Alec has a strong presence, even with pounds on, he manages to keep sexy and a great actor. As a person, I dislike the bad time he gave his daughter, because of his perpetual immaturity. Marriages don't last nowadays. It is probably weird when it does last, and when it lasts years, one wonders how many secrets are on the side....becaming one person with one way of doing things, will never be easy. LIke Groucho said. ...If you like living in an institution...Alec why you have to annoy the occupy?
Wow I don't know if you are all non residences but this was a great adoration of a play done thirty years ago. If was a brilliant adaption shot with a perfect storm of a cast. It is a modern death of a sales man an a look back to the real estate rackets of years past. Sales sucks no matter what product or country. @@this scene was added to the movie only at Alec baldwins request. He pretty much improved the whole dialog.
It's not only about corporate US. It's overall about capitalistic world. If you don't like it, embrace socialism. Everybody will be equal, money will become unimportant. There won't be any losers. But there won't be any rich either.
This is disrespectful, I don't get why so many people like it. Will you put people down if you have money and they don't? This is wrong and against any teachings.
Unfortunately, sales are a dirty business - think of those so-called friends you help out
in sales. I had one back stabbed me when I was off being sick and came back and realize he was working one of my leads. I hate being around jerks like that. Worse yet - in a call center you get JEALOUS Assholes minding your business when they should mind their own.. Pay attention to your work and stop looking over someone's shoulder.
@Claviale Honestly, this is how our beautiful, intriguing, loving, world works. Honesty, loyalty, compassion only works amongst friends and family. Fuck you, and a $80,000 BMW works with Corporate America/Britannia. There are many teachings to validate this sociopathic behavior. Guess what? Your children will understand and embrace this hypocrisy like you and your forebears embraced Jesus. Sad. But, self-evident.
Let me get this straight. You honestly believe that your forebears "embraced Jesus" instead of acting in self-interest? That is beyond naive. Look. This is a sales manager cutting the fat. It isn't sociopathic behavior. It is a pretty accurate synopsis of sales. If you can't hack it, "leave"
I am giving a sales presentation on Tuesday at our mortuary (Mortgage) business, wish me luck. lol The leads aren't weak, I get two new hits a day, next year I will be making $10,000/week, that who I am.
I'd rap a chair around this motherfuckers head if he called me a faggot and I would go home and get a great sleep. I would rather sleep in the gutter than deal with scumbags like this one.
I worked for Realtors. I worked for the pieces of shit at Re/Max...president of this state (and a few other states') Re/Max offices. I wasn't even a realtor, I was in a 3rd party IT contracting company, and they're JUST LIKE THIS. Every last one of 'em. Think the people who sold you your house give a shit about you? Think they're friends with you? They shit on you. You're lower than garbage, you are not even a human being to a realtor...that video is 100% true.
@thedungeondelver Car Salesman are mostly treated like shit unless you are a top seller than they kiss your ass and give you a bonus while the others are sniffing your winnings like dogs!
Alec Baldwin has delivered the goods. We are sold by his performance. I am pretty sure smart bosses would use this clip in their morning sales meeting to pump up their sales team.
If I worked in that office I'd say "Blake, you're right. Please, take me on one of your sits, with these existing leads. Let me watch you sell them to the customers. I wish to learn from your brilliance as you earn fifteen thousand dollars tonight. Then I will apply your approach in the future myself when I close"
You guys do know that David Mamet did not write this "soliloquy". This is the film adaptation of the play, and it was written with an extended script JUST so they could include this 7 minute part with Alec Baldwin, which narrowly won him an Oscar. Just clearing the air.
Perhaps Asslick Donkey-Balls Baldwin should have been watching this, his only decent performance, on his cell during his flight's take-off vs playing w/ hisself? He's a pompous, has-been, liberal big mouth, douche booze-bag. David Mamet is great!
I love it when people with absolutely zero relevant experience selling anything- much less fighting for multimillion dollar deals- talking about "good sales technique".
If you have never felt the rush of a new lead, never had to fight off raptor-like coworkers (typically older and self-entitled) or competitors, maybe you shouldn't dispense commentary and pass judgment on a world that requires brass balls
If you can't move the fuck out and move product after watching this, well... Go the F home and effing die, you effing lah-hooser. AB mother effing C! Or die!
