Glengarry Glen Ross

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Starring: Al Pacino
Rated: R (Restricted)
Type: DVD
Directed By: James Foley
Studio: Lions Gate
Release Date: 2002-11-19
Running Time: 100 minutes
Number of Items: 2
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

Horrible...
This is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. When you see Pacino, Harris, Spacey, Lemmon, Baldwin all in one movie, you have to think it would be a great movie. It was absolutely pathetic. What I cannot figure out is how this movie is even still in print, and yet A Bronx Tale is out of print!

DO NOT BUY

David Mamet at His Best
It's just a great movie with lots of star power. Who couldn't love Al Pacino as Roma, Alec Baldwin as the sales "motivator" & Jack Lemmon as the has-been? Ed Harris as the wanna-be, Kevin Spacey as the Sales Manager & Alan Arkin as the simple guy just trying to make a buck also do wonderful jobs here. If you are in sales or more likely, if you are a sales wanna-be, you'll love this movie. If you're looking for something to make you feel content find a cartoon movie with some woodland animals in it. You won't find any warm fuzzies here, but you will find wonderful examples of playwriting & acting.

Glengarry Glen Ross Reveals the Genius of David Mamet.
Long before there was Mad Men, there was Glengarry Glen Ross. Combining superb performances and brilliant dialogue, Glengarry Glen Ross is the 1992 film adaptation of David Mamet's 1984 Pulitzer Prize and Tony-winning play. The film chronicles two days in the lives of four New York real estate agents, who become desperate when corporate management sends in a threatening executive named Blake (Alec Baldwin) to "motivate" them with an ultimatum that, in one week, all except the top two salesmen will be fired. The top closer will win a Cadillac Eldorado. Second prize will be a set of steak knives. Management wants results. (Mamet created Baldwin's character for the film version of his play.) One of the agents, Shelley "The Machine" Levene (Jack Lemmon), is in the midst of a sales slump. Using his charm, then threats, then bribes, he unsuccessfully attempts to persuade his office manager John Williamson (Kevin Spacey) to give him some promising "Glengarry leads." Williamson offers to sell some of the leads, instead, demanding cash in advance. Meanwhile, two other agents, Dave Moss (Ed Harris) and George Aaronow (Alan Arkin), conspire to steal all the Glengarry leads and then sell them to a business competitor. Ricky Roma (Al Pacino) is the agency's sales superstar and top closer. He is ruthless, confident, and unethical. These guys were the original "mad men." Ultimately, in its spot-on depiction of the corruption of the American business world, Mamet's film offers a scathing critique of the Reagan administration's negative impact on the American economy. Glengarry Glen Ross remains relevant as our country struggles with dark economic times, and rising unemployment, and the subprime mortgage crisis of 2007 and 2008. Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, and Alec Baldwin are all in top form here. Highly recommended.

G. Merritt

Hardcore salesmanship
If you ever want to scare you kids from being a salesperson get this video. Hardcore "boiler room" selling at its finest/worst. Alec Baldwin at his best.

predators in twilight
It's a David Mamet movie: enough said.

Ok, I'll say a couple more things as if you didn't already know them. But if you don't know about this movie -- just see it is the point. GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS is an adaptation of a Pulitzer Prize-winning play by the brilliant playwright-screenwriter David Mamet. Al Pacino, Alec Baldwin, Jack Lemmon, Alan Arkin, Ed Harris, Kevin Spacey are all in it. They worked for low pay just to be in this movie. There were many other famous names that expressed interest. It's a story of real estate salesman that are desperate as hell to meet their quotas or else get fired. Mamet created a role for Baldwin just for the film version in which he plays a "motivator" brought in by the corporate office. Alec Baldwin is now almost synonymous with characters of this type. As the exectutive motivator he delivers one of the most famous monlologues in film history: "Coffee's for closers". You just gotta experience it for yourself. The story takes place over a couple days and you watch the salesman struggle to save their careers. All the acting is great. Jack Lemmon is considered by many to give the performance of a lifetime. The dialogue is golden. The acting is superb. The director James Foley did a good job helping bring the play to the screen. Clearly the story offers a critique American business in the go-go 80s, but beyond that it's just masterful story telling.(Last I heard Mamet has converted from self described "brain dead liberal" to "conservatism" apparently largely through reading Milton Friedman and Thomas Sowell. He announced this in a fascinating and arguably absurd essay entitled, "Why I Am No Longer a 'Brain-Dead Liberal'" that portrays "liberalism" as idealistic nonsense out of touch with human nature and reality. Well perhaps his version of liberalism, but this ain't the place to get into that.) Movies written by David Mamet are always worth checking out and always interesting. Actors get all the attention but you can understand why Mamet got a little bit from the general public even though he merely wrote that dialogue and created characters that highlight actors' careers. That's all I have to say. See the movie if you haven't. The DVD has some great bonus material.