Film
1051: Glengarry
Glen Ross
Trivia: The
film had three weeks of rehearsals and was shot over 39 days. Most scenes were
shot in single takes and then cut up in editing to try to replicate the
theatrical flow and cadence of the dialogue. The film was also shot almost
entirely in sequence.
During
filming, members of the cast who weren't required to be on the set certain days
would show up anyway to watch the other actors' performances.
Alan Arkin turned down the
film twice because he didn't like the character he was being offered; he
thought Aaronow was an inherently unlikable and stupid character. However, upon
reconsideration, Arkin created a backstory for Aaronow - he hadn't been a sales
man very long, he was a teacher by trade, but the school in which he worked had
got shut down, and he needed a job to support his family. Arkin says that he
played Aaronow as an innocent rather that the usual stage depiction of him as a
weak willed bumbler.
The
single largest cost on the movie was for the rain effects throughout the first
half of the film.
Only a
single female character (Coat Check Girl) appears throughout the entire movie.
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