I love selling shit. Windows, cars, magazine subscriptions, anything. But it can turn you into a manipulative asshole if you let it. You start convincing people what you say is true and it becomes part of every interaction. Pretty soon, everyone who comes into your life becomes a tool to be used to get you what you want - all you have to do is reach into their head and implant your vision. If someone is strong enough to resist, they are an insult to your ability to sell.
The one nice thing he says to them "Go and do likewise, gents".
Lumped in with all the putdowns, that particular line resonates. He respects them cause they're fellow salesman. But they're shitty salesmen and need the pep talk.
What's funny is my boss at Guitar Center brought in a TV and played this scene for us as inspiration. It was his favorite and he quoted it all the time "coffee's for closers!" That's how I found out about it.
Yes, life is selling. It might take you 50 years to figure out but everything you do is selling. Every time you submit a project, complete a job, ask for a raise, you're selling an idea, a product or a service.
@tigergreene A good idea sells itself, and to state that "everything is sales" (as all salesmen do) is simply rationalization and attempted justification for their actions. :)
@unwittingnemesis ..Now you're invoking comedy....a good idea does not "sell-itself"...a dog licks itself, but very little else happens by itself. Apple had a pretty good idea a few years ago called an ipod...their marketing budget gigantic and the rest is history. Green tea is better for you than most other drinks....problem is it just doesn't "self itself" and millions more drink fizzy, bowel eating, tooth decaying junk, because its sold to them. Maybe..just saying maybe..
@unwittingnemesis ..contd..what you really lack is the character to say NO to all this mass marketing. Or are you speaking up for the poor unfortunate masses who are compelled to buy worthless junk, because the salesman was too pushy? Me, I sell to businesses, so being pushy isn't an option cos it just doesn't work in the long run. Maybe you had a bad experience and HAD to say yes one time..who knows..but personally I like to take 100% responsibility for my decisions.
You invent a great product...who's gonna buy it if no-one sells it?
You got a job? ...how'd you get that job? Tell them you're useless and lazy??
No my friend...you sold yourself, you sell yourself and you will continue to sell every single day of your life...even if it's just your own weak internal dialogue.
First off, Baldwin's character and dialog wasn't in the original play.David Mamet wrote the part for Baldwin after Pacino was cast as Ricky Roma, which would have gone to Baldwin if Pacino was unable (Early in preproduction it looked as if Pacino was going to be unavailable) Mamet based the play on time working for a real estate boiler room in the 70s. The screen play was beautifully written and ever since its release, the film has been used to teach sales ethics and how NOT to sell.
On the DVD, there's an interview with Baldwin, and he talks about how excited he was to learn that he'd be working with Pacino, and the subsequent letdown when he learned that the one scene he'd be doing didn't involve Pacino. Of course, dramatically, it wouldn't have made sense for Pacino's character to have been in that scene.
This kind of terroristic approach will only go so far. What are Mitch and Murray going to do after they fire everyone? Start selling lots themselves? Are they going to hire new salesmen, and if so, what makes them think they'll be any better for profits than the guys with experience?
@unwittingnemesis Well at the end of the day their jobs may indeed be in jeopardy, but it's important to see that there's a good reason these guys were hired in the first place, so chucking to them to the curb senselessly doesn't do anyone any good.
Trouble with the sort of guy that Baldwin portrays here is, they can only really see and credit their own vision of success. They want what they want, and they're convinced everyone else wants it too, and if you say you have different priorities, that's just "bullshit." Their opinon only usually modifies when something comes along like a serious illness and they cross paths with someone from one of the caring professions (think: Lee Atwater).
@9ertsch You're assuming that a sales pitcher needs to believe in their own bullshit. It's not necessary. Those are just words, it's not a testimony, it's just made to convince you that what he's selling is more important than what you consider important.
You're description of this video is really horrible. David Mamet wrote this monologue (( as well as the entire play and eventually the screenplay)) in order to show how debasing, dark and treacherous the sales world is. Alec Baldwin does this speech masterfully but to call this the modern basis of good sales technique really and truly paints the entire profession as a terrible way to make a living. Which, upon reflection of your description, it is. ;)
Most people that think selling is beneath them are usually stuck in their own rear and racked with insecurities, but wouldn't hesitate to adjust the truth to suit their own version of morality.
