Death of a Salesman (1985 film)

Death of a Salesman German Tod eines Handlungsreisenden is a 1985 CBS made for television film directed by Volker Schlndorff, based on the 1949 play of the same name by Arthur Miller. It stars Dustin Hoffman, Kate Reid, John Malkovich, Stephen Lang and Charles Durning. The film follows the script of the 1949 play almost exactly. The film earnedEmmy nominations at the 38th Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony andGolden Globe nominations at the 43rd Golden Globe Awards ceremony, winningand 1, respectively.

Biff and his brother Happy Stephen Lang, who is also visiting, reminisce about their childhood together. They discuss their fathers mental degeneration, which they have witnessed by his constant vacillations and talking to himself. When Willy walks in, angry that the two boys have never amounted to anything, Biff and Happy tell Willy that Biff plans to make a business proposition the next day in an effort to pacify their father.The next day, Willy goes to ask Howard for a job in town while Biff goes to make a business proposition, but neither are successful. Willy gets angry and ends up getting fired when Howard tells him that he needs a rest and can no longer represent the company. Biff waits hours to see a former employer who does not remember him and turns him down. Biff impulsively steals a fountain pen. Willy then goes to the office of his neighbor Charley Charles Durning, where he runs into Charleys son Bernard David S. Chandler now a successful lawyer. Bernard tells him that Biff originally wanted to do well in summer school, but something happened in Boston when Biff went to visit Willy that changed his mind. ........

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