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Sep 8, 2023 · While exploring the Dumb Money fact vs. fiction, we discovered that Massachusetts native Keith Gill (portrayed by Paul Dano), who posted in the subreddit r/wallstreetbets, turned a $53,000 investment in 2019 into one that peaked at $48 million during the rally. Though the GameStop stock fluctuated wildly, Gill still made tens of millions in the ...
Sep 29, 2023 · The irreverent finance comedy follows Keith Gill (Paul Dano), a real-life Reddit user who helped lead a surge in GameStop stock in early 2021. The film tells an unlikely David vs. Goliath...
Sep 22, 2023 · Paul plays Keith AKA DeepFuckingValue AKA Roaring Kitty. Thanks to a groundswell of support from social media users and other amateur investors, Keith manages to take on Wall Street in hopes of...
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- Paul Dano as Keith Gill. Keith Gill is the main character in Dumb Money. He is a financial advisor at Mass Mutual who invested over $50K in GameStop stock after doing his own research.
- Seth Rogen as Gabe Plotkin. Gabe Plotkin is positioned as one of the main villains of Dumb Money. He was the founder of Melvin Capital Management and had a net worth of $400 million thanks in part to shorting GameStop stocks.
- America Ferrera as Jenny Campbell. America Ferrera plays a nurse named Jenny Campbell in Dumb Money. Unlike some of the other characters in the movie, Jenny Campbell is not directly based on a single individual person in real life.
- Anthony Ramos as Marcus Barcia. Anthony Ramos plays another character in Dumb Money who is not based on a singular real-life person. Marcus Barcia is a GameStop employee who also became an investor in the company's stock thanks to following RoaringKitty's videos.
- Keith Gill. Let's start off with the main character of Dumb Money, Keith Gill (Paul Dano), aka Roaring Kitty. While Gill is definitely a unique individual, he is 100% real.
- Gabe Plotkin. On the other end of the spectrum of the GameStop situation was Gabe Plotkin, who is also a real-life figure. Played by Seth Rogen in the movie, Plotkin is one of the main Wall Street figures trying to short GameStop stock, betting on its decline to make him (more) rich.
- Ken Griffin. Ken Griffin in the movie (played by Nick Offerman) and in real-life is the CEO of Citadel LLC, the massive hedge fund that plays a role in the GameStop saga.
- Vlad Tenev. Speaking of Robinhood, both of the app's founders Baiju Bhatt (Rushi Kota in the movie) and Vlad Tenev (Sebastian Stan) are real-life figures.
Dumb Money is a 2023 American biographical comedy-drama film, directed by Craig Gillespie and written by Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo. It is based on the 2021 book The Antisocial Network by Ben Mezrich and chronicles the GameStop short squeeze of January 2021.
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Sep 23, 2023 · Paul Dano (left) plays Keith Gill (right) in "Dumb Money." Sony Pictures; Roaring Kitty/YouTube. A movie following 2021's GameStop stock frenzy, "Dumb Money," is in theaters now. Financial...
