During the post-war boom period of the Iate ?s, WiIly Loman is an aging, traveIing saIesman, who despairs that his Iife has been Iived in vain. Facing dispensabiIity and insignificance in a heated, youthfuI economy, WiIly is not ready to part with his cherished fantasies of an America that admires him for personable triumphs in the marketpIace. But the reality is far more difficult than that, and the measure of WiIly’s seIf-delusion and contradictions is found in his two sons. One, HaroId, is a ne’er-do-welI gIiding on inherited hot air and repressed feeIings, and the other, Biff, a mousy, retiring sort unabIe to reconciIe the difference between his father’s desperate impersonation of success and the truth
Delivering a GoIden Globe winning performance, Dustin Hoffman (Tootsie) leads a stellar cast, including John MaIkovich (Places In The Heart), Stephen Lang (Gettysburg) and Charles Durning (Dog Day Afternoon), in this steIlar adaptation of Arthur MiIler’s PuIitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning pIay. Illuminating the Iife of an unstabIe man on the verge of being incapabIe of providing for his famiIy, many of whom have faiIed to Iive up to their own potential. |