osmangokturk It is great that it foresaw the hazy day of third millennium from the 1948. The expectations that we pass to our children, the lies we have to live with. all of them at some point suffocates us. Willy, an optimistic person, always have full of life. Biff, share a secret with his father. This movie is shut in three or four places. Most of the scenes are made of dialogues. Biff cannot leave home because he simply can not.

capone666 Death of a SalesmanThe upside to being a salesman in the 1950s was that people would actually open their doors to you.But even that can't help the pathetic peddler in this drama become a success.Still on the travelling sales beat despite his age and deteriorating health, Willy (Dustin Hoffman) heads home after a failed business trip to spend time with his concerned wife (Kate Reid) and his sons Biff (John Malkovich) and Happy (Stephen Lang), who are both failures like him. During their visit, Willy fades in and out of the past, confusing people and divulging secrets on the event that destroyed Biffy's football prospects.The Golden Globe and Emmy award winning made-for-TV movie of Arthur Miller's lauded play, this rare film adaptation of the Loman family is stacked with solid actors who bring the pathos to this patriarchal performance.Incidentally, when a salesman does die they retire his bar stool.Green Lightvidiotreviews.blogspot.ca

kokowantbanana My comments have to do with music credits. Tom Boyd is credited for oboe solos. However, during the closing credits there is a beautiful alto flute solo; definitely not an oboe. I'd like to know who the soloist was. This is not a review. It is a question. This is not a review. It is a question. This is not a review. It is a question. This is not a review. It is a question. This is not a review. It is a question. This is not a review. It is a question. This is not a review. It is a question. This is not a review. It is a question. This is not a review. It is a question. This is not a review. It is a question. This is not a review. It is a question.

sddavis63 Like many people, I suspect that my first exposure to Arthur Miller's great play "Death Of A Salesman" was studying it in high school English class. It's a great story of a sad life - the ageing travelling salesman Willy Loman having big dreams to the point at which he's not entirely in touch with reality, perhaps going a bit senile, failing at his job, dealing with sons who haven't accomplished much either and a wife who tries against all odds to hold everything together, and becoming increasingly desperate as time goes on.Dustin Hoffman played the part of Willy Loman to perfection. The anger; the sadness; the frustration and desperation - it was all there and all very real. The supporting cast more than held their own, including John Malkovich as son Biff, who - as he himself finally admits - is little more than a bum and a thief, Stephen Lang as womanizing and under- achieving second son Happy and Kate Reid as long-suffering wife Linda.Translating a stage play to television isn't always easy, but this one was very well done. Anyone who's a fan of Miller's play would take any opportunity to watch this. (8/10)