Philip Laverty Nov 10, 2016
From The Edge and The Untouchables, to the mighty Glengarry Glen Ross: a salute to the movie writing of David Mamet.
Spoilers ahead for The Untouchables, The Spanish Prisoner, and House Of Games
There's a moment in 1992’s Glengarry Glen Ross when Alec Baldwin, sent from head office on what he calls a “mission of mercy”, opens his motivational speech to an office of real estate salesmen by turning on Jack Lemmon’s Shelley 'The Machine' Levene.
“Put that coffee down,” he demands as Lemmon pours himself what he, probably reasonably, considers to be a well-earned cup of Joe.
“Coffee’s for closers only,” Baldwin points out, using the term for someone who can make a successful sale. The person who can close it.
“Your name’s Levene?” he asks a few moments later. “You call yourself a salesman, you son of a bitch?”
The callous disdain of this moment,...
From The Edge and The Untouchables, to the mighty Glengarry Glen Ross: a salute to the movie writing of David Mamet.
Spoilers ahead for The Untouchables, The Spanish Prisoner, and House Of Games
There's a moment in 1992’s Glengarry Glen Ross when Alec Baldwin, sent from head office on what he calls a “mission of mercy”, opens his motivational speech to an office of real estate salesmen by turning on Jack Lemmon’s Shelley 'The Machine' Levene.
“Put that coffee down,” he demands as Lemmon pours himself what he, probably reasonably, considers to be a well-earned cup of Joe.
“Coffee’s for closers only,” Baldwin points out, using the term for someone who can make a successful sale. The person who can close it.
“Your name’s Levene?” he asks a few moments later. “You call yourself a salesman, you son of a bitch?”
The callous disdain of this moment,...
- 10/31/2016
- Den of Geek
Jenifer Lang "makes Leona Helmsley look like Mother Teresa," the former general manager of Cafe Des Artistes claims.
Lonnie Barnett said working for Jenifer -- who owned the famed Upper West Side restaurant with husband George Lang for 34 years -- was "possibly the most hellish restaurant experience ever. She treated staff like they were beneath her. She openly loathed the same staff members who repeatedly brought the guests in," Barnett told Page Six.
He said, "She refused to pay purveyors and made guests suffer the consequences. When she didn't pay the coffee bill,...
Lonnie Barnett said working for Jenifer -- who owned the famed Upper West Side restaurant with husband George Lang for 34 years -- was "possibly the most hellish restaurant experience ever. She treated staff like they were beneath her. She openly loathed the same staff members who repeatedly brought the guests in," Barnett told Page Six.
He said, "She refused to pay purveyors and made guests suffer the consequences. When she didn't pay the coffee bill,...
- 9/3/2009
- NYPost.com
Jenifer Lang -- whose husband, George Lang, has run Café des Artistes, on West 67th Street, for 34 years -- is a big, fat liar.
When we asked Lang last month if the famed eatery was out of business, she claimed she'd shut down just for five weeks of "spring cleaning and repair work."
"We have been around since 1917, and we're not going anywhere," she assured us. "I have a lot of reservations on the books."
Lang wasn't truthful to the kitchen and wait staff, either. They only learned they'd lost their jobs when Sunday's New York Times hit the stands.
When we asked Lang last month if the famed eatery was out of business, she claimed she'd shut down just for five weeks of "spring cleaning and repair work."
"We have been around since 1917, and we're not going anywhere," she assured us. "I have a lot of reservations on the books."
Lang wasn't truthful to the kitchen and wait staff, either. They only learned they'd lost their jobs when Sunday's New York Times hit the stands.
- 9/1/2009
- NYPost.com
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