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Director:
Writer:
Arthur Miller (play)
Release Date:
15 September 1985 (USA)
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Tagline:
Its passion cannot be overstated. Its power must not be overlooked.
Plot:
An aging traveling salesman recognizes the emptiness of his life and tries to fix it. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won Golden Globe.
Another 6 wins
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10 nominations
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(4 articles)
'The Domestic Crusaders': Making History With Muslim American Theater
(From Huffington Post. 4 September 2009, 12:57 PM, PDT)
Death Of A Salesman Opens At Yale Rep Tomorrow, Runs Through 5/23
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 29 April 2009, 1:26 PM, PDT)
(From Huffington Post. 4 September 2009, 12:57 PM, PDT)
Death Of A Salesman Opens At Yale Rep Tomorrow, Runs Through 5/23
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 29 April 2009, 1:26 PM, PDT)
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Some of the best acting you will ever see
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Dustin Hoffman | ... | Willy Loman | |
| Kate Reid | ... | Linda Loman | |
| John Malkovich | ... | Biff Loman | |
| Stephen Lang | ... | Harold 'Happy' Loman | |
| Charles Durning | ... | Charley | |
| Louis Zorich | ... | Ben Loman | |
| David S. Chandler | ... | Bernard, Charley's son | |
| Jon Polito | ... | Howard, Willy's Boss | |
| Kathryn Rossetter | ... | Woman from Boston (as Kathy Rossetter) | |
| Tom Signorelli | ... | Stanley the waiter at Frank's Chop House | |
| Linda Kozlowski | ... | Miss Forsythe | |
| Karen Needle | ... | Letta, Forsythe's friend | |
| Anne McIntosh | ... | Jenny | |
| Michael Quinlan | ... | Waiter |
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Also Known As:
Der Tod eines Handlungsreisenden (West Germany)
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130 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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Certification:
Australia:PG |
Finland:K-12 |
Netherlands:AL (DVD rating) |
Sweden:11 |
UK:PG |
USA:PG |
West Germany:12 (bw)
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Adapted from the 1984 Broadway production directed by Michael Rudman starring Dustin Hoffman. The original production had been staged in 1949 by Elia Kazan.
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Continuity: When Willy is found in the bathroom by Stanley, he has a glass of scotch sitting on the toilet in one shot and not in any other one.
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Linda Loman:
Attention must be finally paid to such a person.
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Featured in American Arts & Culture Presents John Horatio Malkovich 'Dance of Despair & Disillusionment' (2000) (V)
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This is a truly outstanding perfomance of what may be the most important american play ever written. Hoffman and Malkovich seem to become the characters they play in what may be their greatest performances. This is an incredible drama that can be interpreted many ways... it's subtle and powerfull. Death of a salesman is about a man's realization that he isn't living the american dream he once thought he was. It's about self-deception. It's about trying to keep up with the Jones's. It's about pursuing your dreams, or regretting that you didn't. The plot is nothing special because it's simply a device that Mailer uses to explore these themes.