Times are tough in a New York real-estate office; the salesmen (Shelley Levene, Ricky Roma, Dave Moss, and George Aaronow) are given a strong incentive by Blake to succeed in a sales contest. The prizes? First prize is a Cadillac Eldorado, second prize is a set of steak knives, third prize is the sack! There is no room for losers in this dramatically masculine world; only “closers” will get the good sales leads. There is a lot of pressure to succeed, so a robbery is committed which has unforeseen consequences for all the characters.

Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
  • Rating: (40,975 votes)
  • Taglines:The hardest thing in life is sell » A Story For Everyone Who Works For A Living. »
  • Runtime:100 minutes
  • Director: James Foley
  • Country:USA
  • Actors:
    Ricky Roma
    Al Pacino
    Shelley Levene
    Jack Lemmon
    Blake
    Alec Baldwin
    George Aaronow
    Alan Arkin
    Dave Moss
    Ed Harris
    John Williamson
    Kevin Spacey
    James Lingk
    Jonathan Pryce
    Larry Spannel
    Bruce Altman
    Detective
    Jude Ciccolella
    Policeman
    Paul Butler
  • Genre:Drama
  • Producers:
    Joseph M. Caracciolo Jr.
    executive producer (as Joseph Caracciolo Jr.) 
    Nava Levin
    co-producer  
    Karen L. Oliver
    associate producer  
    Morris Ruskin
    co-producer  
    Jerry Tokofsky
    producer  
    Stanley R. Zupnik
    producer  
  • Plot: Times are tough in a Chicago real-estate office; the salesmen (Shelley Levene, Ricky Roma, Dave Moss, and George Aaronow) are given a strong incentive by Blake to succeed in a sales contest. The prizes? First prize is a Cadillac El Dorado, second prize is a set of steak knives, third prize is the sack! There is no room for losers in this dramatically masculine world; only "closers" will get the good sales leads. There is a lot of pressure to succeed, so a robbery is committed which has unforeseen consequences for all the characters. Written by Patrick Dominick <ptd@ccadfa.cc.adfa.oz.au>
Glengarry Glen Ross
  • User's comment:Astonishing... by Peter Butler

    The first time I saw this movie my jaw was hanging down and my mouth wide open from start to finish. I was gripped.

    This movie has no sex, no violence, no car chases, no action - but absolutely the most powerful acting I have ever seen. Uncompromisingly realistic.

    Having said that, I can understand why so many people do NOT like it - you have to like dramas, and especially one centered so much around desparation and conflict, and NOT around action. It is adapted from the stage play, and I appreciate the way in which it was shot, retaining so much of the raw appeal that can only be felt at the theatre, as opposed to the cinema.

    This movie is a veritable who's who of acting, with Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Ed Harris, Alec Baldwin, Alan Arkin, Jonathan Pryce - not to mention a then-relatively-unknwon Kevin Spacey.

    If you can appreciate powerful acting, films based on dialogue with few scene changes, and can withstand an absolute barrage of foul language (which I must add is perfectly suited to this film), then this movie will blow you away.


  • Quotes: Blake: These are the new leads. These are the Glengarry leads. And to you they're gold, and you don't get them. Why? Because to give them to you would be throwing them away. They're for closers. Ricky Roma: How was her crumbcake? Shelley Levene: Hmm? Oh... from the store.
  • Also known as: Glengarry Glen Ross (Australia), Glengarry Glen Ross (Austria), Glengarry Glen Ross (Croatia), Glengarry Glen Ross (Germany), Glengarry Glen Ross (Hungary - imdb display title), Glengarry Glen Ross (Slovenia), El precio de la ambición (Argentina - imdb display title), El precio de la ambición (Peru - imdb display title), Éxito a cualquier precio (Spain - imdb display title), Americani (Italy), Glengarry (France), Glengeri Glen Ros (Serbia), Konkurenti (Czech Republic), Matenro wo Yume mite (Japan - imdb display title), Myyntitykit (Finland), O Sucesso a Qualquer Preço (Brazil), Oikopeda me thea (Greece - transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title), På stram line (Norway), Säljfantomer (Finland - Swedish title), Sælger til salg (Denmark - imdb display title), Sucesso a Qualquer Preço (Portugal),

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