Salesman (film)

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Salesman

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Directed by Albert Maysles
David Maysles
Charlotte Zwerin
Produced by Albert Maysles
David Maysles
Starring Jamie Baker
Paul Brennan
Melbourne I. Feltman
Raymond Martos
Margaret McCarron
Charles McDevitt
Kennie Turner
Cinematography Albert Maysles
Editing by David Maysles
Charlotte Zwerin
Distributed by The Criterion Collection (region 1 DVD)
Release date(s) United States April 17, 1969
Running time 85 min.
Language English
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Salesman is a 1969 direct cinema documentary film which follows four salesmen as they travel across New England and Florida trying to sell expensive Bibles door-to-door in low-income neighborhoods. The film focuses in particular on the struggles of salesman Paul Brennan, an old Irish Catholic from Boston who struggles to keep up his sales.

The film was directed by brothers Albert and David Maysles, and Charlotte Zwerin. The film has been deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.

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Preceded by:
Billy Liar
The Criterion Collection
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Succeeded by:
Grey Gardens