Talk:Glengarry Glen Ross (film)

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Glengarry Glen Ross (film) was a good article nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There are suggestions below for improving the article. Once these are addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake. Reviewed version: March 15, 2008

[edit] Differences between the film and the play

This contains original, unsourced content so I'm placing it here until it can be sourced. --J.D. (talk) 07:37, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

The most important way in which the film differs from the play is the addition of a famous scene known as "Coffee's For Closers" written by Mamet involving a character named Blake, written specifically for Alec Baldwin. Blake gives the main characters a more immediate motivation for selling real estate — namely that their jobs are on the line.

The scenes that show Shelley going to visit an uninterested potential client were added for the film. Some of his phone conversations are added as well. The additions add an even deeper sense of sad desperation for Lemmon's character than appeared in the original play.

The film also differs in geographic location. While the play's original references to the Chicago area remain intact throughout, the film credits list it as having been filmed "on location" in New York City. As such, there are some scenes which do refer to New York, such as the opening scene, in which the pay phone Shelley Levene (Lemmon) uses clearly reads "New York." Also, George Aaronow (Arkin) comments to Shelley, "I had a woman in White Plains on the hook ...," an obvious reference to White Plains, New York. The final scene also features a subway car with "Sheepshead Bay" (as in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn) as the destination. The scene in which Pacino's character arrives at the office clearly shows an NYPD squad car. However, when Shelley engages in conversation in one scene he twice says "Kenilworth" — which is the name of both an affluent Chicago suburb on the north shore of Lake Michigan and a middle class New York City suburb in Union County, New Jersey.

David Mamet also altered the original ending of the movie. In the play, Roma flatters Shelley and suggests that the two work together. Then, when Shelley leaves the room, Roma turns on Shelley and reveals that his flattery was only a con to get a share of Shelley's sales. In the movie, this last-second turn is omitted, and Roma's flattery is assumed to be sincere.

[edit] GA review

Howdy, i will be your reviewer for this article.

• The list of songs in the soundtrack section needs to either be in context, with an introduction and some production information, or removed completely. (WP:EMBED)
• The awards section has to be merged with the reception section or completely separated from it, that's if there is enough 3-level heading-worthy material.
• The plot section has a couple of problems, like jargon (the corporate office ("downtown") (??)) and point of view (delivers a long, disjointed but compelling monologue to a meek. PS:what does he say?).
• I got completely lost in the Production section, the screenplay comes and goes, and producers and actors...it needs a major copy-edit for the sake of coherency (merge some phrases, remove a couple of repetitions, etc).
• The references are not great, if you want to take it up a notch i'd suggest checking out the DVD's extra features.

If i didn't make myself clear in any point, ask me, (oh, oh, oh) ask me. I'll take another look in 7 days.--Yamanbaiia^{(free hugs!)} 17:57, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

I've failed the article. If you disagree with this review feel free to ask for a reassessment.--Yamanbaiia^{(free hugs!)} 16:57, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Lawsuit

Tokofsky sued to strip Zupnik of his producer’s credit and share of the producer’s fee.[7] Zupnik claimed that he personally put up $2 million of the film’s budget and countersued, claiming that Tokofsky was fired for embezzlement.[7]

This line is dying for some resolution. What happened to the lawsuits? Who won each one? Or, more likely, how long was it before each suit was settled out of court? Tempshill (talk) 20:56, 29 April 2008 (UTC)