Selling is not debasing, dark or treacherous...selling is life and if you're not selling your simply not living...you are living aren't you??
Ok I'm done..
...consider yourself CLOSED... someone throw me the Oscar!!
@spankfugslide ...what we need to consider is *what* is being sold, and to who...correct? This is shit real estate that none of their targets need, can afford, or really want to own (until coerced and manipulated into rationalization). Moral to push until the signature is on the contract? According to your logic ("all is sales")...absolutely. I'd have to say that it's indeed beneath me (can't speak for anyone else), and that if Baldwin's character is your hero...I feel sorry for you.
@unwittingnemesis ...."Sh*t real estate" sales accounts for maybe .0001% of sales conducted worldwide. This type of hard-line "selling" still exists in most industries but on a similar minuscule scale. The prevalent model for sales now involves building honest and lasting relationships. Alec Baldwins character is not my hero...I never alluded to this, but you could have asked me first, if thats what your guess was. I believe what David Salomon is trying to say is that.....
@unwittingnemesis ..contd...AIDA and ABC are both foundations of good sales technique. The way they are used is the divide between a good/honest salesperson and a bad one. These guys are desperate and Baldwins character is the bad guy, the product is indeed "sh*t". However, there are
187 people don't have brass balls.
khanman25 1 hour ago
186 People went home and played with their kids
jcortiz9 22 hours ago
Alec has a strong presence, even with pounds on, he manages to keep sexy and a great actor. As a person, I dislike the bad time he gave his daughter, because of his perpetual immaturity. Marriages don't last nowadays. It is probably weird when it does last, and when it lasts years, one wonders how many secrets are on the side....becaming one person with one way of doing things, will never be easy. LIke Groucho said. ...If you like living in an institution...Alec why you have to annoy the occupy?
escondida123 1 day ago
ha liam sullivan sent me here
jynalovestarantino 1 day ago
Masterpiece. Pacino, Lemmon etc. No action just satisfaction.
saqibk1 1 day ago
A terrific movie with all round top notch performances.
From a proud loser ;) I wouldn't want to be any other way.
WEEBAWS 1 day ago
LIke my sales meeting this morning........
86jburke 2 days ago
Wow I don't know if you are all non residences but this was a great adoration of a play done thirty years ago. If was a brilliant adaption shot with a perfect storm of a cast. It is a modern death of a sales man an a look back to the real estate rackets of years past. Sales sucks no matter what product or country. @@this scene was added to the movie only at Alec baldwins request. He pretty much improved the whole dialog.
HardCase1911 2 days ago
It's not only about corporate US. It's overall about capitalistic world. If you don't like it, embrace socialism. Everybody will be equal, money will become unimportant. There won't be any losers. But there won't be any rich either.
bentenx 2 days ago in playlist Favorite videos
damn jack was an asshole before 30 rock
schwiggidy 3 days ago
This is disrespectful, I don't get why so many people like it. Will you put people down if you have money and they don't? This is wrong and against any teachings.
Claviale 3 days ago
@Claviale HIT THE BRICKS, PAL
kylesteinhauser 3 days ago 2
@kylesteinhauser Trash likes trash.
Claviale 2 days ago
Unfortunately, sales are a dirty business - think of those so-called friends you help out
in sales. I had one back stabbed me when I was off being sick and came back and realize he was working one of my leads. I hate being around jerks like that. Worse yet - in a call center you get JEALOUS Assholes minding your business when they should mind their own.. Pay attention to your work and stop looking over someone's shoulder.
castalia60able 1 day ago
@Claviale Enjoy your steak knives you fuckin faggot
willzyx1980 2 days ago
@willzyx1980 You're the fag trying to imitate this low life.
Claviale 1 day ago
@Claviale Honestly, this is how our beautiful, intriguing, loving, world works. Honesty, loyalty, compassion only works amongst friends and family. Fuck you, and a $80,000 BMW works with Corporate America/Britannia. There are many teachings to validate this sociopathic behavior. Guess what? Your children will understand and embrace this hypocrisy like you and your forebears embraced Jesus. Sad. But, self-evident.
