Glengarry Glen Ross Page #2

WILLIAMSON:

Let me...

5.

LEVENE:

...and I'm going to get bounced and

you're...

WILLIAMSON:

...let me...are you listening to

me...?

LEVENE:

Yes.

WILLIAMSON:

Let me tell you something, Shelly.

I do what I'm hired to do.

I'm...wait a second. I'm hired to

watch the leads. I'm given...hold

on, I'm given a policy. My job is

to do that. What I'm told. That's

it. You, wait a second, anybody

falls below a certain mark I'm not

permitted to give them the premium

leads.

LEVENE:

Then how do they come up above that

mark? With dreck...? That's

nonsense. Explain this to me.

'Cause it's a waste, and it's a

stupid waste. I want to tell you

something...

WILLIAMSON:

You know what those leads cost?

LEVENE:

The premium leads. Yes. I know

what they cost. John. Because I,

I generated the dollar revenue

sufficient to buy them. Nineteen

senny-nine, you know what I made?

Senny-nine? Ninety-six thousand

dollars. John? For Murray... For

Mitch...look at the sheets...

WILLIAMSON:

Murray said...

LEVENE:

F*** him. F*** Murray. John? You

know? You tell him I said so.

What does he f***ing know? He's

going to have a "sales"

contest...you know what our sales

contest used to be?

(MORE)

6.

LEVENE (CONT'D)

Money. A fortune. Money lying on

the ground. Murray? When was the

last time he went out on a sit?

Sales contest? It's laughable.

It's cold out there now, John.

It's tight. Money is tight. This

ain't sixty-five. It ain't. It

just ain't. See? See? Now, I'm a

good man--but I need a...

WILLIAMSON:

Murray said...

LEVENE:

John. John...

WILLIAMSON:

Will you please wait a second.

Shelly. Please. Murray told me:

the hot leads...

LEVENE:

...ah, f*** this...

WILLIAMSON:

The...Shelly?

(pause)

The hot leads are assigned according

to the board. During the contest.

Period. Anyone who beats fifty

per...

LEVENE:

That's f***ed. That's f***ed. You

don't look at the f***ing percentage.

You look at the gross.

WILLIAMSON:

Either way. You're out.

LEVENE:

I'm out.

WILLIAMSON:

Yes.

LEVENE:

I'll tell you why I'm out. I'm

out, you're giving me toilet paper.

John.

(MORE)

7.

LEVENE (CONT'D)

I've seen those leads. I saw them

when I was at Homestead, we pitched

those cocksuckers Rio Rancho

nineteen sixty-nine they wouldn't

buy. They couldn't buy a f***ing

toaster. They're broke, John.

They're cold. They're deadbeats,

you can't judge on that. Even so.

Even so. Alright. Fine. Fine.

Even so. I go in, FOUR F***ING

LEADS they got their money in a

sock. They're f***ing Polacks,

John. Four leads. I close two.

Two. Fifty per...

WILLIAMSON:

...they kicked out.

LEVENE:

They all kick out. You run in

streaks, pal. Streaks. I'm...

I'm...don't look at the board, look

at me. Shelly Levene. Anyone.

Ask them on Western. Ask Getz at

Homestead. Go ask Jerry Graff.

You know who I am...I NEED A SHOT.

I got to get on the f***ing board.

Ask them. Ask them. Ask them who

ever picked up a check I was flush.

Moss, Jerry Graff, Mitch

himself...Those guys lived on the

business I brought in. They lived

on it...and so did Murray, John.

You were here you'd of benefited

from it too. And now I'm saying

this. Do I want charity? Do I

want pity? I want sits. I want

leads that don't come right out of

a phone book. Give me a lead

hotter than that, I'll go in and

close it. Give me a chance.

That's all I want. I'm going to

get up on that f***ing board and

all I want is a chance. It's a

streak and I'm going to turn it

around.

(pause)

I need your help.

Pause.

WILLIAMSON:

I can't do it, Shelly.

8.

Pause.

LEVENE:

Why?

WILLIAMSON:

The leads are assigned randomly...

LEVENE:

Bullshit, bullshit, you assign

them... What are you telling me?

WILLIAMSON:

...apart from the top men on the

contest board.

LEVENE:

Then put me on the board.

WILLIAMSON:

You start closing again, you'll be

on the board.

LEVENE:

I can't close these leads, John.

No one can. It's a joke. John,

look, just give me a hot lead.

Just give me two of the premium

leads. As a "test," alright? As a

"test" and I promise you...

WILLIAMSON:

I can't do it, Shel.

Pause.

LEVENE:

I'll give you ten percent.

Pause.

WILLIAMSON:

Of what?

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