Glengarry Glen Ross Page #2

Synopsis: When an office full of New York City real estate salesmen is given the news that all but the top two will be fired at the end of the week, the atmosphere begins to heat up. Shelley Levene (Jack Lemmon), who has a sick daughter, does everything in his power to get better leads from his boss, John Williamson (Kevin Spacey), but to no avail. When his coworker Dave Moss (Ed Harris) comes up with a plan to steal the leads, things get complicated for the tough-talking salesmen.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Production: Artisan Home Entertainment
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 8 wins & 12 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.8
Metacritic:
80
Rotten Tomatoes:
94%
R
Year:
1992
100 min
Website
6,595 Views


4.

LEVENE:

...it isn't you...? Who is it?

Who is this I'm talking to? I need

the leads...

WILLIAMSON:

...after the thirtieth...

LEVENE:

Bullshit the thirtieth, I don't get

on the board the thirtieth, they're

going to can my ass. I need the

leads. I need them now. Or I'm

gone, and you're going to miss me,

John, I swear to you.

WILLIAMSON:

Murray...

LEVENE:

...you talk to Murray...

WILLIAMSON:

I have. And my job is to marshal

those leads...

LEVENE:

Marshal the leads...marshal the

leads? What the f***, what bus did

you get off of, we're here to

f***ing sell. F*** marshaling the

leads. What the f*** talk is that?

What the f*** talk is that? Where

did you learn that? In school?

(pause)

That's "talk," my friend, that's

"talk." Our job is to sell. I'm

the man to sell. I'm getting

garbage.

(pause)

You're giving it to me, and what

I'm saying is it's f***ed.

WILLIAMSON:

You're saying that I'm f***ed.

LEVENE:

Yes.

(pause)

I am. I'm sorry to antagonize you.

WILLIAMSON:

Let me...

5.

LEVENE:

...and I'm going to get bounced and

you're...

WILLIAMSON:

...let me...are you listening to

me...?

LEVENE:

Yes.

WILLIAMSON:

Let me tell you something, Shelly.

I do what I'm hired to do.

I'm...wait a second. I'm hired to

watch the leads. I'm given...hold

on, I'm given a policy. My job is

to do that. What I'm told. That's

it. You, wait a second, anybody

falls below a certain mark I'm not

permitted to give them the premium

leads.

LEVENE:

Then how do they come up above that

mark? With dreck...? That's

nonsense. Explain this to me.

'Cause it's a waste, and it's a

stupid waste. I want to tell you

something...

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David Mamet

David Alan Mamet is an American playwright, essayist, screenwriter, and film director. As a playwright, Mamet has won a Pulitzer Prize and received Tony nominations for Glengarry Glen Ross and Speed-the-Plow. more…

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