Talk:Glengarry Glen Ross

Cunt
It describes cunt as a word generally thought "unusable" in drama, film, etc. I don't think this is the case and is an opinion not anything based on fact. Two out of the three films to win all 5 Best-Oscars (Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Screenplay) have used the word. Many Best Picture films have used the word and it's used in many plays. For this reason I am going to remove the sentence unless someone can give good reason why it should remain. 66.65.51.127 08:06, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Performance history
I updated this article to reflect information about the play's premiere in London and its first American performance, as detailed on page 9 of the Grove Press paperback script [

ISBN 0-8021-3091-7]. I included this citation in my edit summary. This update was reverted by Calton without explanation or citation. As usual, I'm reluctant to engage an edit war -- but my information is clearly sourced and cited. It's certainly possible that it's incorrect; but absent an alternative citation, we've got the word of Calton versus the official script (which, by the way, spells Prosky's character "Levene").
 * By the way, you can use Amazon's "Search Inside This Book" feature to verify this information for yourself.

You information looks fine to me, so I've added it back in. This link should go straight to the Amazon "Search Inside This Book" feature, for validation. sjorford &rarr;&bull;&larr; 14:53, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Title
How about adding an explanation of what the title means? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mike Schiraldi (talk • contribs) 18:53, 23 December 2006-12-23 (UTC)
 * It's mentioned in the first paragraph, already. &mdash;Joseph/N328KF (Talk) 19:38, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I've clarified that it's GLENGARRY Highlands + GLEN ROSS Farms. AWO 16:50, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

Posters
I have added the film poster, and will try and add a poster for some of the other productions if I can find them. I think the same fair use rationale applies. Feel free to discuss/correct me! AWO 17:06, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

Worthless leads for months
The article states "Williamson has been feeding Levene worthless leads like the Nyborgs for months, because he just doesn't like Shelly." Is this really implied in the movie? I couldn't see where the movie indicates that Williamson gave Shelly more than the one bad lead, though I can see how it would make sense. -Chinju (talk) 09:52, 21 December 2007 (UTC)


 * This is not implied in the movie, but it is explicitly stated in the play. In fact, it turns out (last two pages of the play) that Roma has a side deal going with Williamson: he gets access to the Glengarry leads (hence his success) and also that Williamson feed Levene with poor leads. It's unclear whether Roma hates Levene or is simply eliminating a rival. Wellspring (talk) 01:59, 24 September 2010 (UTC)


 * The trimming of the plot summary was good, but it was a little too aggressive. I added some things back, plus the worthless leads detail above, since it's a major twist at the end. Wellspring (talk) 02:10, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

What Mamet did at the real place
In an introduction to a BBC Radio production in which he had one of the smaller roles, Stacy Keach described Mamet's job at the real company as sorting the leads by quality so that they could be assigned to particular salesmen. [Which sounds close to Williamson's job - but they didn't suggest he was that high in the pecking order.] This is a sharp enough contradiction with the current "as a typist" that I think it should come out - even if it increases the likelihood of a mistaken assumption that he was a salesman - until we have a solid reference one way or the other. Ribonucleic (talk) 02:10, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Spelling Errors in Character Names
According to the original play, Levene's first name is "Shelly", not "Shelley" (as in this article). I don't have time to change this myself today, but I wanted to point out this error for the sake of anyone doing research.

Productions
Does "Goodman Theatre of the Arts Institute of Chicago" refer to Goodman Theatre? I just thought I ought to consult before adding a link, because it doesn't appear to be mentioned in Art Institute of Chicago. Harfarhs (talk) 18:56, 5 September 2014 (UTC)