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‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ With Chris Ryan and Sean Fennessey

October 11, 2022 · Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) · Crime · Drama · Mystery · 2:04:37 · ▶ Listen on Spotify

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What's Aged the Worst

Chris Ryan▶ 36:00Agrees with Sean's point about door-to-door sales culture disappearing, but frames it as an evolution - sees modern phishing scams and targeted digital advertising as the current equivalent of Shelly Levine showing up unannounced
Sean Fennessey▶ 34:38The culture of allowing strangers (door-to-door salespeople) into your home - the practice of cold callers being welcomed into people's houses that was normal then but would never happen now

Most Rewatchable Scene

Chris Ryan▶ 45:29Blake's speech - mentions he has completely memorized it and always gets chills at the littlest moments
Sean Fennessey▶ 50:01Agrees with Blake's speech choice and provides extensive analysis of Baldwin's performance and character type

Dion Waiters Award

Chris Ryan▶ 51:39Alec Baldwin — Alec Baldwin's Blake character - calls it the most heat check off the bench performance, out of his mind for 16 minutes then never seen again, worthy of renaming the award after this character
Sean Fennessey▶ 51:56Alec Baldwin — Alec Baldwin's Blake - agrees this is the reason the category exists and calls it a diamond piece of acting

What's Aged the Best

Chris Ryan▶ 1:15:45Al Jarreau's rendition of Irving Berlin's Blue Skies at the end, noting it's an allusion to blue sky laws (state regulations to prevent securities fraud)

Big Kahuna Burger Award

Chris Ryan▶ 1:16:26Cuddy and water
Sean Fennessey▶ 1:16:29Double J&B for Shelly

Great Shot Gordo Award

Chris Ryan▶ 1:18:00The push in on Alan Arkin when Moss says 'Robbery'
Sean Fennessey▶ 1:18:10The moment when the camera follows Levine and Williamson into the side room and goes handheld, creating claustrophobia as the walls close in on Shelley

Best Quote

Chris Ryan▶ 1:27:35Multiple Dave Moss quotes including 'I know what I'll do. I'll rob everybody blind and go to Argentina because nobody ever thought of that before' and 'we take the fucking Glendary leads'
Sean Fennessey▶ 1:28:25Dave Moss quotes including 'fucked a lot of you' and 'who's my pal, Ricky? What are you? Bishop Sheen', plus various Blake and Roma lines

Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award

Sean Fennessey▶ 1:29:43Dave Moss was right - the sales system is inhumane and designed to control lower middle class men, so he needed to break it

Casting What-Ifs

Chris Ryan▶ 1:32:13Alec Baldwin — Focuses on Alec Baldwin's right of first refusal to play Roma if Pacino wasn't available - thinks Baldwin could have done it and would have been awesome, though acknowledges no one could do better than Pacino. Also suggests Bruce Willis could have been good as Williamson or Blake.
Sean Fennessey▶ 1:33:24Alec Baldwin — Questions whether Baldwin would have worked as Roma because he's too tall, dark and handsome - believes Pacino's physical appearance better fits someone who has 'reached the highest level of the lowest station in life.' Discusses Joe Mantegna originating the stage role and Mamet's loyalty in writing him two movies as compensation.

Overacting Award

Chris Ryan▶ 1:38:20Al Pacino — Al Pacino - 'I don't really know how we're giving that to anybody else'
Sean Fennessey▶ 1:38:16Agrees that overacting is relative and a necessity in this context

Half-Assed Internet Research

Chris Ryan▶ 1:44:28Jack Lemmon called this the greatest ensemble he'd ever been part of; Al's desk faces a different direction than others; actors spent days off watching other actors work; Rio Rancho became a real suburb so would have been a good investment

Apex Mountain

Chris Ryan▶ 1:47:18Al Pacino — Argues for Pacino in 1992 (this movie) over Godfather, notes David Mamet as definitive apex mountain, and agrees on real estate sales movies
Sean Fennessey▶ 1:47:45Al Pacino — Says Pacino has scaled the mountain multiple times (Serpico, Godfather Part Two, Dog Day Afternoon), agrees Mamet apex mountain is Spanish Prisoner/State and Main/Heist trilogy

Racehorse Name Award

Chris Ryan▶ 1:51:05Mitch and Murray
Sean Fennessey▶ 1:51:17A.I.D.A.

Is This Movie Better With

Chris Ryan▶ 1:52:43Jon Bernthal — Philip Baker Hall as Shelly Levine and JT Walsh as Williamson would be amazing, but they already played those roles; Jon Bernthal would be a 'fucking amazing' Roma
Sean Fennessey▶ 1:53:10Steve Buscemi — Steve Buscemi as Aaronow would work

Just One Oscar

Sean Fennessey▶ 1:53:20Jack Lemmon — Lemon

Probably Unanswerable Questions

Chris Ryan▶ 1:54:51Double Impact as the funniest movie for Dave Moss to see; Dustin Hoffman as Jerry Graff (also suggesting Hoffman play twins as Mitch and Murray)
Sean Fennessey▶ 1:55:05The Last Boy Scout or Cape Fear for Dave Moss; Warren Beatty as Jerry Graff or Arnold Schwarzenegger as Lemkin

Best Double Feature

Chris Ryan▶ 1:58:00Boiler Room — Boiler Room - to show how the lessons/reception of the film changed over generations
Sean Fennessey▶ 1:57:04Death of a Salesman — Death of a Salesman (adaptation) as primary pick, also suggests Moneyball as interesting pairing

