the timeliness, the relevance of his new movie resonates with film goers. you have said the first wall street was a morality tale.
the ds and the rs about whether we re actually going to do something about wall street corruption? i think we re determined to make sure taxpayers never get caught holding the bag again for these guys. that s why we re going to keep pushing. we re going to keep calling votes. i have to believe the american public is going to say stop with the silly games and start debating the bill. i mean, chris, realize that in committee the republicans didn t even offer one amendment. they haven t even come with any ideas as to how they want to fix this. you know, it s hard not to believe that they re not playing block and tackle for wall street, when they won t even be up front with us about what problem they have in the bill. do you think that s what they re doing? do you think they re lobbying for the wall street crowd? do you think that s what they re doing, senator? working for them? it s an easy assumption to make at this point. why won t they let us debate? i mean, you understand how th
vote. how long is this going to go on, this cat-and-mouse game between the d s and the r s, about whether or not we re going to do anything about wall street corruption. i think we re determined to make sure taxpayers never get caught holding the bag again for these guys. that s why we re going to keep pushing. we re going to keep calling votes. i have to believe the american public is going to say stop with the silly games and start debating the bill. i mean, chris, realize that in committee, the republicans didn t even offer one amendment. they haven t even come with any ideas as to how they want to fix this. you know, it s hard not to believe that they re not playing block and tackle for wall street, when they won t even be up front with us about what problem they have in the bill. do you think that s what they re doing? do you think they re lobbying for the wall street crowd? do you think that s what they re doing, senator? it s an easy assumption to make at this point. why