Dactuck 2 days ago
@Dactuck
Let me get this straight. You honestly believe that your forebears "embraced Jesus" instead of acting in self-interest? That is beyond naive. Look. This is a sales manager cutting the fat. It isn't sociopathic behavior. It is a pretty accurate synopsis of sales. If you can't hack it, "leave"
kmkfiction2 1 day ago in playlist Youtube WOW
I'm Pacino!
OFFSHOREJOJO 4 days ago
The fuckin leads are weak? You're weak!
e1000oak 4 days ago
Put down that coffee---coffee is for closers
schadenfreude81 5 days ago 2
What's your name? Fuck you! That's my name! Alec Baldwin is incredible!!
Kylebristow 5 days ago
Ed Harris lost all of his hair because of this speech.
AjaxTotaalnl 6 days ago
A new lead is like a bomb through the window, and it ticks with anticipation.
kmkfiction2 6 days ago in playlist Youtube WOW
7:17 best part. Saying they most important thing of this shitty job
SrebrnyWonsz 6 days ago
He's right, closers enjoy all the frills in this life. Getting shit done no matter what, no matter how and you will be praised. LIFE IS FOR CLOSERS.
JizShooter 1 week ago
I am giving a sales presentation on Tuesday at our mortuary (Mortgage) business, wish me luck. lol The leads aren't weak, I get two new hits a day, next year I will be making $10,000/week, that who I am.
growABC 1 week ago
great scene; not even in the original script, was written in espec for Baldwin!
danbo1984 1 week ago
omg
chilich33z 1 week ago
because only one thing matters in this life..
get them to sign on the line which is dotted..
0ZDYNSTY 1 week ago
Interview tomorrow. Just doing my research .
jdkit 1 week ago
si muy gusta, cabrones!
soyelchupacabra123 1 week ago
"I made $970,000 last year, what did you make?"
"Your Mom. She told me, 'Say hello to my retarded son when you see him tonight'."
gdoumerc1984 1 week ago
@gdoumerc1984 You made his mom last year? Please explain to me how that makes any sense at all.
ilovebrandnewcarpets 1 week ago
@ilovebrandnewcarpets
See, the man puts his dick in the woman's vagina ... just like I'm doing to YOUR mom now. Although, I did have to shave her back first.
Any more smartass comments?
gdoumerc1984 1 week ago
Put the booty down...Booty is for closers only.
JizShooter 1 week ago
There is zen in this.
taostoner1 1 week ago
May I know what movie is this?
CarlsonMeushi 1 week ago
@CarlsonMeushi Glengarry Glen Ross 1992
daomid1 1 week ago
are u man enough to take it? lol
nph53 1 week ago
this is why he didn't get an oscar, bc he plays a dickhead role like a dickhead.
fuck you.
xBillyTheKidx 1 week ago
"You hear me, you fucking faggots?"
davidmcdonald86 1 week ago 4
Oooohhhh Leads me want the leads :p
Kungfumastertraining 1 week ago
Put that coffee down!.... Coffee IS FOR CLOSERS ONLY!
Kungfumastertraining 1 week ago
wow ive never seen baldwin like this... he is an awesome actor!
leshark 1 week ago
the real start of the global credit crisis.
slithy123 2 weeks ago
FUCK YOU THAT'S my name
brettshears 2 weeks ago
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Al Pacino would crack his balls if he was in this scene
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odrwon 2 weeks ago
2nd prize? Its a set of steak knives.
empireemp24 2 weeks ago
I'd rap a chair around this motherfuckers head if he called me a faggot and I would go home and get a great sleep. I would rather sleep in the gutter than deal with scumbags like this one.
rjplamf61 2 weeks ago
@rjplamf61 omg you are so tough. :)
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wyattorr820 2 weeks ago
one of the best movie scenes EVER. Teaches you how to be a #winner! #motivation
luki22fab 2 weeks ago
I worked for Realtors. I worked for the pieces of shit at Re/Max...president of this state (and a few other states') Re/Max offices. I wasn't even a realtor, I was in a 3rd party IT contracting company, and they're JUST LIKE THIS. Every last one of 'em. Think the people who sold you your house give a shit about you? Think they're friends with you? They shit on you. You're lower than garbage, you are not even a human being to a realtor...that video is 100% true.
thedungeondelver 2 weeks ago 5
@thedungeondelver Car Salesman are mostly treated like shit unless you are a top seller than they kiss your ass and give you a bonus while the others are sniffing your winnings like dogs!
