Glengarry Glen Ross movie

An examination of the machinations behind the scenes at a real estate office.

:This article is about the play by David Mamet. For the movie adaption, see Glengarry Glen Ross (film).Glengarry Glen Ross is the title of a 1984 Pulitzer Prize and Tony-winning play by David Mamet. The play shows parts of two days in the lives of four desperate Chicago real estate agents who are prepared to engage in any number of unethical and/or illegal acts (from lies and flattery to bribery, threats and intimidation to burglary) in order to sell undesirable real estate to unwilling prospective buyers. The play draws partly on Mamets experiences of life in a Chicago real estate office, where he worked briefly as a typist in the late 1960s.

The title of the play comes from the names of two of the real estate developments being peddled by the salesmen characters.The play opened on Broadway on March 25 1984 and closed on February 17 1985. The production was directed by Gregory Mosher and stared Joe Mantegna, Mike Nussbaum, Robert Prosky, Lane Smith, James Tolkan, Jack Wallace, and J.T. Walsh. The production was nominated for six tony awards and won 2.CharactersRichard "Ricky" Roma: The most successful salesman in the office. Roma thinks of himself as a latter day cowboy, and regards his ability to make a sale as a sign of his virility. Hes ruthless, dishonest, and amoral, but succeeds because he has a talent for figuring out a clients weaknesses and crafting a pitch that will exploit those weaknesses.

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Glengarry Glen Ross Cast

• Alan Arkin
• Alec Baldwin
• Barry Rossen
• Bruce Altman
• Ed Harris
• George Cheung
• Jack Lemmon
• Jonathan Pryce
• Jude Ciccolella
• Kevin Spacey
• Leigh French
• Lori Tan Chinn
• Neal Jones
• Paul Butler