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((short description|1992 American drama by James Foley))
((Infobox film
| name           = Glengarry Glen Ross
| image          = Glengarrymovie.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[James Foley (director)|James Foley]]
| producer       = ((Plainlist|
* [[Jerry Tokofsky]]
* Stanley R. Zupnik
))
| screenplay     = [[David Mamet]]
| based_on       = ((Based on|''[[Glengarry Glen Ross]]''|David Mamet))
| starring       = ((Plainlist|
* [[Al Pacino]]
* [[Jack Lemmon]]
* [[Alec Baldwin]]
* [[Ed Harris]]
* [[Alan Arkin]]
* [[Kevin Spacey]]
* [[Jonathan Pryce]]
))
| music          = [[James Newton Howard]]
| cinematography = [[Juan Ruiz Anchía]]
| editing        = Howard Smith
| studio         = Zupnik Enterprises
| distributor    = [[New Line Cinema]]
| released       = ((Film date|1992|10|02))
| runtime        = 100 minutes <!-- 10th Anniversary DVD runtime: 100:17 -->
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $12.5 million<ref>((cite web|title=Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)|url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Glengarry-Glen-Ross#tab=summary|access-date=April 7, 2017|publisher=The-Numbers.com))</ref>
| gross          = $10.7 million ((Small|((No wrap|(North America)))))<ref name="BOM"/>
))

'''''Glengarry Glen Ross''''' is a 1992 American [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] directed by [[James Foley (director)|James Foley]] and written by [[David Mamet]], based on his 1984 [[Pulitzer Prize for Drama|Pulitzer Prize]]–winning [[Glengarry Glen Ross|play of the same name]]. The film depicts two days in the lives of four [[real estate]] salesmen, and their increasing desperation when the corporate office sends a motivational trainer to threaten them that all but the top two salesmen will be fired within one week.

Like the play, the film is notorious for its use of [[profanity]], leading the cast to refer to the film jokingly as "[[Death of a Salesman|Death of a Fuckin' Salesman]]".<ref>((cite episode | title=Ed Harris| series = Inside the Actors Studio | series-link = Inside the Actors Studio | network=[[CTV Drama Channel|Bravo!]]| airdate = December 17, 2000 | season = 7 | number = 6))</ref> The title of the film comes from the names of two of the real estate developments being peddled by the salesmen characters: Glengarry Highlands and Glen Ross Farms.

The film was critically acclaimed and is widely considered one of the best films of the 1990s. The [[Film premiere|world premiere]] was held at the [[49th Venice Film Festival]], where [[Jack Lemmon]] was awarded the [[Volpi Cup]] for Best Actor. [[Al Pacino]] was nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Academy Award]] and a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture|Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor]]. Yet, the film was a [[Box-office bomb|box office failure]] for grossing $10.7 million in [[North America]] against a $12.5 million budget. It has since become a [[cult classic]].

==Plot==
The film depicts two days in the lives of four [[real estate]] salesmen who are supplied with leads—the names and phone numbers of prospects—and use deceitful and dubious sales tactics. Many of the leads rationed out by office manager John Williamson lack either the money or the desire to actually invest in land. The firm sends Blake, one of its top salesmen, to motivate the team. In a torrent of verbal abuse, he gives them notice of termination and tells them that only the top two deal-closers of the month (with one week to go) will keep their jobs and gain access to promising leads for the Glengarry Highlands development.

Shelley "The Machine" Levene is a once-successful salesman in a long-running slump and with a daughter in the hospital. Desperate to keep his job, Levene tries to persuade Williamson to give him some of the Glengarry leads, but Williamson refuses. Levene tries first to charm Williamson, then to threaten him, and finally to bribe him. Williamson is willing to sell some of the prime leads, but demands cash in advance, which Levene does not have.

Meanwhile, Dave Moss and George Aaronow complain about the firm's management, and Moss proposes that they strike back by stealing all the Glengarry leads and selling them to a competing agency. Moss's plan requires Aaronow to break into the office, stage a burglary and steal all of the prime leads. Aaronow wants no part of the plan, but Moss tries to coerce him, saying that Aaronow is already an [[accessory before the fact]] simply because he knows about the proposed burglary.

