Welcome everyone to a weekly column here on YDKS Movies entitled Speech of the Week! Every week, I will post a new scene from a movie that features a speech of some sort being given. After all, there are a lot of famous scenes in film where characters give an influential speech of some sort. Then again, there are also a lot of scenes where characters give a speech and it just comes off cheesy and lame. In this section, you will see both kinds. That's right, people, I'm giving you the good and bad of film speeches all wrapped up in one great big package. I hope you all enjoy.
This week's speech comes from the pen of the one and only David Mamet. For those of you who are not familiar with Mamet, he is an incredibly foul-mouthed writer. Therefore, this week's speech is very NSFW due to very strong language. However, Mamet is a very talented writer and, because of this, there is almost a poetry to his fouled-mouthed, hard-boiled dialogue. Still, watch at your own risk.
Glengarry Glen Ross is a film about a group of salesmen who are sent out in a competition to make the most sales. The winner gets a new car. The loser gets fired. In this scene, Al Pacino plays hot shot salesman Ricky Roma. Roma's big sale gets blown when Kevin Spacey's wormy John Williamson opens his big mouth in front of the customer.
Following the blown sale, Roma verbally destroys Williamson. And I mean destroys. I haven't seen someone torn apart verbally this bad before ever. It's truly something to witness.
Watch the scene below. But remember, it's NSFW due strong language.
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