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Alec Baldwin - Best performance

David Lukas · 4.6M views · 2006-10-26 · 7:23

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Overview

The famous Alec Baldwin monologue from the film Glengarry Glen Ross, where his character Blake berates salesmen with the 'Always Be Closing' speech. It is a short, profane scene about sales pressure and motivation.

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HN points to it as the one scene worth watching from the movie, a classic about sales and entrepreneurship.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2009–2012

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What people said

richardburton · 2012-01 · Strong recommendation

Sales. It is all about the numbers. Just watch this classic clip from Glengarry Glen Ross: [VIDEO] Pure. Gold.

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ims · 2011-11 · Recommendation

If you liked this movie, may I suggest the David Mamet movie that inspired it: Glengarry Glen Ross ( [LINK] ). Brilliant (but NSFW, language) "Always Be Closing" scene to give you a feel for it: [VIDEO]

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thomaspaine · 2010-03 · Recommendation

That's really the only part of the movie worth watching to be honest. Save yourself 90 minutes and just watch that scene: [VIDEO]

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