Kungfumastertraining 1 week ago
welcome to 21st century amerikwa, get a job selling shit just to get the health benefits
jayhackworth 2 weeks ago 17
@jayhackworth
He made $970,000 dollars last year....how much did you make?
mgwu36 6 days ago 4
AMEN!
castalia60able 1 day ago
I watch this before pitching =D
ZadokProductions 2 weeks ago
Mittens is Blake, only without the endearing personality, or a personality
DigitalKieran 2 weeks ago
I hate how comments in every video on youtube are something stupid just so people can get thumbs up. There's no real comments on the actual video.
ShadowReaperAD 2 weeks ago
I think I just had an orgasm...
spidermcqueen 2 weeks ago
You call yourself a salesman you SOB?
waanderlust1 2 weeks ago
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I would totally cream my pants if I ever got to be in the same room as someone who is that much better than me at my job. It would be inspirational.
Slayhemson 2 weeks ago
@Slayhemson ooh, goodie for you, lmfao
connieusa27 2 weeks ago
183 people aren't man enough to take it
hvitekristesdod 2 weeks ago 22
2:26 BEST PART ;D Ur welcome,.
De22Lano 2 weeks ago
Baldwin steals the entire movie with this scene.
OtisWild 3 weeks ago
first prize is a Cadillac eldorado
second prize is a set of stake knives
third prize is your fired!
I LOL'D! :D
ScientSmology 3 weeks ago
Always Be Closing!
tehbabes 3 weeks ago
this movie is great
roberto121395 3 weeks ago
183 people need to put that coffee down! They're not closers
The Al Pacino rant near the end of this movie is also cool when his boss returns money to someone Pacino closed a deal with...
CaptWhifflebat 3 weeks ago
5 units mountain few sold to a minimum benefit - thats the financiel crises !
GayFoxxx 3 weeks ago
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whats your name?
fuck you thats my name...
MrAmro69 3 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
181 people aren't closers
mzaner 3 weeks ago 2
Hyundai's aren't that bad WTF!!
wangtangkiki 3 weeks ago
@wangtangkiki I see your not old enough to remember the old Hyundai's.
looco08 3 weeks ago
this movie would cot 300 million to make today on actor fees only
dyingalive 3 weeks ago
THIRD PRIZE IS YOU'RE FIRED.
bigtruckseriesreview 3 weeks ago
THIS MOVIE TURNED ME INTO A CUTTHROAT BUSINESSMAN. My new name is NORMGARRY.
bigtruckseriesreview 3 weeks ago
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what is the name of this movie!?!?!?!? PLZ REPLY!!!!!
MrAmro69 3 weeks ago
I love this stuff!
spencermeadows79 3 weeks ago
"Fuck. You. That't my name."
bleighton01 3 weeks ago
Dont mind me, I´m just here cuz Sark liked the video...
PheonixGamingHD 3 weeks ago
who came, cause of MrSark?
thelastsimpson 3 weeks ago 2
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SARK
19barcafan 3 weeks ago 13
@19barcafan What's SARK mean?
TippmanFaith 3 weeks ago
@TippmanFaith As in Mr Sark, famous person in Machinima who liked this video ;)
19barcafan 3 weeks ago
What´s the name of the actor at 4:11??
ChoskarChulian 3 weeks ago
@ChoskarChulian think its Ed Harris
babz22 3 weeks ago
@babz22 Thanks. :)
ChoskarChulian 3 weeks ago
what's your name? FUCK YOU! that's my name LMAO
impactoGaming 3 weeks ago 2
Bam bitch!....Legend of Thunder. ^^
ShadyK54 3 weeks ago
Thunder
iTzFaTaLzOMG 3 weeks ago
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Who came, cause of Thunder? ^^
xDeadlyGhost 3 weeks ago 38
thunderrrrrrr
PAULEFC94 3 weeks ago 2
Alec Baldwin has delivered the goods. We are sold by his performance. I am pretty sure smart bosses would use this clip in their morning sales meeting to pump up their sales team.
May year 2012 be a productive year for all.
largestclassifieds 3 weeks ago 3
@largestclassifieds thats right.
alanmariano1990 3 weeks ago
This video went viral on Tripoli
ughkane614h 3 weeks ago
Second prize is a set of steak knives... .
