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Salesman (1968)

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Reviews Counted: 8

Fresh: 8

Rotten:0

Average Rating: 8.8/10

Runtime: 90 mins

Genre: Education/General Interest

Synopsis: Directors Albert and David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin are probably best known for their documentary of the Rolling Stones at Altamont in the shattering GIMME SHELTER. But in 1968, they produced the ground breaking SALESMAN, which... Directors Albert and David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin are probably best known for their documentary of the Rolling Stones at Altamont in the shattering GIMME SHELTER. But in 1968, they produced the ground breaking SALESMAN, which brought viewers into the real life on the road and in the parlors with travelling Bible salesmen. Attending their motivational conferences, sitting at their poker tables, discussing life and love, money and salvation, the camera follows the archetypal Salesman as he makes his living selling the Good Word, with gold embossing. [More]

Director: Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin

Director: Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin

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Sep 4, 2001

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DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Full Frame - 1.33
  • Single Side - Dual Layer - RSDL

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital Mono - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentary - 1. Charlotte Zwerin, Albert Maysles - Directors
  • Production Interview - 1. David Maysles, Albert Maysles - Directors
  • Additional Audio Material - 1. "The Rabbit" on NPR's WEEKEND EDITION (2000)
  • Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer

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  • Filmographies - 1. Cast & Crew

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This up close look at the anxious Bible salesmen trying to close the deal has become a cult classic documentary.

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01/20/07
Dennis Schwartz
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06/24/06
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Functions as both a tribute to their work ethic and a condemnation of the system that considers such a profession a healthy route to the American dream.

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03/28/06
Derek Smith
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05/06/05
Philip Martin
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May not sound like the most scintillating of subjects, but the Maysles brothers have made quite a riveting, multi-layered film about it.

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03/05/05
Michael Dequina
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05/20/03
Vincent Canby
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represents a remarkably disturbing visual document of a lifestyle that may well be gone forever while exposing the underbelly of capitalism that remains live and well

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10/13/02
John A. Nesbit
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It hasn't dated much at all, which is both disturbing and enlightening.

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03/05/02
Jeremy Heilman
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a stark, indelible cinematic portrait of the trials and tribulations of the door-to-door salesman, a profession that is virtually extinct today

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09/04/01
James Kendrick
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