While all of these events are happening, [[Richard Roma]], the office's top closer, tries to manipulate a meek, middle-aged man named James Lingk into buying a property. Framing the deal as an opportunity rather than a purchase, Roma plays on Lingk's feelings of insecurity.

The next day, when the salesmen come into the office, they learn that there has been a burglary and the Glengarry leads have been stolen. Williamson assures Roma that his contract with Lingk was not stolen, and he and the police question each of the salesmen in private. After his interrogation, an infuriated Moss has one last shouting match with Roma and leaves in disgust. Lingk arrives to demand his [[down payment]] back under the [[Cooling-off period (consumer rights)|three-day cooling-off period]] because his wife objected to the deal. Roma tries several tactics to stall and confuse Lingk but is interrupted by the police detective, who wants to question him. He lies to Lingk, telling him that the check has not yet been cashed and there is time to change his wife's mind. Williamson, who is unaware of the tactic, contradicts him, causing Lingk to rush out of the office upset. Roma vulgarly berates Williamson for interfering, and ruining his sale in the process, then submits to questioning.

Levene, proud of a big sale he made that morning, takes the opportunity to mock Williamson in private. In his zeal to humiliate Williamson, he mentions that Williamson lied about cashing the check. Williamson realizes that Levene must have broken into the office and seen the check on his desk, and threatens to inform the police if he does not return the leads. Cornered, Levene admits that he sold the leads to a competitor and split the money with Moss. Levene attempts to bribe Williamson with a share of his sales to keep quiet, but Williamson scoffs that Levene has no sales. His latest buyers are a notorious deadbeat couple who have no money and merely enjoy talking to salesmen. Levene, crushed by this revelation, asks Williamson why he seeks to ruin him. Williamson coldly responds, "Because I don't like you." Levene pleads for his ill daughter, but Williamson rebuffs him and leaves to inform the detective.

Roma emerges from questioning. Unaware of the exchange, he compliments Levene on his sale and suggests that they form their own partnership. As Levene gets up to meet with the detective, he looks back wistfully at Roma, who has already returned to his sales work.

==Cast==

* [[Al Pacino]] as [[Richard Roma]], the office’s top closer
* [[Jack Lemmon]] as Sheldon "Shelley the Machine" Levene
* [[Alec Baldwin]] as Blake, a top salesman, sent to motivate the room
* [[Alan Arkin]] as George Aaronow, office salesman
* [[Ed Harris]] as Dave Moss, office salesman
* [[Kevin Spacey]] as John Williamson, the office manager
* [[Jonathan Pryce]] as James Lingk, Roma’s customer
* [[Bruce Altman]] as Larry Spannel, a prospective customer of Shelley 
* [[Jude Ciccolella]] as Detective Baylen
* [[Lori Tan Chinn]] as Coat Check Girl

==Production== 
David Mamet's play was first performed in 1983 at the <!-- Not 'Royal' until 1988. -->[[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]] in London. It won the  [[Pulitzer Prize for Drama|Pulitzer Prize]] in 1984. That year, the play made its [[United States|American]] debut in [[Chicago]] before moving to [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]]. Producer [[Jerry Tokofsky]] read the play on a trip to [[New York City]] in 1985 at the suggestion of director [[Irvin Kershner]] who wanted to make it into a film.<ref name= "Weinraub, Bernard">((cite news | last = Weinraub | first = Bernard | title = The ''Glengarry'' Math: Add Money and Stars, then Subtract Ego | work = [[The New York Times]] | date = October 12, 1992 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/12/movies/the-talk-of-hollywood-the-glengarry-math-add-money-and-stars-then-subtract-ego.html | access-date = 2010-03-31 ))</ref> Tokofsky saw the play on Broadway and contacted Mamet. Stanley R. Zupnik was a [[Washington, D.C.]] based producer of [[B movie]]s who was looking for a more profitable project. Tokofsky had co-produced two previous Zupnik films. In 1986, Tokofsky told Zupnik about Mamet's play, and Zupnik saw it on Broadway but found the plot confusing.

