Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)

Director:

James Foley

Writers (WGA):

David Mamet (play)
David Mamet (screenplay)

Release Date:

2 octubre 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Frase comercial:

The hardest thing in life is sell

Plot:

An examination of the machinations behind the scenes at a real estate office.

Plot Keywords:

Employee Theft | Film With Ambiguous Title | Office Manager | Breaking And Entering | Police Investigation

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 wins & 3 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

enthralling

Cast

Al Pacino	...	Ricky Roma
Jack Lemmon	...	Shelley Levene
Alec Baldwin	...	Blake
Alan Arkin	...	George Aaronow
Ed Harris	...	Dave Moss
Kevin Spacey	...	John Williamson
Jonathan Pryce	...	James Lingk
Bruce Altman	...	Larry Spannel
Jude Ciccolella	...	Detective
Paul Butler	...	Policeman
Lori Tan Chinn	...	Coat Check Girl
Neal Jones	...	Man in Donut Shop
Barry Rossen	...	Assistant Detective
Leigh French	...	Additional Voices (voice)
George Cheung	...	Additional Voices (voice)

También conocida como:

Glengarry Glen Ross (Australia) (DVD title)
Glengarry Glen Ross: Éxito a cualquier precio (Spain) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for language.

Duración:

100 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby

Clasificación:

Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (British Columbia/Manitoba) | Singapore:M18 (cut) | Norway:5 | Netherlands:AL | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Iceland:L | France:U | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | USA:R (certificate #31643) | Australia:M | Finland:K-10 | Germany:12 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

GGR

Trivialidades:

During the course of the movie, George Aaronow and Dave Moss talk about selling the Glengarry leads to a man named "Jerry Graff". Jerry Graff is an actor who has starred in only four movies, all of which have been written and directed by David Mamet (Things Change (1988), Homicide (1991), The Spanish Prisoner (1997) and State and Main (2000)).

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: Shadow of camera crew visible on the train in the closing shot.

Quotes:

Williamson: Will you go to lunch? Go to lunch. WILL you GO to LUNCH?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Roseanne: Glengarry, Glen Rosey (#5.23)" (1993)

Soundtrack:

Blue Skies

enthralling

This film is perfect. I give out 10s about as often as Stanley Kubrick made films, and Glengarry Glen Ross is one of them.

There is so much more in this film than just a bunch of guys in a real estate office. I'm puzzled, as an aside, why the language is considered such a big deal. There is less of it in GGR than in the average DeNiro film I watch. Maybe it's because the film is composed of almost nothing but dialogue.

Back to the content. GGR contains at least two, maybe three of my favorite performances by anyone. Baldwin, who I really don't like, is perfect. Lemmon is excruciatingly good, and Pacino actually makes me forget who I'm watching. He really sinks into his character. Pryce also gives a commendable performance.

For those who didn't get this film, who think it's just dark and pointless, here's the point. The title is Glengarry Glen Ross. If you listen to the conversations you will notice that the Glengarry leads are the new leads, the ones given to closers, the leads given to those who go out and squeeze as much money out of people as they can so they don't lose their jobs.

Glen Ross farms are talked about in a brilliantly written conversation between Ed Harris and Alan Arkin, the one when Harris orders donuts and Arkin keeps repeating back to him what he said. "..Boots, yes." In that conversation, Harris talks about what he learned when he first got into the sales racket. You don't sell one car to a guy, you sell him 5 cars over fifteen years. But, he says, those guys who come in and burn everyone for as much money as they can get and then go to Argentina ruined a good thing. The drive to win the Cadillac had ruined the ideal of maintaining a mutually beneficial relationship between customer and salesman. Sharks like Baldwin came in, made their millions, and left a wasteland for the "losers" to work in.

The film is about how business in America is war, and about how the drive for capital has ultimately dehumanized us. The strongest contrast is between Baldwin and Lemmon. Baldwin is a machine. Everything in his life, his very identity, is defined by the fact that his watch cost more than a "loser's" car. "Family man? Go home and play with your kids." "A loser is always a loser." His name is that he drives a BMW.

With Lemmon, pay attention to the brief references to his daughter. The man is desperate to make money, not only to keep his job, but to pay for his daughter's medical treatment. A very human thing.

Eventually, these men prey not only on customers, but on each other. It's vicious. If you don't understand why, all you'll see is the viciousness, and you probably won't enjoy the film.