Glengarry Glen Ross is the title of a 1984 Pulitzer Prize-winning play by David Mamet, which he later adapted into a screenplay for the 1992 movie of the same title. It will be revived on Broadway in the spring of 2005, starring Alan Alda, Liev Schreiber, and Jeffrey Tambor -- www.glengarryglenross.biz link here-- and has also been produced as a radio play for the BBC, which was first aired 20th March 2005. The play shows parts of two days in the lives of four desperate Chicago real estate agents who are prepared to engage in any number of unethical and/or illegal acts (from lies and flattery to bribery, threats and intimidation to burglary) in order to sell undesirable real estate to unwilling prospective buyers ("leads").

The film differs from the play mainly with the insertion of a single scene written by Mamet. The scene involves a character named Blake, played by Alec Baldwin, who gives the main characters a more immediate motivation for selling real estate.

The film also differs in location. While references to the Chicago area remain intact throughout, the credits list it having been filmed "on location" in New York City. As such, there are some scenes which do refer to New York City, such as the opening scene, in which the pay phone Shelly Levene uses clearly reads "New York". Also, George Aaronow comments to Shelly, "I had a woman in White Plains on the hook ...," an obvious reference to White Plains, New York.

See also

• Richard Roma (Al Pacino)

External links

• Glengarry Glen Ross on Broadway