DEATH OF A SALESMAN (DVD) DOL DIG STERE DVD

Death of a Salesman
In 1984, actor Dustin Hoffman starred in a critically-acclaimed Broadway revival of playwright Arthur Miller's classic Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Death of a Salesman. A year later, Hoffman and most of his fellow cast members starred in this made-for-TV production, the first English-language film by German director Volker Schlondorff. Hoffman stars as Willy Loman, an aging salesman who has lost his job because of encroaching senility. Now living on handouts provided by his friend Charley (Charles Durning), Willy's lifelong delusions of success and greatness awaiting just around the corner for he and his family have been shattered, and he's considering suicide. As he reflects on his life and the failed promise of his sons Biff (John Malkovich) and Happy (Stephen Lang), Willy finally confronts some unpleasant truths about both sons, particularly Biff, a one-time athlete who has become a kleptomaniac. One of the best of the many filmed versions of Miller's seminal work, Death of a Salesman (1985) won several awards, including a Golden Globe and an Emmy for Hoffman. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

Cast Dustin Hoffman as Willy Loman John Malkovich as Biff Kate Reid as Linda Loman Stephen Lang as Happy Charles Durning as Charley Louis Zorich as Ben David Chandler as Bernard Jon Polito as Howard

Crew Michael Nozik - Associate Producer Ruth Morley - Costume Designer Volker Schlöndorff - Director David Ray - Editor Alex North - Composer (Music Score) Rita Ogden - Makeup Michael Levine - Camera Operator John Kasarda - Production Designer Tony Walton - Production Designer Michael Ballhaus - Cinematographer Michael Nozik - Production Manager Robert F. Colesberry - Producer Robert Franco - Set Designer Arthur Miller - Play Author

Death of a Salesman
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General Specifications: Language Options: English Subtitle Options: Sound Processing: DD1: Dolby Digital Mono Additional Features: Private Conversations, a feature-length documentary by Christian Blackwood on the intensive process of bringing a classic stage work to the screen with a close-up look at the collaboration of Arthur Miller, Dustin Hoffman, and director Volker Schlöndorff Still gallery DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1: Pre-1954 Standard MPAA Rating: NR DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 136 min   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- 1. Main Title; Such Strange Thoughts [5:01] 2. Happy and Biff [11:56] 3. Between the Elms [11:40] 4. Brother Ben [10:09] 5. "Attention Must Be Paid" [9:09] 6. A One Million Dollar Idea [6:55] 7. All Kind of Greatness [5:09] 8. Rise and Shine [4:15] 9. Business Is Business [9:55] 10. "Next Stop, Ebbets Field!" [4:53] 11. A Well-Liked Man [10:51] 12. Phony Little Fake [21:23] 13. Planting a Garden [9:51] 14. A Dime a Dozen [4:06] 15. A Magnificent Boy [3:43] 16. Free and Clear [4:28] 17. End Credits [2:33] 1. Introduction [4:47] 2. From Stage to Film [6:15] 3. Pure Inspiration [9:31] 4. The Green Knot [8:05] 5. Lomanland [5:57] 6. The Humor of the Part [9:30] 7. Take After Take [14:40] 8. A Hard Scene [2:17] 9. An Emotional Symbiosis [1:30] 10. The Key to the City [15:16] 11. A Smile and a Shoeshine [1:45] 12. End Credits [2:14]