Mamet wanted $500,000 for the film rights and another $500,000 to write the screenplay. Zupnik agreed to pay Mamet's $1 million asking price, figuring that they could cut a deal with a cable company to bankroll the production. Because of the uncompromising subject matter and abrasive language, no [[major studio]] wanted to finance it, even with film stars attached. Financing came from cable and video companies, a German television station, an Australian cinema chain, several banks, and [[New Line Cinema]] across four years.<ref name= "Weinraub, Bernard"/>

[[Al Pacino]] originally wanted to do the play on Broadway, but at the time he was doing another Mamet production, ''[[American Buffalo (play)|American Buffalo]]'', in [[London]]. He expressed interest in appearing in the film adaptation. In 1989, Tokofsky proposed a role to [[Jack Lemmon]].<ref name= "Blanchard, Jayne">((cite news | last = Blanchard | first = Jayne M | title = ''Glengarry'' Hits the Screen with the Joys of Male Angst | work = [[Washington Times]] | date = September 27, 1992 ))</ref> During this time, Kershner dropped out to make another film ''[[RoboCop 2]]'', as did Pacino with ''[[Sea of Love (film)|Sea of Love]]''. [[Alec Baldwin]], also attached, was earmarked to play the Roma role vacated by Pacino. He reportedly left the project over a contract disagreement, the real reason being Pacino was still being considered for Roma, and would be cast over Baldwin if he elected to accept the role. [[James Foley (director)|James Foley]]'s agent sent Foley Mamet's screenplay in early 1991, but Foley was hesitant to direct because he "wanted great actors, people with movie charisma, to give it watchability, especially since the locations were so restricted".<ref name= "Hartl, John">((cite news | last = Hartl | first = John | title = Director is Happy to put Big Stars in Film Version of Mamet Play | work = [[Seattle Times]] | date = September 28, 1992 ))</ref> Foley took the screenplay to Pacino, with whom he had been trying to work on a film for years.<ref name= "production notes">((cite news | title = ''Glengarry Glen Ross'' Production Notes | work = [[New Line Cinema]] Press Kit | year = 1992 ))</ref> Foley was hired to direct, only to leave the production as well.

By March 1991, Tokofsky contacted Baldwin and begged him to reconsider doing the film. Baldwin's character was specifically written for the actor and the film, and is not in the play. Tokofsky remembers, "Alec said: 'I've read 25 scripts and nothing is as good as this. OK. If you make it, I'll do it'."<ref name= "Weinraub, Bernard"/> The two arranged an informal reading with Lemmon in [[Los Angeles]]. Subsequently, the three organized readings with several other actors. Lemmon remembered, "Some of the best damn actors you're ever going to see came in and read and I'm talking about ''names''".<ref name= "production notes"/> Tokofsky's lawyer, Jake Bloom, called a meeting at the [[Creative Artists Agency]], who represented many of the actors involved, and asked for their help. CAA showed little interest, but two of their clients – [[Ed Harris]] and [[Kevin Spacey]] – soon joined the cast.

Because of the film's modest budget, many of the actors took significant pay cuts. For example, Pacino cut his per-movie price from $6 million to $1.5 million, Lemmon was paid $1 million, and Baldwin received $250,000.<ref name= "Weinraub, Bernard"/> Other actors, like [[Robert De Niro]], [[Bruce Willis]],<ref name= "Weinraub, Bernard"/> [[Richard Gere]], and [[Joe Mantegna]],<ref name= "Blanchard, Jayne"/> expressed interest in the film. Mantegna had been in the original Broadway cast and won a [[Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play|Tony Award]] in 1985 for his portrayal of Roma.

Once the cast was assembled, they spent three weeks in rehearsals. With a budget set at $12.5 million, filming began in August 1991 at the [[Kaufman Astoria Studios]] in [[Queens, New York]], and on location in [[Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn]], over 39 days. Harris remembered: "There were five and six-page scenes we would shoot all at once. It was more like doing a play at times [when] you'd get the continuity going".<ref name= "production notes"/> Alan Arkin said of the script, "What made it [challenging] was the language and the rhythms, which are enormously difficult to absorb".<ref name= "production notes"/> During filming, cast members would arrive outside of their required days, just to watch the other actors' performances.<ref name= "Berardinelli, James">((cite news | last = Berardinelli | first = James | title = ''Glengarry Glen Ross'' | work = ReelViews | year = 2006 | url = http://preview.reelviews.net/movies/g/glengarry_glen.html | access-date = 2007-09-23 ))</ref>

