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Volker Schlondorff's tragic film is an outstanding stage production of Arthur Miller's 1949 Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Dustin Hoffman recreates his Broadway role of Willy Loman, a tired, emotionally bankrupt salesman. The award-winning cast also features John Malkovich as Willy's son, Biff. Read more

Starring	Charles Durning, Dustin Hoffman, Kate Reid, John Malkovich
Director	Volker Schlöndorff
Genres	Drama

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- The setting is awful: sludgy indoors and sunsets on painted backdrops in the yard. That apart, all that's wrong with... read more on Time Out
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- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:14
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- - 8
  - 0
  Excellent
  
  Very good production of the classic arthur miller play. How anyone cannot like it is beyond me. But hey, that's just my opinion.
  
  Don't watch ... read more »
  
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  - Liverpool, England
  - 28 Feb 2005 at 15:06
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- - 0
  - 0
  Great Piece of 20th Century Drama
  
  A superb 20th century drama which tackles the benign futility of the capitalist process and the little men it destroys. Dustin Hoffman gives 120% in the role of... read more »
  
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- - Cato
  - 589 reviews
  - Lydbury North
  - 25 Jun 2011 at 11:48
- - 0
  - 0
  'The Unattainable American Dream'
  
  The acting is impressive, even though I would question the choice of Hoffman as Willy Loman. There seems to be no build up to his more explosive parts of his ... read more »
  
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- 753707
- - a customer
  - London
  - 07 May 2009 at 12:26
- - 3
  - 2
  Poor interpretation of a great play.
  
  I rate 'Death Of A Salesman' as one of the great plays of the 20th century. It's not easy to bring off; one performance can capture the tragedy of ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Exeter
  - 08 Nov 2008 at 15:44
- - 4
  - 1
  You're Fired!
  
  I could not wait to see this movie. Last year i had read the play for an english A-level and really enjoyed it.
  
  It was exactly as i expected it to be... read more »
  
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- - Darren Tildesley
  - Heysham, England
  - 07 Apr 2007 at 13:20
- - 0
  - 0
  Hard work but worth it in the end
  
  I found this incredibly demanding to watch and almost gave up after the first twenty minutes but it is worth persevering as it is a superb study of the self-... read more »
  
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- - Rob Hatcher
  - Northampton, England
  - 06 Aug 2006 at 17:59
- - 6
  - 4
  really bad
  
  Like I said, it's really bad. Even worse than the school play.
  
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- - Fred Wheatley
  - Yorkshire
  - 28 Dec 2005 at 22:33
- - 2
  - 1
  A Bit stagy
  
  Very stagy, deliberately so, but not suited for filming. OK as a straight forward record of play but nothing really brings it alive. Hoffman is disappointing ... read more »
  
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- - Tarantala
  - 11 reviews
  - Bexhill on sea
  - 05 Dec 2005 at 10:30
- - 8
  - 0
  Excellent
  
  Very good production of the classic arthur miller play. How anyone cannot like it is beyond me. But hey, that's just my opinion.
  
  Don't watch ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 76586
- - a customer
  - Liverpool, England
  - 28 Feb 2005 at 15:06
- - 2
  - 11
  Terrible
  
  I'm sorry, but I don't agree with the rating's given for this film, I had to switch it off after 20 minutes, I found it difficult to make out halve ... read more »
  
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  - Manchester
  - 06 Apr 2004 at 07:23
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- - 8
  - 0
  Excellent
  
  Very good production of the classic arthur miller play. How anyone cannot like it is beyond me. But hey, that's just my opinion.
  
  Don't watch ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 76586
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - a customer
  - Liverpool, England
  - 28 Feb 2005 at 15:06
- - 6
  - 4
  really bad
  
  Like I said, it's really bad. Even worse than the school play.
  
  Report this review
- 187728
- - Fred Wheatley
  - Yorkshire
  - 28 Dec 2005 at 22:33
- - 4
  - 1
  You're Fired!
  
  I could not wait to see this movie. Last year i had read the play for an english A-level and really enjoyed it.
  
  It was exactly as i expected it to be... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 427855
- - Darren Tildesley
  - Heysham, England
  - 07 Apr 2007 at 13:20
- - 3
  - 2
  Poor interpretation of a great play.
  
  I rate 'Death Of A Salesman' as one of the great plays of the 20th century. It's not easy to bring off; one performance can capture the tragedy of ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 656026
- - a customer
  - Exeter
  - 08 Nov 2008 at 15:44
- - 2
  - 1
  A Bit stagy
  
  Very stagy, deliberately so, but not suited for filming. OK as a straight forward record of play but nothing really brings it alive. Hoffman is disappointing ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 354354
- - Tarantala
  - 11 reviews
  - Bexhill on sea
  - 05 Dec 2005 at 10:30
- - 0
  - 0
  Hard work but worth it in the end
  
  I found this incredibly demanding to watch and almost gave up after the first twenty minutes but it is worth persevering as it is a superb study of the self-... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 272023
- - Rob Hatcher
  - Northampton, England
  - 06 Aug 2006 at 17:59
- - 0
  - 0
  'The Unattainable American Dream'
  
  The acting is impressive, even though I would question the choice of Hoffman as Willy Loman. There seems to be no build up to his more explosive parts of his ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 753707
- - a customer
  - London
  - 07 May 2009 at 12:26
- - 0
  - 0
  Great Piece of 20th Century Drama
  
  A superb 20th century drama which tackles the benign futility of the capitalist process and the little men it destroys. Dustin Hoffman gives 120% in the role of... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 1009529
- - Cato
  - 589 reviews
  - Lydbury North
  - 25 Jun 2011 at 11:48
- - 2
  - 11
  Terrible
  
  I'm sorry, but I don't agree with the rating's given for this film, I had to switch it off after 20 minutes, I found it difficult to make out halve ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 4250
- - a customer
  - Manchester
  - 06 Apr 2004 at 07:23

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- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:14

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  Volker Schlondorff's tragic film is an outstanding stage production of Arthur Miller's 1949 Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Dustin Hoffman recreates his Broadway role of Willy Loman, a tired, emotionally bankrupt salesman. The award-winning cast also features John Malkovich as Willy's son, Biff....