Stars: Lee J. Cobb, Mildred Dunnock, George Segal, James Farentino, Gene Wilder

Director: Alex Segal

Summary: A stage performance of 'Death Of A Salesman'.

One of the most famous plays of all time and the winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Arthur Miller's classic DEATH OF A SALESMAN is adapted here for American television. Broadcast in 1966, the production features Lee J. Cobb in a stunning performance as the tragic salesman Willy Loman, with Mildred Dunnock, George Segal, and James Farentino in supporting roles.

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German filmmaker Volker Schlöndorff's 1985 production of Arthur Miller's most famous play Death of a Salesmanappeared squarely and quite hauntingly in the middle of the go-go economy of the Reagan-Bush years. Miller's story, set during the post-war boom period of the late 1940s, concerns an ageing travelling salesman named Willy Loman (Dustin Hoffman), who despairs that his life his been lived in vain. Facing dispensability and insignificance in a heated, youthful economy, Willy is not ready to part with his cherished fantasies of an America that loves and admires him for personable triumphs in the marketplace. But the reality is far more pitiable than that, and the measure of Willy's self-delusion and contradictions is found in his two sons, one (Stephen Lang) a ne'er-do-well gliding on inherited hot air and repressed feelings, and the other (John Malkovich) a mousy, retiring sort unable to reconcile--or forgive--the difference between his father's desperate impersonation of success and the truth. Schlöndorff's remarkable cast explores Miller's rich subtext to great effect, though Hoffman--despite giving us a new model of Willy to contrast with Lee J Cobb's definitive portrayal a generation before--is a bit insect-like and shrill in his approach. Malkovich, Lang, and Kate Reid (as Willy's long-suffering wife) are perfect, however, and the production is atmospheric and strong. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Year:	1966
Release Date:	October 7, 2002
Runtime:	110 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	3904012
Keywords:	Music, Death, Off, Salesman, Performance, Plays, Performing, Schedule, Arts
Genre:	Music/Performing Arts