The director of photography, [[Juan Ruiz Anchía]], relied on low lighting and shadows. A color scheme of blues, greens, and reds was used for the first part of the film, and the second half has a monochromatic blue-grey color scheme.((citation needed|date=January 2022))

During production, Tokofsky and Zupnik had a falling out over money and credit for the film. Tokofsky sued to strip Zupnik of his producer's credit and share of the producer's fee.<ref name= "Powers, William">((cite news | last = Powers | first = William F | title = Pacino, Mamet and . . . Zupnik; Who? The Local Real Estate Mogul Behind ''Glengarry'' | newspaper = [[The Washington Post]] | date = October 4, 1992 ))</ref> Zupnik claimed that he personally put up $2 million of the film's budget and countersued, claiming that Tokofsky was fired for embezzlement.<ref name= "Powers, William"/>

The setting is never explicitly stated. The play is set in Mamet’s hometown [[Chicago, Illinois]], but the film includes numerous references to [[New York City]], including an [[establishing shot]] of a [[Sheepshead Bay station|New York City Subway]] platform followed by a [[Close-up|close-up shot]] of a [[New York Telephone]]-branded [[payphone]], [[NYPD]] police cars and insignia, [[Vehicle registration plates of New York|New York license plates]], and mostly [[New York accents]].<ref>((Cite magazine|last=Martin|first=Murilee|date=May 23, 2018|title=Five GM rides and an 8-Series: Cars of the film "Glengarry Glen Ross"|url=http://autoweek.com/car-life/a1697356/five-gm-rides-and-8-series-cars-film-glengarry-glen-ross/|access-date=November 14, 2020|magazine=[[Autoweek]]|language=en-US))</ref><ref>((Cite web|first=Helen|last=Levitt|date=January 23, 2011|title=New York Phone Booths|url=https://www.payphone-project.com/new-york-phone-booths-by-helen-levitt.html|access-date=November 14, 2020|website=The Payphone Project|language=en-US))</ref> Film critics and journalists have nonetheless placed the setting in Chicago, possibly based on their familiarity with the original play.<ref name="Bernstein, Richard">((cite news|last=Bernstein|first=Richard|date=August 15, 1991|title=Despite the Odds, 'Glengarry' Is Being Filmed|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/15/movies/despite-the-odds-glengarry-is-being-filmed.html|access-date=January 21, 2015))</ref><ref name="Ebert, Roger"/> In addition, several Chicago suburbs are mentioned at various times (Morton Grove, Batavia, Kenilworth). Exterior shots were filmed on location in [[Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn]].<ref>((Cite web|title=Glengarry Glen Ross Film Locations - [otsoNY.com]|url=http://onthesetofnewyork.com/glengarryglenross.html|access-date=November 14, 2020|website=onthesetofnewyork.com))</ref>

==Reception==
===Box office===
''Glengarry Glen Ross'' had its [[Film premiere|world premiere]] at the [[Venice Film Festival]], where Jack Lemmon won the [[Venice Film Festival#Volpi Cup best actor|Volpi Cup for Best Actor]].<ref>((cite news | last = Clark | first = Jennifer | title = Three U.S. entries sign on at 49th Venice Fest | work = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | date = July 31, 1992 ))</ref> In addition, it was originally slated to be shown at the [[Montreal World Film Festival]], but it was necessary to show it out of competition because it was entered into competition at the Venice Film Festival at the same time. Instead, it was given its North American premiere at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]].<ref>((cite news | last = Adilman | first = Sid | title = Festivals scrap over movie | work = [[Toronto Star]] | date = September 1, 1992 ))</ref> The film opened in [[wide release]] on October 2, 1992 in 416 theaters, grossing $2.1 million on its opening weekend. It made $10.7 million in [[North America]],<ref name="BOM"/> below its $12.5 million budget.<ref name="BOM">((cite news | title = ''Glengarry Glen Ross'' | work=[[Box Office Mojo]] | url = http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=glengarryglenross.htm | access-date = 2007-04-17 ))</ref>

