Overview:
When an office full of 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, who has a sick daughter, does everything in his power to get better leads from his boss, John Williamson, but to no avail. When his coworker Dave Moss comes up with a plan to steal the leads, things get complicated for the tough-talking salesmen.| Status: | Released (1992-09-10) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 1 Oscar. 8 wins & 14 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $10,725,228 |
| Screen: | David Mamet |
| Productions: | Zupnik Cinema Group II, New Line Cinema, GGR, Zupnik-Curtis Enterprises |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 1158: Al Pacino - Ricky Roma
- 3151: Jack Lemmon - Shelley Levene
- 7447: Alec Baldwin - Blake
- 1903: Alan Arkin - George Aaronow
- 228: Ed Harris - Dave Moss
- 1979: Kevin Spacey - John Williamson
- 378: Jonathan Pryce - James Lingk
Crews
- 15890: James Foley - Director - Directing
- 1255: David Mamet - Theatre Play - Writing
- 1255: David Mamet - Screenplay - Writing
- 10570: Joseph M. Caracciolo Jr. - Executive Producer - Production
- 57753: Jerry Tokofsky - Producer - Production
- 57754: Stanley R. Zupnik - Producer - Production
- 1213: James Newton Howard - Original Music Composer - Sound
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Reviews
Andres Gomez
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Interesting adaptation of a theater play with a great cast for a choral movie. The script is not that interesting, from my POV, but this is a story for actors and the cast is great.
Continue reading ->Renovatio
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Incredibly realistic mood… It captures the environment of a sales team so well… The stress, the competition, the somewhat adversarial relationship between management and the front office… The predatory, hunter-gatherer nature of it all Such a great film…
Continue reading ->JPV852
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Good David Mamet written film, with the usual Mamet-style dialogue, that doesn't have a real plot and not quite a character study either, yet still engrossing even with characters who are real estate scammers. Seen this several times over the years and still mesmerized by Jack Lemmon ....
Continue reading ->CinemaSerf
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I wonder how many ostensibly peaceful office environments would react like this if they were given the same ultimatum! It's underperforming so the overbearing and supremely confident "Blake" (Alec Baldwin) announces to the team that at the end of the month, only the top two will have ....
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