Glengarry Glen Ross

David Mamet's award-winning play about a group of desperate real estate agents comes to the big screen from director James Foley. In a role created specifically for the movie, Alec Baldwin appears as a sales motivator, informing the group of hard-luck salesmen that they must compete in a sales ...more

Talk is the coin of the realm for salespeople, and this adaptation of David Mamet's play about real estate agents is one of the most densely scripted and verbally rich films ever made. The talk is frank, brutal and often scatalogical; the plot is about surviving in business; the atmosphere is that of a tense locker room. Director James Foley handles all the nuances well, and lets his restless camera create the sensation of movement around a stolid, stagey set. Almost the entire film takes place ...more