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Glengarry Glen Ross |  | Director: James Foley
Actors: Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin, Alan Arkin, Ed Harris
Category: DVD
Buy New: $27.99
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Seller: Tony_Deals
Rating:  289 reviews
Sales Rank: 117346
Format: NTSC
Language: English (Unknown)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
UPC: 065935144243
EAN: 0065935144243
ASIN: B00007163D
Theatrical Release Date: October 2, 1992
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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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 Glengarry Glen Ross March 10, 2010
Jon Green (Goleta,CA)
It is not often that a play can be so successfully made into a outstanding movie. David Mamet's play is made into a screenplay/movie with an outstanding cast and the actors performances are some of the best acting I've ever seen. This is a very interesting movie.
Mamet has a specific type of dialog, a syntax and overlapping type of dialog and interaction between the actors. In addition, Mamet and the actors intergrate the slang talk and slang terms that are unique to this type of sales work. The actors in this film capture this very well in the roles of commision salesmen.
The cast; Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Ed Harris, Alan Arkin, Kevin Spacey and Alec Baldwin are all outstanding and turn in great performances.
Jon Green
Glengarry Glen Ross February 11, 2010
Street Doc 911 (Southern California)
Not enough words to describe what a fantastic film this is. An all-star cast, this one's great! If you're in sales, especially real estate, it's a must-see. Regardless of your trade, the acting is worth the purchase. This one definitely needs to go into your library!!
Jack Lemmon, Al Pacino, Kevin Spacey, Ed Harris, Alec Baldwin...come on! Great on-screen chemistry, excellent script...can't go wrong!
Superb dialogue, narrative, and acting steal the show February 1, 2010
NobleSavagery
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
When big-name actors are assembled together I am usually pessimistic about the prospects of genuine dramatic success; the latest combination with Deniro and Pachino in some macho cop movie is a testament to this, as are plenty of others that I don't wish to recall. This movie is however a stunning exception.
Glengarry Glen Ross is about the depraved world of "Sales", in this case real-estate. The setting is only supplementary to what really shines though since what it offers is an atmosphere that is to be cultivated by the actors and writer David Mamet. This film compelling articulates an atmosphere which is ripe with the potentiality for greed, materialism, lying, cheating, and moral vulgarity, all of which apparently constitute the business-life for the groundlings who get to spar for the "leads".
This is not a movie which serves as a vehicle for a typical leftist tract [Avatar]. It is not a movie which contains fireworks for oooo n' ahhh-ing nor is does it incorporate some superfluous cheesy romance for sham sentimentality. This is subtle drama, very much like "There will be Blood" or "Doubt". It triumphs with its dialogue, narrative and acting, all of which deserve however many superlatives one can conjure up. Essential viewing; these only come out ever few years or so.
 Overrated. January 23, 2010
Jae (Wonderland USA)
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
The stars are for the superb acting of veteran actors, Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, and Ed Harris.
"Put that coffee down! Coffee is for closers only." October 16, 2009
Eric S. Kim (Southern California)
Guns. Explosions. Car chases. Sex. Damsels in distress. Child sidekicks. MTV-like madness. These are the things that Glengarry Glen Ross DOESN'T have. So what makes it so great? Because it's a character-driven story that relies strictly on dialogue and personalities. There is no need for gunfights and car chases; the characters and the dialogue in this movie are what makes it so captivating. These characters are raunchy and obscene; it's hard to either love them or despise them.
Based on the Tony Award-winning play by David Mamet, it is a story about desperation, distrust, greed, and real estate. There are six main characters, and they easily make the film for their hard-hitting attitudes. Pacino, Lemmon, Harris, Arkin, Spacey, and Baldwin . . . I don't know how to perfectly describe them. They are brilliant. The way they interact with each other, how they detest each other, how they trust and distrust each other; complexity lies in their chemistry. The plot may be simple, but it's the characters that makes Glengarry Glen Ross really special. It's a movie that must be remembered for every new generation.
Word of caution: if you can't stand heavy profanity, then you probably won't feel very comfortable while watching this. The F and S words are constantly used throughout, so you have been warned.
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