Glengarry Glen Ross
A group of real estate salesmen (Jack Lemmon, Al Pacino, Ed Harris and Alan Arkin) in Chicago vie for the best "leads" at a small firm selling property in resort areas such as Florida and Arizona. When a hotshot executive (Alec Baldwin) from the head office arrives and proposes a vicious sales contest (the winner gets a Cadillac, the loser gets fired), competition gets stiff, and the veteran salesmen suddenly find their jobs in jeopardy.
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where is the story? - sylavi
Never seen actors repeat the same things all along the full movie...At the end you will asking you what happen in the last 2hours of my life....A total waste of time!. I can't believe that such goods actors played in such a bad movie..I think that the script probably hold on a single page, maybe half a page?Big Disappointment - notabuff
Maybe I would feel differently if I had watched this 20 years ago when it was made but I found it slow to the point of boring, offensive in its tiresome overuse of profanity, and not compelling in the least, despite the all star cast. I turned it off before the 1/2 way mark."You drove a Hyundai to work..." - SixEyeUrn
My God.
This could be the most visceral, in your face screenplay ever penned. David Mamut is a giant amongst men. There is a bevy of big names in this one: Lemmon, Pacino, Arkin.. etc. and each one gives a top 3 personal performance in this film. Given the feathers already in their collective caps, that itself is astonishing. This is Lemmon's finest film. He oozes the desperation and self-loathing inherent in his character as a down and out salesman passed his prime. Pacino is perfect as the silver tongued real estate devil, capable of selling a boat to a fish... but.. and given the names in this film it's a big 'but'.
With 4 minutes of screentime, Alec Baldwin blows them all off-screen.
He gives a performance that will leave you open mouthed and speechless and leaving behind a pantheon that has been the quotable domain of young testosterone ridden, hyper-type A salesmen since.
I'm not going to bother telling you the plot. It's not important. There isn't even much of one and what one there is is pretty formulaic. Death of a Salesman for the 90's type stuff. Watch this for the writing, pure and simple. Always be closing.. Always be Closing.
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where is the story? - sylavi
Never seen actors repeat the same things all along the full movie...At the end you will asking you what happen in the last 2hours of my life....A total waste of time!. I can't believe that such goods actors played in such a bad movie..I think that the script ...Big Disappointment - notabuff
Maybe I would feel differently if I had watched this 20 years ago when it was made but I found it slow to the point of boring, offensive in its tiresome overuse of profanity, and not compelling in the least, despite the all star cast. I turned it off before ..."You drove a Hyundai to work..." - SixEyeUrn
My God.
This could be the most visceral, in your face screenplay ever penned. David Mamut is a giant amongst men. There is a bevy of big names in this one: Lemmon, Pacino, Arkin.. etc. and each one gives a top 3 personal performance in this film. ...