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Glengarry Glen Ross is the title of a 1992 movie, based on the 1984 Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name by David Mamet, who adapted it into a screenplay for the film. The film shows parts of two days in the lives of four desperate 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 ("leads").

The film differs from the play mainly with the insertion of a single scene written by Mamet. The scene involves a character named Blake, played by Alec Baldwin, who gives the main characters a more immediate motivation for selling real estate —namely that their jobs are on the line.

The film also differs in location. While play's original references to the Chicago area remain intact throughout, the film credits list it having been filmed "on location" in New York City. As such, there are some scenes which do refer to New York City, such as the opening scene, in which the pay phone Shelly Levene (Jack Lemmon) uses clearly reads "New York". Also, George Aaronow (Alan Arkin) comments to Shelly, "I had a woman in White Plains on the hook ...," an obvious reference to White Plains, New York. The final scene also features a subway car with "Sheepshead Bay" (as in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn) as the destination.

Trivia

• The word fuck is used in the script a total of 138 times during the 100 minute long movie.

• During filming, the movie was referred to by the actors as "Death of a Fucking Salesman," owing to its salty language.

• The only female character in the movie with a talking part is the coat-check woman at the bar, whose only line is, "Slow tonight."

• The role of Blake was especially written for Alec Baldwin by David Mamet. Blake is a corporate bigshot who comes down to the office to encourage the sales force by way of verbal abuse.

• Jack Lemmon called the ensemble the best one he'd ever been a part of.

• The title refers to Glengarry Glen and Glen Ross Farms, two properties mentioned in the movie.

External links

• Glengarry Glen Ross at IMDb

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