Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)

Directed by

James Foley

Genre

drama film, crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

R

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 1,623 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Four real estate salesmen face a brutal competition where only the top two sellers keep their jobs. Over two days they try to close deals while dealing with a harsh corporate trainer and their own crumbling confidence.

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What happens

Glengarry Glen Ross is a 1992 American drama film directed by James Foley and written by David Mamet, based on his 1984 play. The film depicts two days in the lives of four real-estate salesmen and their increasing desperation when the corporate office sends Blake, a motivational trainer with the threat that all but the top two salesmen will be fired within one week. Like the play, the film is notorious for its use of profanity, leading the cast to refer to the film jokingly as Death of a Fuckin' Salesman. The title of the film is derived from the names of two of the fictitious real-estate developments being peddled by the salesmen: Glengarry Highlands and Glen Ross Farms. The film was critically acclaimed. The world premiere was held at the 49th Venice Film Festival, where Jack Lemmon was awarded the Volpi Cup for Best Actor. Al Pacino was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. However, the film was a box-office failure for grossing $10.7 million in North America against a $12.5 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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