Cult 101: Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) 4K Restoration
- Today, Sep 7
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Director: James Foley Run Time: 100 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1992
Starring: Al Pacino, Alan Arkin, Alec Baldwin, Ed Harris, Jack Lemmon
Country: United States
Language: English
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See more Cult 101About the film:
When an office full of Chicago 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.
“Mamet’s dialogue has a kind of logic, a cadence, that allows people to arrive in triumph at the ends of sentences we could not possibly have imagined.”
—Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
About the filmmaker:
James Foley is an American filmmaker from Brooklyn, New York. He earned his degree from the University of Buffalo, where he studied pre-med psychoanalysis. While he originally envisioned a future for himself in medicine, Foley ended up studying filmmaking at the University of Southern California. During his time in college, Foley made two short films which caught the attention of other filmmakers in Hollywood: Silent Night and November. Shortly after, Foley made his directorial debut with the romance/drama Reckless (1984). His sophomore feature, At Close Range (1986) was met with critical praise, and was nominated for the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. Foley then went on to direct an episode of Twin Peaks before releasing his most well known film, Glengarry Glen Ross (1992). Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) earned various accolades upon release, including NBR Awards and an Oscar nomination.
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