Death of a Salesman

Author(s): AJ (TN)
Death of a Salesman

Directed by Sidney Lumet
written by Kelly Masterson

Main Cast

Philip Seymour Hoffman as Charlie Fogler
Julianne Moore as Harriet Fogler
Paul Dano as Arthur Fox
Jim Caviezel as Toby Fox
Mark Wahlberg as Long Island Mike
Heather Graham as Natalie Cage
Ethan Hawke as The Guy

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Synopsis: 11:59 p.m. - Charlie Fogler walks up to his car and gets in. He locks the doors and prepares to put the key in the ignition when he feels a gun barrel put to his head........

7:30 a.m - Charlie Fogler is an independently wealthy salesman of electronics. He is unhappily married to his wife, Harriet. He goes off to work, believing this will be a normal day, just like any other. He gently leans towards his wife before he departs...

8:30 a.m. - Harriet Fogler's husband has been at work for an hour, so it is time for her weekly affair with Arthur, a college student whom she met online. She believes she is falling in love with him, but her husband stands in her way.....

11:30 a.m. - Arthur Fox visits his brother's place looking for help. Arthur tells his brother that they have it set. They can have all the money they will ever need as long as they kill this salesman so Arthur can marry his wife. Toby, Arthur's brother, says he will take care of it.

1:00 p.m. - Toby Fox only knows one dangerous guy. His drug dealer, Long Island Mike. So Toby stops over there. He asks Long Island Mike how much it would cost, and who they could have do it. Mike says his girlfriend knows a guy......

5:15 p.m. - Long Island Mike drives over to his girlfriends house to find out about the guy. When he gets there, she is doing lines of coke on the bathroom floor. She is completely messed up, but he doesnt care. He tells to get a hold of the guy, or he is cutting her off........

8:30 p.m. - Natalie Cage, still messed up on cocaine, calls up the guy. She tells him to meet her at the Teddy Bear Park. When she meets up with the guy she tells him the name of who he is supposed to find.......Charlie Fogler.

11:58 p.m. - The Guy sits in the backseat of a car he just broke into, holding a silenced Desert Eagle. He ducks down when he sees a salesman walking towards the car.....
11:59 p.m. - Charlie Fogler feels the cold steel pressed against his neck, waiting for the end. 12:00 a.m. - The Guy walks out of the car, putting the unused gun back into his coat.........


What the press would say:

Sidney Lumet's new masterpiece, Death of a Salesman, is an intricate web of lies, betrayal, and violence following and investigating all the characters involved in the death of an innocent man. By the time we get to the end, all the characters except for a few are so detatched from a person they help kill, that this is as much a social commentary on violence, as it is a moving, and dramatic character-fueled story. Lumet, who's latest collaboration with Before the Devil Knows You're Dead screenwriter Kelly Masterson, is a true american classic, taking only its name from the classic play. It creates a totally new and original story, and keeps you glued to the screen as each new character is introduced. The cast does an incredible job during the whole of the film, each having their own story that is only connected because of a singular goal. starting off the cast is Philip Seymour Hoffman. This Oscar Winner gives a surprisingly soft performance as the title salesman, unknowingly betrayed by his wife, played by Julianne Moore, in an incredibly sexy and seductive role. She wants to leave him for a younger paramour, played with bravura from Paul Dano, in one of his most mature roles. Her idea is to kill her husband, and have her young man take care of it. He accuires the help of his coke head of an older brother, played terrifically by Jim Caviezel. He enlists the help of his drug dealer, probably the best performance in the film, portrayed by Mark Wahlberg. Now Wahlberg was nominated for an Oscar for playing a cop, but he is twice as good as the other side of the law. His fast mouth, added to his constant violence make him a fearful, and yet comical character. He contacts his girlfriend, the heartbreaking Heather Graham. And finally she contacts "the Guy", a mysterious and thoughtful Ethan Hawke. "The Guy" is supposed finally take care of the salesman, but has an epiphany about killing someone he doesnt even know, taking the life from an innocent man. He cant do it, and thus walks away. Lumet casts and directs terrifically, Masterson's script is fierce and moving, and the ensemble is one of the best in years. The must see movie of the year!

AWARDS POSSIBILITIES

Best Picture
Best Director
Best Supporting Actor - Mark Wahlberg, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jim Caviezel
Best Supporting Actress - Julianne Moore, Heather Graham
Best Original Screenplay