===Critical response===
The film has a rating of 95% on [[Rotten Tomatoes]] based on 56 reviews, with an [[Weighted arithmetic mean|average rating]] of 8.5/10. The consensus reads, "This adaptation of David Mamet's play is every bit as compelling and witty as its source material, thanks in large part to a clever script and a bevy of powerhouse actors."<ref>((cite web|title=Glengarry Glen Ross|work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/glengarry_glen_ross/))</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a score of 82 out of 100, based on 30 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref name=MC>((cite web | website=[[Metacritic]] | url=https://metacritic.com/movie/glengarry-glen-ross | title=Glengarry Glen Ross | access-date=April 8, 2022))</ref>

[[Owen Gleiberman]] gave the film an "A" rating in his review for ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'', praising Lemmon's performance as "a revelation" and describing his character as "the weaselly soul of ''Glengarry Glen Ross''–[[Willy Loman]] turned into a one-liner".<ref name="Gleiberman, Owen">((cite magazine | last = Gleiberman | first = Owen | authorlink=Owen Gleiberman| title = Pros and Cons | magazine = [[Entertainment Weekly]] | date = October 9, 1992 | url = http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,312081,00.html | access-date = April 17, 2007))</ref> In his review in the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'', [[Roger Ebert]] wrote, "Mamet's dialogue has a kind of logic, a cadence, that allows people to arrive in triumph at the ends of sentences we could not possibly have imagined. There is great energy in it. You can see the joy with which these actors get their teeth into these great lines, after living through movies in which flat dialogue serves only to advance the story".<ref name="Ebert, Roger">((cite news | last = Ebert | first = Roger | authorlink=Roger Ebert| title = ''Glengarry Glen Ross'' | work = [[Chicago Sun-Times]] | date = October 2, 1992 | url = https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/glengarry-glen-ross-1992 | access-date = September 12, 2023 ))</ref> In ''[[The Chicago Reader]]'', [[Jonathan Rosenbaum]] lauded Foley for his "excellent feeling for the driven and haunted jive rhythms of David Mamet, macho invective and all" and called the film "a superb 1992 delivery of [Mamet's] tour de force theater piece".<ref name="Rosenbaum, Jonathan">((cite news | last = Rosenbaum | first = Jonathan | authorlink=Jonathan Rosenbaum| title = ''Glengarry Glen Ross'' | work = [[Chicago Reader]] | date = 1992 | url = https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/glengarry-glen-ross/Film?oid=1050691 | access-date = August 15, 2020 ))</ref> ''[[The Chicago Tribune]]''(('))s [[Dave Kehr]] hedged his praise, writing that the film was "a well written, well staged and well acted piece, though there is something musty in its aesthetic - that of the huge, bellowing method performance, plastered over a flimsy, one-set world".<ref name="Kehr, Dave">((cite news | last = Kehr | first = Dave | title = ''Glengarry Glen Ross'' | work = [[Chicago Tribune]] | date = October 2, 1992 | url = https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1992-10-02-9203300020-story.html | access-date = August 15, 2020 ))</ref>

''[[Newsweek]]''(('))s [[Jack Kroll]] observed, "Baldwin is sleekly sinister in the role of Blake, a troubleshooter called in to shake up the salesmen. He shakes them up, all right, but this character (not in the original play) also shakes up the movie's toned balance with his sheer noise and scatological fury".<ref name="Kroll">((cite news | last = Kroll | first = Jack | author-link=Jack Kroll| title = Heels, Heroes and Hustlers | work = [[Newsweek]] | date = October 5, 1992 | url = http://www.newsweek.com/id/147209/page/2 | access-date = March 31, 2010 ))</ref> In his review for ''[[The New York Times]]'', [[Vincent Canby]] praised the portrayal of "the utterly demonic skill with which these foulmouthed characters carve one another up in futile attempts to stave off disaster. It's also because of the breathtaking wizardry with which Mr. Mamet and Mr. Foley have made a vivid, living film that preserves the claustrophobic nature of the original stage work".<ref name="Canby, Vincent">((cite news | last = Canby | first = Vincent | author-link= Vincent Canby| title = Mamet's Real Estate Sharks and Their Prey |work = [[The New York Times]] | date = September 30, 1992 | url =https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E0CE7D9113DF933A0575AC0A964958260 | access-date = April 17, 2007 ))</ref>

