Glengarry Glen Ross DVD (Region 1)

8.3	Listal rating

Manufacturer : Lions Gate
Release date : 19 November 2002
Number of discs : 2
EAN : 0012236114505
UPC : 012236114505

Drama (2), Business (2), 1992 (2), Betrayal (1), Play (1), Gift (1), Trouble At The Office (1), New York (1), English (1), Adaptation (1), Sad (1), Sales (1), Business Ethics (1), 1990's (1), Retail (1), Theft (1)

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Product DescriptionAn examination of the machinations behind the scenes at a real estate office. Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 02/01/2005 Starring: Jack Lemmon Kevin Spacey Run time: 100 minutes Rating: R Director: James FoleyAmazon.com essential videoLike moths to a flame, great actors gravitate to Product Description
An examination of the machinations behind the scenes at a real estate office. Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 02/01/2005 Starring: Jack Lemmon Kevin Spacey Run time: 100 minutes Rating: R Director: James Foley

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Like moths to a flame, great actors gravitate to the singular genius of playwright-screenwriter David Mamet, who updated his Pulitzer Prize-winning play for this all-star screen adaptation. The material is not inherently cinematic, so the movie's greatest asset is Mamet's peerless dialogue and the assembly of a once-in-a-lifetime cast led by Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, and Alec Baldwin (the last in a role Mamet created especially for the film). Often regarded as a critique of the Reagan administration's impact on the American economy, the play and film focus on a competitive group of real estate salesmen who've gone from feast to famine in a market gone cold. When an executive "motivator" (Alec Baldwin) demands a sales contest among the agents in the cramped office, the stakes are critically high: any agent who fails to meet his quota of sales "leads" (i.e., potential buyers) will lose his job. This intense ultimatum is a boon for the office superstar (Pacino), but a once-successful salesman (Lemmon) now finds himself clinging nervously to faded glory. Political and personal rivalries erupt under pressure when the other agents (Alan Arkin, Ed Harris) suspect the office manager (Kevin Spacey) of foul play. This cauldron of anxiety, tension, and sheer desperation provides fertile soil for Mamet's scathingly rich dialogue, which is like rocket fuel for some of the greatest actors of our time. Pacino won an Oscar nomination for his volatile performance, but it's Lemmon who's the standout, doing some of the best work of his distinguished career. Director James Foley shapes Mamet's play into a stylish, intensely focused film that will stand for decades as a testament to its brilliant writer and cast. --Jeff Shannon

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Ratings of Glengarry Glen Ross

8.3/10
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Posted : 2 months, 2 weeks ago at Sep 9 1:53

by Dane Youssef Well-played, well-written look at the bottom rung on society--salesman. Real-estate, exactly. Yes, it's a "photographed play." Like just about every other play adaptation to the big screen... but it's so well done, you don't care. Like "The Odd Couple" or... "Lost In Yonkers..." The actors thankfully move outside the office a bit (outside the building, in cars, phone booths, restaurants... and at one point, over to someone's house) This movie could have been called "Life of A Salesman." Men who dedicate their lives to selling real estate. Land and so forth. It's not as easy and as coast-worthy as it all seems. God, what a racket. These people are all so cynical, bitter and desperate. They're claustrophobic and turning on each other. Their whole source of in...Read more

Rating : 10/10

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