Glengarry Glen Ross (film)
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| Directed by | James Foley |
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| Screenplay by | David Mamet |
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Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet |
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| Music by | James Newton Howard |
| Cinematography | Juan Ruiz Anchía |
| Edited by | Howard Smith |
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Zupnik Enterprises
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| Distributed by | New Line Cinema |
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Running time
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100 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $12.5 million |
| Box office | $10.7 million (North America) |
Glengarry Glen Ross is a 1992 American drama, adapted by David Mamet from his 1984 Pulitzer Prize- and Tony-winning play of the same name, and directed by James Foley. The film is set in either New York City or Chicago, and was filmed in New York City. It depicts two days in the lives of four real estate salesmen and how they become desperate when the corporate office sends a trainer to "motivate" them by announcing that, in one week, all except the top two salesmen will be fired. The film, like the play, is notorious for its use of profanity, leading the cast to jokingly refer to the film as "Death of a Fuckin' Salesman". The title of the film comes from the names of two of the real estate developments being peddled by the salesmen characters: Glengarry Highlands and Glen Ross Farms.
The world premiere of the film 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 for Best Supporting Actor for his work in the film. The film grossed $10.7 million in North America, on a $12.5 million budget.
The film depicts two days in the lives of four real estate salesmen who are supplied with leads: the names and phone numbers of prospects; they use deceitful and dubious tactics to make sales. Many of the leads rationed out by the office manager lack either the money or the desire to actually invest in land.
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