Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) ⭐ Al Pacino & Jack Lemmon in a Powerful Sales Drama

Cast
Jack Lemmon as Sheldon "Shelley the Machine" Levene
Al Pacino as Richard Roma, the office’s top closer
Alec Baldwin as Blake, one of the firm’s top salesmen, sent to motivate the room
Alan Arkin as George Aaronow, office salesman
Ed Harris as Dave Moss, office salesman
Kevin Spacey as John Williamson, the office manager
Jonathan Pryce as James Lingk, Roma’s customer
Bruce Altman as Larry Spannel, a prospective customer of Shelley
Jude Ciccolella as Detective Baylen
Lori Tan Chinn as Coat Check Girl

Glengarry Glen Ross is a 1992 American drama film written for the screen by David Mamet from his 1984 Pulitzer Prize–winning play of the same name, and directed by James Foley. The film depicts two days in the lives of four real estate salesmen, and their increasing desperation when the corporate office sends a motivational trainer to threaten them that all but the top two salesmen will be fired within two weeks.

The setting is never explicitly stated. The play is set in Mamet’s hometown Chicago, Illinois, but the film includes numerous references to New York City, including an establishing shot of a New York City Subway platform followed by a close-up shot of a New York Telephone-branded payphone, NYPD police cars and insignia, New York license plates, and mostly New York accents.[3][4] Film critics and journalists have nonetheless placed the setting in Chicago, possibly based on their familiarity with the original play.[5][6] In addition, several Chicago suburbs are mentioned at various times (Morton Grove, Batavia, Kenilworth). Exterior shots were filmed on location in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn.[7]

Like the play, the film is notorious for its use of profanity, leading the cast to refer to the film jokingly as "Death of a Fuckin' Salesman".[8] The title of the film comes from the names of two of the real estate developments being peddled by the salesmen characters: Glengarry Highlands and Glen Ross Farms.

The film was critically acclaimed and is widely considered one of the best films of the 1990s. The world premiere was held at the 49th Venice Film Festival, where Jack Lemmon was awarded the Volpi Cup for Best Actor. Al Pacino was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. Yet, the film was a box office failure for grossing $10.7 million in North America against a $12.5 million budget. It has since become a cult classic.
Glengarry Glen Ross had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, where Jack Lemmon won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor.[15] In addition, it was originally slated to be shown at the Montreal World Film Festival, but it was necessary to show it out of competition because it was entered into competition at the Venice Film Festival at the same time. Instead, it was given its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.[16] The film opened in wide release on October 2, 1992 in 416 theaters, grossing $2.1 million on its opening weekend. It made $10.7 million in North America,[2] below its $12.5 million budget