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Alec Baldwin - Best performance

Alec Baldwin - Best performance

David Lukas
3 HN recommenders · discussed 2009–2012
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About this video

The famous Alec Baldwin monologue from the film Glengarry Glen Ross, where his character Blake berates salesmen with the 'Always Be Closing' speech. It is a short, profane scene about sales pressure and motivation.

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HN points to it as the one scene worth watching from the movie, a classic about sales and entrepreneurship.

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From the Hacker News discussion

richardburton · 2012-01 · strong rec

Sales. It is all about the numbers. Just watch this classic clip from Glengarry Glen Ross: [VIDEO] Pure. Gold.

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thomaspaine · 2010-03 · rec

That's really the only part of the movie worth watching to be honest. Save yourself 90 minutes and just watch that scene: [VIDEO]

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ims · 2011-11 · rec

If you liked this movie, may I suggest the David Mamet movie that inspired it: Glengarry Glen Ross ( [LINK] ). Brilliant (but NSFW, language) "Always Be Closing" scene to give you a feel for it: [VIDEO]

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gojomo · 2009-02 · reference

It's a memorable line from a monologue delivered by the Alec Baldwin character in the movie 'Glengarry Glen Ross'. [scene] [VIDEO] [transcript] [LINK] (Language is NSFW... unless of course your workplace is like the one in the movie.)

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jorisvoorn · 2010-03 · reference

[VIDEO] Always Be Closing "The hardest thing in life is sell" [LINK] * * * The biggest step in my opinion is the psychological one. After that, everything comes in much easier than before.

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ludicast · 2011-02 · joke

"Nice guy I don't give a f &k. Good father, f &k you, go home and play with your kids. You want to work here close!" [VIDEO] Probably not the best "formal warning", but fun all the same.

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