Times are tough at Premiere Properties. To initiate a little incentive among the sales agents, Blake comes up with a sales program. The winner gets a new Cadillac and the loser gets unemployed.

A group of real estate salesmen in Chicago vie for the best "leads" at a small firm selling property in "resort" areas, such as Florida and Arizona. When a hotshot executive from the head office arrives and proposes a vicious sales contest, competition gets stiff, and salesmen who have worked a lifetime for the company find their jobs in jeopardy.

The film is based on the 1984 Pulitzer Prize-winning play by David Mamet that ran on Broadway (and in other cities) to sold-out audiences. Mamet has also directed several films, including HOUSE OF GAMES (1987), THINGS CHANGE (1988), HOMICIDE (1991), THE SPANISH PRISONER (1997), and THE WINSLOW BOY (1999), and written the screenplays for numerous films, including THE UNTOUCHABLES (1987), HOFFA (1992), and THE EDGE (1997).

In 1992, Al Pacino was nominated for two Academy Awards, one for Best Supporting Actor for his work in this film, and one, which he won, for Best Actor for his work in SCENT OF A WOMAN.

Shot in New York City and Kaufmann Astoria Studios in Queens, in DuArt Color and Super 35 Widescreen; prints by DeLuxe. Main title sequence design by Saxon/Ross Film Design; title opticals by Pacific Title.

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Special Edition
Full Frame - 1.33
Widescreen - 1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby Surround - English
DTS Surround 5.1 - English
Additional Release Material:
Production Interviews: Cast & Crew
Audio Commentary: James Foley - Director
Documentary: SOME OF THE GREATEST REAL-ESTATE SCAMS IN U.S. HISTORY
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus
Text/Photo Galleries:
Production Notes
Biographies: Cast & Crew

Al Pacino: Oscar winning actor, THE GODFATHER, SCENT OF A WOMAN
Jack Lemmon: American Actor, SOME LIKE IT HOT
Alec Baldwin: American Actor, BEETLEJUICE (1988)
Ed Harris: American Actor/Director
Alan Arkin: Oscar-winning actor, director, LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
Kevin Spacey: American actor
Jonathan Pryce: British Actor/Miss Saigon

James Foley: American Director

"...The pleasure of this unique film comes in watching superb actors dine on Mamet's pungent language like the feast it is..."
"...An indoor actor's movie with visual snap and distinction..."
"[With] a fantastic cast who relished the searing scenes of male competitiveness..."
"Many of the plaudits go, rightly, to Mamet's screenplay....But James Foley's direction is also a key to the film's relentless, restless power."
"...Splendid....A mordantly funny DEATH OF A SALESMAN for the 1990's..."
"...Tightly wound -- and actually very fine....[Baldwin acts with] reptilian gung-ho..." -- Rating: B+
"...Mamet is a true magician with streetwise words, a writer who recognizes the poetry hidden in the most scalding language and creates profane dialogue hot enough to suck all the air out of the screen..."
"...David Mamet's sales drama is notable for the quantity and quality of its swearing. Alec Baldwin, Ed Harris and Al Pacino all have a go..."
"[E]xemplary. Foley remains faithful to his source and gives his actors plenty of room to move..."