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Death of a Salesman (TV 1985) 7.2
An aging traveling salesman recognizes the emptiness of his life and tries to fix it. Director:Volker Schlöndorff |
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| Kate Reid | ... | ||
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| Stephen Lang | ... | ||
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Charley
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Ben
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David S. Chandler | ... |
Bernard
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Howard
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Woman from Boston
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Tom Signorelli | ... |
Stanley
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Letta
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Jenny
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Salesman Willy Loman is in a crisis. He's about to lose his job, he can't pay his bills, and his sons Biff and Happy don't respect him and can't seem to live up to their potential. He wonders what went wrong and how he can make things up to his family. Written by Eric Sorensen
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salesman | traveling salesman | aging | self deprecation | suicide attempt |Taglines:
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EnglishRelease Date:
16 August 1985 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Dood van een handelsreiziger See more »Filming Locations:
Kaufman Astoria Studios - 3412 36th Street, Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USACompany Credits
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[a sob rises in her throat]
Linda Loman: We're free and clear.
[sobs]
Linda Loman: We're free.
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Arthur Miller always pictured Willy Loman as a short, weak man with a booming voice. After nearly 40 years Miller finally got his wish after casting Dustin Hoffman. See more »Goofs
When Willy is talking to himself, drinking milk, the level of milk changes in his glass before he takes a drink. See more »Quotes
Linda Loman: [to Willy's grave] Willy, dear, I can't cry. Why did you do it? I search and search and I search, and I can't understand it, Willy. I made the last payment on the house today. Today, dear. And there'll be nobody home.[a sob rises in her throat]
Linda Loman: We're free and clear.
[sobs]
Linda Loman: We're free.
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This film counts as one of those that are uncomfortable, well-acted, and disturbingly real.
John Malkovich and Gary Sinise are very real, as well as Dustin Hoffman. It is an initial shock to see him as an aged man.
The cinematography is stark and unforgiving. Willy Loman has lived in ineffective and meaningless life. He will die as a salesman, bragging about sales which mean nothing, building up his sons into something they never were.
Anyone who has read or seen the play will feel the desperation of Biff, and Happy, young men who witness their father's depression, and cannot alter the outcome.
Arthur Miller has touched the reality of American life in the depression. A brilliant playwright, he addresses issue of the family, and struggling economy which today are still avoided. Kurt Vonnegut once wrote that America is a prosperous nation because the poor will never admit they are poor, and therefore the elite classes have had less social responsibility since the Napoleonic era. A brilliant insight that has been perpetuated since WWII. 9/10.