Third prize is you're fired.
SchmokinJoe 3 weeks ago
If I worked in that office I'd say "Blake, you're right. Please, take me on one of your sits, with these existing leads. Let me watch you sell them to the customers. I wish to learn from your brilliance as you earn fifteen thousand dollars tonight. Then I will apply your approach in the future myself when I close"
DarthCipient 3 weeks ago
ABC: Always Be Closing
NASIMNASIM 3 weeks ago
@ajebism u think that's the best line? lol
AutodromoAR 3 weeks ago
@AutodromoAR The best line was "fuck you, thats my name"
NASIMNASIM 3 weeks ago
Hahaha i love this.
mhmm783 3 weeks ago
"Well I'm going anyway..."
ajebism 4 weeks ago
yeah I used to be a salesman, then I took an arrow to the knee.
jobe4779 4 weeks ago
lol my nme is alec 2 :D
alecdepalect 4 weeks ago
You guys do know that David Mamet did not write this "soliloquy". This is the film adaptation of the play, and it was written with an extended script JUST so they could include this 7 minute part with Alec Baldwin, which narrowly won him an Oscar. Just clearing the air.
ThorneJT 4 weeks ago
179 People got Steak Knives.
NT2k6 4 weeks ago
I've adopted this philosophy, this is how I talk to my colleagues now! Of course, I'm becoming a failure, but boy do I leave a fucking impression.
Zebonka 1 month ago
Put that coffee down ..lol
thecookiemonster126 1 month ago
If you have ever been in sales..You will CONNECT with this movie.. :)
windell0121 1 month ago
"fuck you thats my name", classic!
crazybrowsdj 1 month ago
If you are beginning you sales career you must see this video!
crcardenal 1 month ago
Reminds me of a guy in sales.
This is the kind of spirit that makes them a millionaire.
Alec Baldwin must have done research.
Should have got an oscar for such a performance.
largestclassifieds 1 month ago
@largestclassifieds I agree.
I've always considered Alec Baldwin to be underrated, especially when compared to other Baldwins.
I also like to write comments in this format.
For no reason.
RecklessYouth333 1 month ago
This is great Mamet, I do however have to point out, having a Hyundai isn't that bad in this recession.
squeekyp10 1 month ago
@squeekyp10 But these are themes that will never go away, recession or not.
squeekyp10 1 month ago
Oh, how I love Alec Baldwin!
michkay1 1 month ago
cobblerwillorange does not make money.
bblatter 1 month ago
Perhaps Asslick Donkey-Balls Baldwin should have been watching this, his only decent performance, on his cell during his flight's take-off vs playing w/ hisself? He's a pompous, has-been, liberal big mouth, douche booze-bag. David Mamet is great!
Firebrand1967 1 month ago
Good stuff!
premierereviews 1 month ago
178 people don't have brass balls!
Noodles2239 1 month ago
Besides having Executive stature, perfect timing, superb intonation and a flawless delivery, Alec Baldwin is somewhat worthless.
JosephHuntington 1 month ago
Everytime I watch this video before work, I always get good sales figures.
SpaceInvader1011 1 month ago 2
Baldwins finest 7 minutes on film...David mamet at his best...
scottmanduzy 1 month ago
Alec Baldwin's greatest moment.
kingcooky555 1 month ago
The good news is...you're fired.
johnnytuups 1 month ago
I love it when people with absolutely zero relevant experience selling anything- much less fighting for multimillion dollar deals- talking about "good sales technique".
If you have never felt the rush of a new lead, never had to fight off raptor-like coworkers (typically older and self-entitled) or competitors, maybe you shouldn't dispense commentary and pass judgment on a world that requires brass balls
kmkfiction2 1 month ago
@kmkfiction2 Absolutely right in every way - well said
LMessi101 4 weeks ago
Out of 7K+ likes, who are the broke-dick ass mofos that don't like? What, you hate closing and getting paid?
praisehisname989 1 month ago
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If you can't move the fuck out and move product after watching this, well... Go the F home and effing die, you effing lah-hooser. AB mother effing C! Or die!
