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.
Al Pacino
as Ricky Roma
Jack Lemmon
as Shelley Levene
Alec Baldwin
as Blake
Alan Arkin
as George Aaronow
Ed Harris
as Dave Moss
Kevin Spacey
as John Williamson
Jonathan Pryce
as James Lingk
Bruce Altman
as Larry Spannel
Jude Ciccolella
as Detective
Paul Butler
as Policeman
Andres Gomez
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....
Renovatio
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…...
JPV852
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's performance. ...
CinemaSerf
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 a job in their ...