From
the pen of playwright David Mamet comes GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS ($27),
a highly potent drama about the cutthroat world of real estate sales. GLENGARRY
GLEN ROSS is a gem of a movie that features an amazing ensemble cast
of screen actors, who bring their largely unlikable characters to vivid
life. Additionally, director James Foley maintains the power and intimacy
of Mamet's play, while opening up the action ever so slightly for the
necessities of the film medium. The plot of GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS
revolves around a group of real estate salesmen, who are pushed to make a
sale at any cost, when "a suit" from the main office informs
them that anyone not making their sales quota for the month will be
terminated. Unfortunately, desperation brings out the worst in these
people; seriously clouding the judgment of the most desperate members of
this group. The first rate cast of GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS features
Jack Lemmon, Al Pacino, Ed Harris, Alan Arkin, Kevin Spacey, Alec Baldwin
and Jonathan Pryce.
Artisan
Home Entertainment has made GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS available on DVD in
a 2.35:1 wide screen presentation that features the anamorphic enhancement
for 16:9 displays. The second disc of this two-disc set offers a full
screen version for those who care (I certainly didn't). On disc one, one
will find an absolutely gorgeous wide screen transfer that is clean, crisp
and beautifully defined. Colors are meticulously rendered, with the level
of saturation remaining quite natural, except for moments that utilize a
more theatrical lighting scheme, which is rather intense looking. All of
the hues appear flawless, without a trace of chroma noise or smearing.
Blacks are completely velvety, whites are crisp and contrast is very
smooth. There are no signs of digital compression artifacts on this
cleanly authored dual layer disc.
GLENGARRY
GLEN ROSS comes with 5.1 channel
soundtracks in the varieties of Dolby Digital and DTS. Since this movie is
very much dialogue driven, I don't think either soundtrack will knock
listener's socks off. Still, both 5.1 channel mixes are clean and natural
sounding, with an excellent sense of space. James Newton Howard's
excellent score is probably the one sound element that benefits the most
from these digital soundtrack formats; especially in DTS, the score sounds
vibrant and wonderful. Dialogue is crisp and precise, with the actors'
voices be reproduced a very natural timbre. English and French Dolby
Surround soundtracks are also encoded onto the DVD, as are English and
Spanish subtitles.
Full
motion video, animation and sound serve to enhance the DVD’s interactive
menus. Through the menus, one has access to the standard scene selection
and set up features, as well as the supplements, which have been divided
between the two discs. Director James Foley is on hand for an audio
commentary that doesn't run the length of the film, but instead focuses on
key aspects of shorter passages. Also included on disc one is the thirty
minute documentary Magic Time: A Tribute to Jack Lemmon. The
program offers remembrances of the great actor by Chris Lemmon, John
Avildsen, James Foley, David Seltzer and Peter Gallagher, as well as
rather moving interview footage of Lemmon himself.
Disc
two offers brief commentaries by actors Alec Baldwin, Alan Arkin, as well
as cinematographer Juan Ruiz Anchi and production designer Jane Mursky,
which unfortunately accompanies the full screen version of the film. ABC:
Always Be Closing is a thirty-minute program intended to teach
salesmen the ins and outs of closing a deal. J. Roy: New and Used
Furniture is ten-minute program that looks at the salesmanship of
its subject. A ten-minute Jack Lemmon interview from The Charlie
Rose Show is also provided on disc two. Cast & crew
biographies and production notes close out the supplements.
GLENGARRY
GLEN ROSS is a potent drama that
showcases the talents of some of the finest screen actors of any
generation. Artisan's DVD looks and sounds terrific and offers a great
supplemental section. If you are a fan of this modern classic, then you'll
want to pick up a copy of the GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS DVD.
From
the pen of playwright David Mamet comes GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS ($27),
a highly potent drama about the cutthroat world of real estate sales. GLENGARRY
GLEN ROSS is a gem of a movie that features an amazing ensemble cast
of screen actors, who bring their largely unlikable characters to vivid
life. Additionally, director James Foley maintains the power and intimacy
of Mamet's play, while opening up the action ever so slightly for the
necessities of the film medium. The plot of GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS
revolves around a group of real estate salesmen, who are pushed to make a
sale at any cost, when "a suit" from the main office informs
them that anyone not making their sales quota for the month will be
terminated. Unfortunately, desperation brings out the worst in these
people; seriously clouding the judgment of the most desperate members of
this group. The first rate cast of GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS features
Jack Lemmon, Al Pacino, Ed Harris, Alan Arkin, Kevin Spacey, Alec Baldwin
and Jonathan Pryce.
Artisan
Home Entertainment has made GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS available on DVD in
a 2.35:1 wide screen presentation that features the anamorphic enhancement
for 16:9 displays. The second disc of this two-disc set offers a full
screen version for those who care (I certainly didn't). On disc one, one
will find an absolutely gorgeous wide screen transfer that is clean, crisp
and beautifully defined. Colors are meticulously rendered, with the level
of saturation remaining quite natural, except for moments that utilize a
more theatrical lighting scheme, which is rather intense looking. All of
the hues appear flawless, without a trace of chroma noise or smearing.
Blacks are completely velvety, whites are crisp and contrast is very
smooth. There are no signs of digital compression artifacts on this
cleanly authored dual layer disc.
GLENGARRY
GLEN ROSS comes with 5.1 channel
soundtracks in the varieties of Dolby Digital and DTS. Since this movie is
very much dialogue driven, I don't think either soundtrack will knock
listener's socks off. Still, both 5.1 channel mixes are clean and natural
sounding, with an excellent sense of space. James Newton Howard's
excellent score is probably the one sound element that benefits the most
from these digital soundtrack formats; especially in DTS, the score sounds
vibrant and wonderful. Dialogue is crisp and precise, with the actors'
voices be reproduced a very natural timbre. English and French Dolby
Surround soundtracks are also encoded onto the DVD, as are English and
Spanish subtitles.
Full
motion video, animation and sound serve to enhance the DVD’s interactive
menus. Through the menus, one has access to the standard scene selection
and set up features, as well as the supplements, which have been divided
between the two discs. Director James Foley is on hand for an audio
commentary that doesn't run the length of the film, but instead focuses on
key aspects of shorter passages. Also included on disc one is the thirty
minute documentary Magic Time: A Tribute to Jack Lemmon. The
program offers remembrances of the great actor by Chris Lemmon, John
Avildsen, James Foley, David Seltzer and Peter Gallagher, as well as
rather moving interview footage of Lemmon himself.
Disc
two offers brief commentaries by actors Alec Baldwin, Alan Arkin, as well
as cinematographer Juan Ruiz Anchi and production designer Jane Mursky,
which unfortunately accompanies the full screen version of the film. ABC:
Always Be Closing is a thirty-minute program intended to teach
salesmen the ins and outs of closing a deal. J. Roy: New and Used
Furniture is ten-minute program that looks at the salesmanship of
its subject. A ten-minute Jack Lemmon interview from The Charlie
Rose Show is also provided on disc two. Cast & crew
biographies and production notes close out the supplements.
GLENGARRY
GLEN ROSS is a potent drama that
showcases the talents of some of the finest screen actors of any
generation. Artisan's DVD looks and sounds terrific and offers a great
supplemental section. If you are a fan of this modern classic, then you'll
want to pick up a copy of the GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS DVD.