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praisehisname989 1 month ago
I love selling shit. Windows, cars, magazine subscriptions, anything. But it can turn you into a manipulative asshole if you let it. You start convincing people what you say is true and it becomes part of every interaction. Pretty soon, everyone who comes into your life becomes a tool to be used to get you what you want - all you have to do is reach into their head and implant your vision. If someone is strong enough to resist, they are an insult to your ability to sell.
It's a sickness.
kendigjl 1 month ago
This scene is a classic. Ruthless, but there's nothing inherently wrong with that.
Ejwoods08 1 month ago
Classic
xaSimp111 1 month ago
One day, I am going to be like him.
Zakics7 1 month ago
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Zakics7 1 month ago
"Fuck you that's my name"
sandeepbhaskar5 1 month ago
BRASS BALLS!!!
POLOGEE 1 month ago
YOU HEAR ME YOU FUCKIN FAGGITS!!!
kwagent4350 1 month ago
alec baldwin is fuckin sexy
iHeartPlans 1 month ago
brilliant performance
kileer7 1 month ago
alec baldwin was only in this for 3 minutes,alec best performance is in the cooler.
woody8878 1 month ago
The one nice thing he says to them "Go and do likewise, gents".
Lumped in with all the putdowns, that particular line resonates. He respects them cause they're fellow salesman. But they're shitty salesmen and need the pep talk.
Brilliant.
randomdude111100 1 month ago
The fucking leads are weak??? YOU'RE weak!
thehonorablereese 1 month ago 9
He deserved the award
naturalmeatswinnipeg 1 month ago
Classic
gtsafonias 1 month ago
Best scene evar
gjmorale 1 month ago
What's funny is my boss at Guitar Center brought in a TV and played this scene for us as inspiration. It was his favorite and he quoted it all the time "coffee's for closers!" That's how I found out about it.
Yes, life is selling. It might take you 50 years to figure out but everything you do is selling. Every time you submit a project, complete a job, ask for a raise, you're selling an idea, a product or a service.
tigergreene 1 month ago
@tigergreene A good idea sells itself, and to state that "everything is sales" (as all salesmen do) is simply rationalization and attempted justification for their actions. :)
unwittingnemesis 1 month ago
@unwittingnemesis ..Now you're invoking comedy....a good idea does not "sell-itself"...a dog licks itself, but very little else happens by itself. Apple had a pretty good idea a few years ago called an ipod...their marketing budget gigantic and the rest is history. Green tea is better for you than most other drinks....problem is it just doesn't "self itself" and millions more drink fizzy, bowel eating, tooth decaying junk, because its sold to them. Maybe..just saying maybe..
spankfugslide 1 month ago in playlist Liked videos
@unwittingnemesis ..contd..what you really lack is the character to say NO to all this mass marketing. Or are you speaking up for the poor unfortunate masses who are compelled to buy worthless junk, because the salesman was too pushy? Me, I sell to businesses, so being pushy isn't an option cos it just doesn't work in the long run. Maybe you had a bad experience and HAD to say yes one time..who knows..but personally I like to take 100% responsibility for my decisions.
spankfugslide 1 month ago in playlist Liked videos
Nice guy?...F*** you go home and play with your kids!
jcortiz9 1 month ago
@cobblerwllorange
You got a wife? ....your a salesman
You got kids? .....your selling everyday!
You invent a great product...who's gonna buy it if no-one sells it?
You got a job? ...how'd you get that job? Tell them you're useless and lazy??
No my friend...you sold yourself, you sell yourself and you will continue to sell every single day of your life...even if it's just your own weak internal dialogue.
spankfugslide 1 month ago
Apparently Tom Berenger, Robert De Niro, Bruce Willis, Joe Mantegna and Richard Gere all made inquiries about being cast.
broadjumper1 1 month ago
First off, Baldwin's character and dialog wasn't in the original play.David Mamet wrote the part for Baldwin after Pacino was cast as Ricky Roma, which would have gone to Baldwin if Pacino was unable (Early in preproduction it looked as if Pacino was going to be unavailable) Mamet based the play on time working for a real estate boiler room in the 70s. The screen play was beautifully written and ever since its release, the film has been used to teach sales ethics and how NOT to sell.
broadjumper1 1 month ago
176 people can't close...
