Death of a salesman

Author

Volker Schlöndorff

Call Number

• DVD DRAMA (CEN, OSH)

Performers

Dustin Hoffman, Charles Durning, Kate Reid, Stephen Lang, John Malkovich, Louis Zorich, Jon Polito, Tom Signorelli, Linda Kozlowski.

Publication Information

Chatsworth, CA : Image Entertainment, [2002]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (136 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

Willy Loman has spent his entire life believing he and his family are bound for greatness. Struggling day to day as a traveling saleman, Willy begins to lose touch with reality and loses himself in the past. Meanwhile, his family, including wife Linda and sons of Biff and Happy, attempt to cope with Willy's self-destruction and the still-lingering ghosts of the past.

Notes

Based on the play by Arthur Miller.

"Adapted from the New York Broadway production staged by Michael Rudman."

Originally broadcast on CBS as a made-for-TV movie in 1985.

Bonus features: "Private conversations," a feature-length documentary by Christian Blackwood on the intensive process of bringing a classic stage work to the screen with a close-up look at the collaboration of Arthur Miller, Dustin Hoffman and director Volker Schlondorff ; still gallery.