Coach Finstock Life Lesson

Chris Ryan▶ 2:02:15Never open your mouth until you know the shot

Who Won the Movie

Chris Ryan▶ 2:02:52David Mamet — Mamet
Sean Fennessey▶ 2:02:55Al Pacino — Pacino

Movies Referenced (32)

Boiler Room (2000)

5 mentions · Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey▶ 14:47IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Double Impact (1991)

4 mentions · Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey▶ 1:54:47IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Moneyball (2011)

3 mentions · Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey▶ 1:50:32IMDb ↗Lb ↗

The Apartment (1960)

3 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan▶ 39:01IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Tommy Boy (1995)

3 mentions · Chris Ryan▶ 1:50:16IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Top Gun (1986)

3 mentions · Sean Fennessey▶ 22:43IMDb ↗Lb ↗

12 Angry Men (1957)

2 mentions · Sean Fennessey▶ 27:56IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Boogie Nights (1997)

2 mentions · Sean Fennessey▶ 5:47IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Coco (2017)

2 mentions · Chris Ryan▶ 1:13:52IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Doc Hollywood (1991)

2 mentions · Chris Ryan▶ 1:54:46IMDb ↗Lb ↗

The Spanish Prisoner (1997)

2 mentions · Sean Fennessey▶ 7:04IMDb ↗Lb ↗

A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

1 mentions · Sean Fennessey▶ 27:56IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Directors Referenced (10)

George Clooney

11 mentions · Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey · Known for The Ides of March, Good Night, and Good Luck., Michael Clayton▶ 56:52IMDb ↗Lb ↗

James Foley

11 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan · Known for Glengarry Glen Ross, Fifty Shades Freed▶ 3:00IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Sidney Lumet

2 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan · Known for Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, 12 Angry Men▶ 1:41:57IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Warren Beatty

2 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan · Known for Reds, Heaven Can Wait▶ 1:56:17IMDb ↗Lb ↗

David Fincher

1 mentions · Chris Ryan · Known for Se7en, Gone Girl, Zodiac▶ 1:40:07IMDb ↗Lb ↗

John Frankenheimer

1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Seven Days in May▶ 1:41:57IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Larry Charles

1 mentions · Chris Ryan · Known for The Dictator▶ 2:04:34IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Oliver Stone

1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Born on the Fourth of July, Platoon, JFK▶ 39:21IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Quentin Tarantino

1 mentions · Chris Ryan · Known for Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, From Dusk Till Dawn▶ 21:15IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Sean Penn

1 mentions · Chris Ryan · Known for Mystic River, 21 Grams, Dead Man Walking▶ 3:14IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Actors Referenced (61)

Ricky Roma

47 mentions · Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey▶ 6:03IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Al Pacino

38 mentions · Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey · Known for Dog Day Afternoon, The Godfather▶ 3:08IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Alec Baldwin

25 mentions · Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey · Known for The Departed, It's Complicated, Glengarry Glen Ross▶ 4:58IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Ed Harris

16 mentions · Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey · Known for The Truman Show▶ 5:08IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Jack Lemmon

13 mentions · Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey · Known for The Apartment, Glengarry Glen Ross, Some Like It Hot▶ 3:25IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Alan Arkin

8 mentions · Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey · Known for Argo, Little Miss Sunshine, Glengarry Glen Ross▶ 25:20IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Kevin Spacey

8 mentions · Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey · Known for L.A. Confidential, The Usual Suspects, American Beauty▶ 5:13IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Jerry Graff

7 mentions · Chris Ryan▶ 24:17IMDb ↗Lb ↗

James Tolkan

5 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for WarGames, Top Gun, Back to the Future▶ 22:36IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Stephen A. Smith

5 mentions · Chris Ryan · Known for I Think I Love My Wife, Creed III, Happy Gilmore 2▶ 1:29:34IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Dustin Hoffman

4 mentions · Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey · Known for Rain Man, Tootsie, Midnight Cowboy▶ 1:55:44IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Joe Mantegna

4 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan · Known for Searching for Bobby Fischer, Baby's Day Out, The Godfather Part III▶ 6:00IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Writers Referenced (11)

David Mamet

31 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan · Known for The Spanish Prisoner, House of Games, State and Main▶ 3:16IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Jonathan Lemkin

6 mentions · Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey · Known for The Devil's Advocate, Shooter, Red Planet▶ 1:09:56IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Roger Ebert

3 mentions · Chris Ryan▶ 43:13IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Aaron Sorkin

2 mentions · Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey · Known for A Few Good Men, The Trial of the Chicago 7▶ 1:43:08IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Irving Berlin

2 mentions · Chris Ryan▶ 1:15:46IMDb ↗Lb ↗

William Goldman

2 mentions · Chris Ryan · Known for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, All the President's Men, The Princess Bride▶ 7:27IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Arthur Miller

1 mentions · Sean Fennessey▶ 1:57:22IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Edward Albee

1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?▶ 59:16IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Harold Pinter

1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Mansfield Park▶ 59:16IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Malcolm X

1 mentions · Chris Ryan · Known for Malcolm X, V for Vendetta▶ 38:09IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Virginia Woolf

1 mentions · Sean Fennessey▶ 28:01IMDb ↗Lb ↗