Glengarry Glen Ross Page #3

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


WILLIAMSON:

You know what those leads cost?

LEVENE:

The premium leads. Yes. I know

what they cost. John. Because I,

I generated the dollar revenue

sufficient to buy them. Nineteen

senny-nine, you know what I made?

Senny-nine? Ninety-six thousand

dollars. John? For Murray... For

Mitch...look at the sheets...

WILLIAMSON:

Murray said...

LEVENE:

F*** him. F*** Murray. John? You

know? You tell him I said so.

What does he f***ing know? He's

going to have a "sales"

contest...you know what our sales

contest used to be?

(MORE)

6.

LEVENE (CONT'D)

Money. A fortune. Money lying on

the ground. Murray? When was the

last time he went out on a sit?

Sales contest? It's laughable.

It's cold out there now, John.

It's tight. Money is tight. This

ain't sixty-five. It ain't. It

just ain't. See? See? Now, I'm a

good man--but I need a...

WILLIAMSON:

Murray said...

LEVENE:

John. John...

WILLIAMSON:

Will you please wait a second.

Shelly. Please. Murray told me:

the hot leads...

LEVENE:

...ah, f*** this...

WILLIAMSON:

The...Shelly?

(pause)

The hot leads are assigned according

to the board. During the contest.

Period. Anyone who beats fifty

per...

LEVENE:

That's f***ed. That's f***ed. You

don't look at the f***ing percentage.

You look at the gross.

WILLIAMSON:

Either way. You're out.

LEVENE:

I'm out.

WILLIAMSON:

Yes.

LEVENE:

I'll tell you why I'm out. I'm

out, you're giving me toilet paper.

John.

(MORE)

7.

LEVENE (CONT'D)

I've seen those leads. I saw them

when I was at Homestead, we pitched

those cocksuckers Rio Rancho

nineteen sixty-nine they wouldn't

buy. They couldn't buy a f***ing

toaster. They're broke, John.

They're cold. They're deadbeats,

you can't judge on that. Even so.

Even so. Alright. Fine. Fine.

Even so. I go in, FOUR F***ING

LEADS they got their money in a

sock. They're f***ing Polacks,

John. Four leads. I close two.

Two. Fifty per...

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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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