In his review for ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', [[Richard Corliss]] wrote, "A peerless ensemble of actors fills ''Glengarry Glen Ross'' with audible glares and shudders. The play was zippy black comedy about predators in twilight; the film is a photo-essay, shot in morgue closeup, about the difficulty most people have convincing themselves that what they do matters".<ref name="Corliss, Richard">((cite magazine | last = Corliss | first = Richard | authorlink=Richard Corliss| title = Sweating Out Loud | magazine = [[Time (magazine)|Time]] | date = October 12, 1992 | url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,976707,00.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081207075832/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,976707,00.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = December 7, 2008 | access-date = April 21, 2008 ))</ref> However, [[Desson Howe]]'s review in ''[[The Washington Post]]'' criticized Foley's direction, writing that it "doesn't add much more than the street between. If his intention is to create a sense of claustrophobia, he also creates the (presumably) unwanted effect of a soundstage. There is no evidence of life outside the immediate world of the movie".<ref name="Howe, Desson">((cite news | last = Howe | first = Desson | authorlink=Desson Howe| title = ''Glengarry Glen Ross'' | newspaper = [[The Washington Post]] | date = October 2, 1992 | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/glengarryglenrossrhowe_a0af12.htm | access-date = April 17, 2007))</ref>

===Legacy===
The film has had an enduring legacy for its memorable dialogue and performances, particularly by Alec Baldwin, whose character was created for the film adaptation to make the pressures of sales work more explicit.<ref>((cite news |last1=Williamson |first1=Kevin D. |title=Death of a F***ing Salesman |url=https://www.nationalreview.com/2017/07/donald-trump-cant-close-deal-failing-salesman/ |access-date=June 25, 2019 |work=[[National Review]] |date=July 30, 2017))</ref><ref>((cite news |last1=D'Angelo |first1=Mike |title=Why Glengarry Glen Ross' Alec Baldwin scene is so unusual |url=https://film.avclub.com/why-glengarry-glen-ross-alec-baldwin-scene-is-so-unusu-1798232383 |access-date=June 25, 2019 |work=The A.V. Club |date=July 23, 2012))</ref> In 2012, on the 20th anniversary of its release, David Wagner of ''[[The Atlantic]]'' dubbed it a [[cult film|cult classic]]<ref>((cite news |last1=Wagner |first1=David |title=20 Years of Alec Baldwin 'Glengarry Glen Ross' Parodies |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/10/20-years-alec-baldwin-glengarry-glen-ross-parodies/323007/ |access-date=June 25, 2019 |work=[[The Atlantic]] |date=October 2, 2012))</ref> and Tim Grierson of ''[[Deadspin]]'' cited it as one of the "quintessential modern movies about masculinity".<ref>((cite news |last1=Tobias |first1=Scott |title=Glengarry Glen Ross |url=https://film.avclub.com/glengarry-glen-ross-1798219390 |access-date=25 June 2019 |work=Film |date=2010))</ref><ref>((cite news |last1=Grierson |first1=Tim |title=Always Be Posing: What 20-year-old Glengarry Glen Ross Can Teach Us About Manhood |url=https://deadspin.com/always-be-posing-what-20-year-old-glengarry-glen-ross-5946630 |access-date=June 25, 2019 |work=[[Deadspin]] |date=September 26, 2012))</ref> In 2014, English critic [[Philip French]] described the ensemble of Jack Lemmon, Al Pacino, Alan Arkin, Ed Harris, Kevin Spacey, and Alec Baldwin as "one of the best American casts ever assembled".<ref name="french">((cite news |last1=French |first1=Philip |title=Glengarry Glen Ross review – Philip French on one of the best American casts ever assembled |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/sep/14/glengarry-glen-ross-classic-dvd-philip-french-review |access-date=June 25, 2019 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=September 13, 2014 |author-link=Philip French))</ref>

In 2005, Baldwin performed in a ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' Christmas parody of the "Coffee Is For Closers" scene, portraying a head elf sent by Santa. During the live sketch, Baldwin accidentally said the word "closing" instead of "cobbling", to much applause from the audience.

In the 2017 animated film ''[[The Boss Baby]]'', the title character (voiced by Baldwin) makes a reference to the infamous "closers" line, stating "Cookies are for closers" in a meeting with other babies.

