Glengarry Glen Ross Page #3

LEVENE:

And what if you don't close.

LEVENE:

I will close.

WILLIAMSON:

What if you don't close...?

9.

LEVENE:

I will close.

WILLIAMSON:

What if you don't? Then I'm f***ed.

You see...? Then it's my job.

That's what I'm telling you.

LEVENE:

I will close. John, John, ten

percent. I can get hot. You know

that...

WILLIAMSON:

Not lately you can't...

LEVENE:

F*** that. That's defeatist. F***

that. F*** it...Get on my side.

Go with me. Let's do something.

You want to run this office, run it.

WILLIAMSON:

Twenty percent.

Pause.

LEVENE:

Alright.

WILLIAMSON:

And fifty bucks a lead.

LEVENE:

John.

(pause)

Listen. I want to talk to you.

Permit me to do this a second. I'm

older than you. A man acquires a

reputation. On the street. What

he does when he's up, what he does

otherwise...I said "ten," you said

"no." You said "twenty." I said

"fine," I'm not going to f*** with

you, how can I beat that, you tell

me?...Okay. Okay. We'll...Okay.

Fine. We'll...Alright, twenty

percent, and fifty bucks a lead.

That's fine. For now. That's fine.

A month or two we'll talk. A month

from now. Next month. After the

thirtieth.

(pause)

We'll talk.

10.

WILLIAMSON:

What are we going to say?

LEVENE:

No. You're right. That's for

later. We'll talk in a month.

What have you got? I want two sits.

Tonight.

WILLIAMSON:

I'm not sure I have two.

LEVENE:

I saw the board. You've got four...

WILLIAMSON:

(snaps)

I've got Roma. Then I've got Moss...

LEVENE:

Bullshit. They ain't been in the

office yet. Give 'em some stiff.

We have a deal or not? Eh? Two

sits. The Des Plaines. Both of

'em, six and ten, you can do

it...six and ten...eight and

eleven, I don't give a sh*t, you

set 'em up? Alright? The two sits

in Des Plaines.

WILLIAMSON:

Alright.

LEVENE:

Good. Now we're talking.

Pause.

WILLIAMSON:

A hundred bucks.

Pause.

LEVENE:

Now?

(pause)

Now?

WILLIAMSON:

Now.

(pause)

Yes...When?

11.

LEVENE:

Ah, sh*t, John.

Pause.

WILLIAMSON:

I wish I could.

LEVENE:

You f***ing a**hole.

(pause)

I haven't got it.

(pause)

I haven't got it, John.

(pause)

I'll pay you tomorrow.

(pause)

I'm coming in here with the sales,

I'll pay you tomorrow.

(pause)

I haven't got it, when I pay, the

gas...I get back the hotel, I'll

bring it in tomorrow.

WILLIAMSON:

Can't do it.

LEVENE:

I'll give you thirty on them now,

I'll bring the rest tomorrow. I've

got it at the hotel.

(pause)

John?

(pause)

We do that, for chrissake?

WILLIAMSON:

No.

LEVENE:

I'm asking you. As a favor to me?

(pause)

John.

(long pause)

John:
my daughter...

WILLIAMSON:

I can't do it, Shelly...

12.

LEVENE:

Well, I want to tell you something,

fella, wasn't long I could pick up

the phone, call Murray and I'd have

your job. You know that? Not too

long ago. For what? For nothing.

"Mur, this new kid burns my ass."

"Shelly, he's out." You're gone

before I'm back from lunch. I

bought him a trip to Bermuda once...

WILLIAMSON:

I have to go...

(gets up)

LEVENE:

Wait. Alright. Fine.

(starts going in

pocket for money)

The one. Give me the lead. Give

me the one lead. The best one you

have.

WILLIAMSON:

I can't split them.

Pause.

LEVENE:

Why?

WILLIAMSON:

Because I say so.

LEVENE:

(pause)

Is that it? Is that it? You want

to do business that way...?

Williamson gets up, leaves money on the table.

LEVENE:

You want to do business that way...?

Alright. Alright. Alright.

Alright. What is there on the

other list...?

WILLIAMSON:

You want something off the B list?

LEVENE:

Yeah. Yeah.

13.

WILLIAMSON:

Is that what you're saying?

LEVENE:

That's what I'm saying. Yeah.

(pause)

I'd like something off the other

list. Which, very least, that I'm

entitled to. If I'm still working

here, which for the moment I guess

that I am.

(pause)

What? I'm sorry I spoke harshly to

you.

WILLIAMSON:

That's alright.

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