JRHartly1984 1 month ago 12
@JRHartly1984 i seriously did not think anyone could be old enough to both appreciate this movie and make that shitty joke.
ghettofunkstarseluxe 1 month ago
@ghettofunkstarseluxe < Can't have coffee...
JRHartly1984 1 month ago
The leads are weak, you're weak!
femanriquez 1 month ago
On the DVD, there's an interview with Baldwin, and he talks about how excited he was to learn that he'd be working with Pacino, and the subsequent letdown when he learned that the one scene he'd be doing didn't involve Pacino. Of course, dramatically, it wouldn't have made sense for Pacino's character to have been in that scene.
tomada36 1 month ago
...love the way Baldwin almost bursts into laughter after saying "Have you made your decision for Christ?"...what a script.
unwittingnemesis 1 month ago
COFFEES FOR CLOSERS, I love it...........
livinglikeaking 1 month ago
This kind of terroristic approach will only go so far. What are Mitch and Murray going to do after they fire everyone? Start selling lots themselves? Are they going to hire new salesmen, and if so, what makes them think they'll be any better for profits than the guys with experience?
cjwright79 1 month ago
@cjwright79 ...so perhaps Baldwin's character is simply shooting off empty threats?
unwittingnemesis 1 month ago
@unwittingnemesis Well at the end of the day their jobs may indeed be in jeopardy, but it's important to see that there's a good reason these guys were hired in the first place, so chucking to them to the curb senselessly doesn't do anyone any good.
cjwright79 1 month ago
@cjwright79 The idea is that Mitch and Murray are going to have to fire everyone if no sales happen.
phuongness 3 weeks ago
"Fuck You, that's my name!"
blueheavensince62 1 month ago 2
Trouble with the sort of guy that Baldwin portrays here is, they can only really see and credit their own vision of success. They want what they want, and they're convinced everyone else wants it too, and if you say you have different priorities, that's just "bullshit." Their opinon only usually modifies when something comes along like a serious illness and they cross paths with someone from one of the caring professions (think: Lee Atwater).
9ertsch 1 month ago
@9ertsch You're assuming that a sales pitcher needs to believe in their own bullshit. It's not necessary. Those are just words, it's not a testimony, it's just made to convince you that what he's selling is more important than what you consider important.
vaiyt 1 month ago
I'm convinced this speech is really about pulling girls, and not selling land.
banderseribegawan2 1 month ago
You're description of this video is really horrible. David Mamet wrote this monologue (( as well as the entire play and eventually the screenplay)) in order to show how debasing, dark and treacherous the sales world is. Alec Baldwin does this speech masterfully but to call this the modern basis of good sales technique really and truly paints the entire profession as a terrible way to make a living. Which, upon reflection of your description, it is. ;)
cobblerwillorange 1 month ago 26
@cobblerwillorange *your
hiimbrady 1 month ago
@cobblerwillorange
Part 2
Most people that think selling is beneath them are usually stuck in their own rear and racked with insecurities, but wouldn't hesitate to adjust the truth to suit their own version of morality.
Selling is not debasing, dark or treacherous...selling is life and if you're not selling your simply not living...you are living aren't you??
Ok I'm done..
...consider yourself CLOSED... someone throw me the Oscar!!
spankfugslide 1 month ago
@spankfugslide ...what we need to consider is *what* is being sold, and to who...correct? This is shit real estate that none of their targets need, can afford, or really want to own (until coerced and manipulated into rationalization). Moral to push until the signature is on the contract? According to your logic ("all is sales")...absolutely. I'd have to say that it's indeed beneath me (can't speak for anyone else), and that if Baldwin's character is your hero...I feel sorry for you.
unwittingnemesis 1 month ago
@unwittingnemesis ...."Sh*t real estate" sales accounts for maybe .0001% of sales conducted worldwide. This type of hard-line "selling" still exists in most industries but on a similar minuscule scale. The prevalent model for sales now involves building honest and lasting relationships. Alec Baldwins character is not my hero...I never alluded to this, but you could have asked me first, if thats what your guess was. I believe what David Salomon is trying to say is that.....
spankfugslide 1 month ago in playlist Liked videos
@unwittingnemesis ..contd...AIDA and ABC are both foundations of good sales technique. The way they are used is the divide between a good/honest salesperson and a bad one. These guys are desperate and Baldwins character is the bad guy, the product is indeed "sh*t". However, there are