Glengarry Glen Ross

[Old and In the Way]

On IFX now. What a great film. I think Jack Lemmon's best role ever. He plays his character so well, it's almost painful to watch.

Alan Arkin, Ed Harris, Al Pacino, Alec Baldwin ..... all great character roles in this movie. A tough way to make a living...


Almost forgot Kevin Spacey. Whatta cast.

[Dookus]

1. one of my all-time favorite

movies, just for the screenplay and the acting. Amazing.

[alvis]

2. One of my favorites.

Great cast, and it's by David Mamet too.

Coffee is for closers.

[kskiska]

3. Yeah, that one was hard hitting

Baldwin was great as the hatchet man, and Lemmon was such a sympathetic character, forced to go out in the rain to sell to people who couldn't buy, when he should have been home with his family. Great dialogue.

[VolcanoJen]

4. Lemmon makes me cringe in that film. He is as real as he's ever been.

I couldn't agree more, Old and In the Way. Great film, (possibly) Lemmon's best role!

I just love Baldwin in that film, too....

[rumguy]

5. Yes a crazily good movie

What would you say is the meaning, if any?

[Old and In the Way]

6. Boiler room sales sucks......

My first "real" job out of college was selling life insurance. Of course, you tap all your friends 1st. After they tell you to go pound sand or buy a policy out of sympathy (letting it lapse a few months later), you are stuck with (a) referrals and (b) cold calls.
(a0 was real hard to come by and I hated (b)....I remember going into the office on Monday nights to make 100 calls. Statistically, 100 calls would get you 8 appointments and 2 sales. In theory.

I finally quit after about a year because I really hated that type of selling.

I don't think I've ever seen a better written screenplay.....every actor in that movie seemed to have lived their roles.

[HEyHEY]

7. "Fuck you, that's my name!"

[Old and In the Way]

9. The word "fuck" or a variant is used 138 times in the move.

I thought it was a fuckload more 'en that.

[WilliamPitt]

8. GET THEM TO SIGN ON THE LINE THAT IS DOTTED.

[VOX]

26. "A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Closing."

"Always be closing, always be closing."

[theoceansnerves]

10. go to lunch

will you go to lunch? go to lunch.

[Enraged_Ape]

11. Great movie. Love it. Love it. Love it.

PUT THE COFFEE DOWN!! Coffee is for closers!!

[GOPisEvil]

12. A fantastic movie!!!! Mamet's best!

:thumbsup:

[Paradise]

13. Great movie

but, as you so aptly described it, painful. :hi:

[Fenris]

14. Isn't Gil on "The Simpsons" based on Lemmon's character?

You know, Gil the guy who fails at every job he has?

[Howardx]

15. the coffee shop scene

with alan arkin and ed harris rules

[joeybee12]

16. Yuphe is based on Lemmon--and I find him irritating too!

I just don't think it works as a movie--only as a play.

[Spirochete]

17. I liked that one a lot

Good actors in it, and my first introduction to the talents of Kevin Spacey.

[Insider]

18. 2nd only to miller's crossing

great movies both

[Donkeyboy75]

19. "Fuck you, Dave!"

That line is responsible for about seven of the 138 fucks in the movie.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

20. "Coffee is for closers!".................

"You see this watch? It cost more than your car!"

Alec Baldwin is the best thing about that movie!

[skypilot]

21. A truly unsettling, nasty piece of work.

I mean that in a good way. That movie gets scarier every time I see it. Especially these days with this administration and this economy.

[RandomKoolzip]

22. Loooove that movie!

One of Lemmon's best, one of Pacino's best, and one of Arkin's best. Why it doesn't place higher in "all-time best films" lists is beyond me. One of my favorites.

[southpaw]

23. "It's not a world of men, Machine..."

Roma is awesome.

[Emboldened Chimp]

24. "What are you going to do about it?

What are you going to do about it, asshole. You're fucking shit. Where did you learn your trade, you stupid fucking cunt, you idiot? Who ever told you that you could work with men?"

Fucking classic.

[VOX]

25. "I'm going downtown -- I'm gonna talk to Mitch and Murray..."

"I'm going to LEMKIN!"

Classic stuff.

[sus]

27. WILL you go to lunch!!!

MAN i love that movie.