Glengarry Glen Ross

David Mamet

1984

Williamson (Brushing past him.): Excuse me…

Levene:

…excuse you, nothing, you be as cold as you want, but you just fucked a good man out of six thousand dollars and his goddamn bonus ’cause you didn’t know the shot, if you can do that and you aren’t man enough that it gets you, then I don’t know what, if you can’t take some thing from that…(Blocking…

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David Mamet

b. 1947

David Mamet grew up in Chicago and attended Goddard College. He is a playwright, screenwriter, producer, and director, whose works often deal with the American experience and are noted for their crisp dialogue. Several of his plays have been adapted as films. Among Mamet’s honors are the Tony Award, the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters Award for Literature, and nominations for the Golden Globe Award, the Writers Guild Award, and the Academy Award.

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