Death of a Salesman
- Year:
- 1951
- 115 min
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Willy?
Is that you?
It's all right, Linda...
I came back.
I just couldn't make it Linda.
I got as far as a little above Yonkers.
Suddenly I couldn't drive any more.
I'll get you an aspirin...
It'll soothe you.
The car kept going off the road,
you know.
Maybe it's the steering again.
I don't think that new mechanic
knows a thing.
No...
...it's me.
I can't seem to keep my mind on it.
I came back ten miles an hour.
Took me nearly four hours
to get back to Brooklyn.
Willy, you've just got to take a rest.
You can't continue this way.
I've had my vacation this year.
But you didn't rest your mind.
Your mind is overactive...
Your mind is what counts, dear.
So beautiful up there, Linda.
I was even observing the scenery.
Imagine me... on the road
every week of my life.
The trees were so thick...
The sun was so warm
I opened the windshield just to let
the warm air bathe over me.
And all of a sudden I'm goin' off the road!
I'm tellin' ya, I absolutely forgot
I was driving.
Another few seconds...
Such thoughts!
Most extreme thoughts.
Willy, talk to them again.
There's no reason why you
shouldn't work in New York.
No... They don't need me
in New York...
I'm the New England man...
I'm vital in New England.
But you're sixty years old, dear...
They can't expect you to
keep travelling every week.
If old man Wagner was alive, I'd've been
in charge of New York by now.
That man was a prince.
But that son of his, that Howard...
He don't appreciate.
When I went north the first time
the Wagner Company didn't know
where New England was!
Why don't you go down
to the place tomorrow
and tell Howard you've simply
got to work in New York.
You're too accommodating, dear.
God, I will!
I definitely will!
Is that the boys?
Yes...
Happy took Biff on a date tonight.
Yeah?
He's staying over since it's Biff's
first night home.
It was so nice to see them
shaving together...
...one behind the other,
in the bathroom.
And going out together.
You don't say!
Like old times.
You notice? The whole house
smells of shaving lotion.
Willy...
Be careful when you talk to Biff...
You mustn't lose your temper
with him.
Have a big evening?
Yeah... gave Biff a real
homecoming celebration.
Pop... we had 2 of the most beautiful...
Two very fine types, of course.
Hey... what are you doin' back?
Oh... I had to come back...
They gave me the wrong samples.
Hi Biff...
You got a line on a job yet?
Pop... I just got off
the train this morning.
Give me a little time, will you.
So... have ya made up yer mind
to stay... this time?
I don't know.
- Alright... go back then... be a cowboy.
- Willy... please!
I'm tryin'...
Leave me alone, will ya.
Dear bronco-buster!
Enjoy yourself.
That all ya ever wanna be?
Farm hand?
Stop worryin' about 'im, Pop...
He's gonna be terrific!
Get a good night's rest, huh?
G'night, mom.
You shouldn't've criticised him, dear.
Criticised him?...
I just asked him a question.
Is that a criticism?
Theres such an undercurrent in him.
then you'll both be happier
and not fight any more.
Not finding yourself at the age of 34
is a disgrace!
In the beginning, when he was young
I thought, well... a young man...
its good for him to tramp around...
...take a lot of odd jobs.
But its more than ten years now...
and he's yet to make $35 a week!
The trouble is hes lazy!
Willy... please!
Why'd he come home again?
I'd like to know what brought him home.
I think hes very lost.
Biff Loman is lost!
In the greatest country in the world
a young man with such
personal attractiveness
gets lost.
Remember how they used to
follow him around in high school?
When he smiled at one of them
their faces lit up.
When he walked down the street...
Willy!
Why don't you open a window in here?
They're all open, dear.
The way they boxed us in here.
Bricks and windows...
...windows and bricks.
They shouldve had a law
against apartment houses.
Theres not a breath of fresh air
in the neighborhood.
The grass dont grow any more...
you cant raise a carrot in the back yard.
Remember those two beautiful
red oaks out there?
When I and Biff hung a swing
between them?
More and more I think
of those days, Linda.
This time of year it was lilac
and wisteria.
What fragrance in this room!
They shouldve arrested the builder
They should...
Go down and get something to eat, dear.
Youre my foundation
and my support, Linda.
Just try to relax, dear.
You make mountains
out of mole-hills.
I wont fight with him any more.
Hell find his way.
Certain men just dont get started
till later in life.
Like Thomas Edison...
I think.
Or B. F. Goodrich.
I know one of them was deaf.
I'll have a nice talk with him
in the morning.
I'll get him a job selling.
He can be big in no time.
Willy... if it's warm on Sunday,
we'll drive out in the country.
And open the windshield,
and take lunch.
The windshields dont open
on the new cars.
Why, you opened it today.
Me?... I didnt.
Now isnt that peculiar!
Isnt that a remarkable thing...
That is the most remarkable thing.
What, darling?
I was thinking of that old sedan... 1928
when we had that green sedan.
Funny...
driving that car today.
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