Glengarry Glen Ross Page #4

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
6,599 Views


WILLIAMSON:

...they kicked out.

LEVENE:

They all kick out. You run in

streaks, pal. Streaks. I'm...

I'm...don't look at the board, look

at me. Shelly Levene. Anyone.

Ask them on Western. Ask Getz at

Homestead. Go ask Jerry Graff.

You know who I am...I NEED A SHOT.

I got to get on the f***ing board.

Ask them. Ask them. Ask them who

ever picked up a check I was flush.

Moss, Jerry Graff, Mitch

himself...Those guys lived on the

business I brought in. They lived

on it...and so did Murray, John.

You were here you'd of benefited

from it too. And now I'm saying

this. Do I want charity? Do I

want pity? I want sits. I want

leads that don't come right out of

a phone book. Give me a lead

hotter than that, I'll go in and

close it. Give me a chance.

That's all I want. I'm going to

get up on that f***ing board and

all I want is a chance. It's a

streak and I'm going to turn it

around.

(pause)

I need your help.

Pause.

WILLIAMSON:

I can't do it, Shelly.

8.

Pause.

LEVENE:

Why?

WILLIAMSON:

The leads are assigned randomly...

LEVENE:

Bullshit, bullshit, you assign

them... What are you telling me?

WILLIAMSON:

...apart from the top men on the

contest board.

LEVENE:

Then put me on the board.

WILLIAMSON:

You start closing again, you'll be

on the board.

LEVENE:

I can't close these leads, John.

No one can. It's a joke. John,

look, just give me a hot lead.

Just give me two of the premium

leads. As a "test," alright? As a

"test" and I promise you...

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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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