DEATH OF A SALESMAN

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• Release Year: 1985
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: Willy Loman has spent his entire life believing he and his family are bound for greatness. Struggling day to day as a traveling salesman, Willy begins to lose touch with reality and drifts away into the past. Meanwhile his family, including wife Linda and sons Biff and Happy, attempts to cope with Willy's self-destruction and the still-lingering ghosts of the past. ; ; Arthur Miller's timeless Pulitzer Prize-winning play is brought to the screen with a powerhouse performance by Academy Award®-winner* Dustin Hoffman, who earned Emmy® and Golden Globe Awards for this role. The stellar supporting cast features Kate Reid, Charles Durning, Stephen Lang, and in his first breakout role, John Malkovich as Biff, all guided by internationally-acclaimed director Volker Schlondorff (The Tin Drum) and a haunting score by legendary composer Alex North (Spartacus).; ; * Best Actor: Rainman, 1988; Kramer vs. Kramer, 1979
• Cast: Charles Durning; Louis Zorich; David S. Chandler; Jon Polito; Kathryn Rossetter; Tom Signorelli; Linda Kozlowski; Karen Needle; Anne McIntosh; Michael Quinlan; Dustin Hoffman; Kate Reid; John Malkovich; Stephen Lang; Volker Schlöndorff
• Director: Volker Schlöndorff
• Runtime: 2:16
• Company: CBS Television, Bioskop Film, H.M. Television Company, Punch Productions, Roxbury Productions
• Media Format: Movie