===Awards and nominations===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Award
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
|-
| rowspan="4"| 20/20 Awards
| colspan="2"| Best Picture
| ((nom))
|-
| rowspan="2"| Best Supporting Actor
| [[Alec Baldwin]]
| rowspan="2" ((won)) <br> ((small|(Tied)))
|-
| [[Jack Lemmon]]
|-
| Best Adapted Screenplay
| [[David Mamet]]
| ((nom))
|-
| [[65th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]<ref name="Oscars1993">((Cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1993 |title=The 65th Academy Awards (1993) Nominees and Winners |access-date=22 October 2011 |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109220926/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1993 |archive-date=9 November 2014 ))</ref>
| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| [[Al Pacino]]
| ((nom))
|-
| rowspan="4"| Awards Circuit Community Awards
| rowspan="2"| Best Actor in a Supporting Role
| Jack Lemmon
| ((nom))
|-
| Al Pacino
| ((nom))
|-
| Best Adapted Screenplay
| David Mamet
| ((nom))
|-
| colspan="2"| Best Cast Ensemble
| ((won))
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1992|Chicago Film Critics Association Awards]]<ref>((cite web|url=https://chicagofilmcritics.org/awards-blog/archives |title=1988-2013 Award Winner Archives |website=[[Chicago Film Critics Association]] |access-date=24 August 2021))</ref>
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| Al Pacino
| ((nom))
|-
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| David Mamet
| ((nom))
|-
| [[Deauville American Film Festival]]
| International Critics Awards
| [[James Foley (director)|James Foley]]
| ((nom))
|-
| [[50th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/glengarry-glen-ross |title=Glengarry Glen Ross – Golden Globes |website=[[HFPA]] |access-date=5 July 2021 |ref=((harvid|HFPA|1993))))</ref>
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture]]
| Al Pacino
| ((nom))
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[National Board of Review Awards 1992|National Board of Review Awards]]<ref>((cite web|url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1992/ |title=1992 Award Winners |website=[[National Board of Review]] |access-date=5 July 2021))</ref>
| colspan="2"| [[National Board of Review: Top Ten Films|Top Ten Films]]
| ((draw|3rd Place))
|-
| [[National Board of Review Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Jack Lemmon
| ((won))
|-
| Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards<ref>((cite web |url=https://www.sefca.net/winners#/1992 |title= 1992 SEFA Awards |website=sefca.net |access-date=15 May 2021))</ref>
| colspan="2"| Best Picture
| ((draw|10th Place))
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Valladolid International Film Festival]]
| Golden Spike
| James Foley
| ((won))
|-
| Best Actor
| [[Alan Arkin]], Alec Baldwin, <br> [[Ed Harris]], Jack Lemmon, <br> Al Pacino, [[Jonathan Pryce]], <br> and [[Kevin Spacey]]
| ((won))
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[49th Venice International Film Festival|Venice International Film Festival]]<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.americancinemapapers.com/files/VENICE_1992.htm|title=VENICE 1992 - THE 49th INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL|access-date=6 October 2013))</ref>
| [[Golden Lion]]
| James Foley
| ((nom))
|-
| [[Volpi Cup for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Jack Lemmon
| ((won))
|-
| [[45th Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America Awards]]<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551|title=Awards Winners|work=wga.org|publisher=Writers Guild of America|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205095022/http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551|archive-date=2012-12-05|access-date=2010-06-06))</ref>
| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best  Adapted Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Based on Material Previously Produced or Published]]
| David Mamet
| ((nom))
|}

* ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]'' magazine voted it the 470th greatest film in its "500 Greatest Movies of All Time" list.<ref>((cite news | title = 500 Greatest Movies of All Time | work = [[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] | url = http://www.empireonline.com/500/6.asp | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090106054804/http://www.empireonline.com/500/6.asp | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2009-01-06 | access-date = 2008-09-29 ))</ref>

==References==
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* ((cite news | first=Richard | last=Bernstein | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/15/movies/despite-the-odds-glengarry-is-being-filmed.html | title=Despite the Odds, ''Glengarry'' Is Being Filmed | date=August 15, 1991 | newspaper=[[The New York Times]] | access-date=January 28, 2022))

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