TNL Movie Club - Glengarry Glen Ross

**Gooch** · 15 May 2007, 12:22 AM

Originally Posted by Allmovie.com

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 contest where the losers will be fired. The agents work their same tired leads, until one hatches a scheme to burglarize the office, steal the leads, and sell them to a rival. Featuring a cast that includes Al Pacino as the office's sales leader, Jack Lemmon as an elderly loser, Alan Arkin and Ed Harris as frustrated salesmen, Kevin Spacey as the harassed office manager, and Jonathan Pryce as a client, Glengarry Glen Ross is, at its core, a character study about a group of men whose time has passed.

This is one of my all time favorites. I can play the Baldwin scene on a daily basis and it still gets me pumped. The performances definitely live up to the terrific cast. One of the things I really love about this movie is its simplicity; the movie is shot in only four (I believe) settings (the office, the Spannel's home, the bar, and in the car) and is almost entirely performance driven. It's the sad tale of the working man, the has been, the guys who never quite "made it" in life. GGR is a modern day classic with enough quotables to hold a conversation with and though it hasn't quite reached mainstream popularity, it seems to be getting there as I've found that more people hold it in high regard than I would have thought.

**bbobb** · 15 May 2007, 12:25 AM

I haven't seen this movie in a long time... I can't wait to watch it again.

**Tain** · 15 May 2007, 12:40 AM

you gotta have brass balls

**The_Meach** · 15 May 2007, 12:55 AM

**cigsthecat** · 15 May 2007, 01:15 AM

This is one of the absolute worst movies I have ever seen. My hatred for it knows no bounds.

**The_Meach** · 15 May 2007, 01:36 AM

You lose.

**Jeremy** · 15 May 2007, 02:06 AM

I heard so many good things about the movie before I bought it a few months ago that I didn't think it would live up to the hype, but luckily, it did. Jack Lemmon has always been a favorite of mine, and he was terrific here, as was the rest of the leading cast. It isn't quite an all-time favorite yet, but it's close.