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   In the previous article, Adam H. Kerman  wrote:   
   > James Foley, director of the movie adaptation of the David Mamet   
   > play Glengarry Glen Ross, has died, age 71.   
   >   
   > David Mamet adapted his own play for the screen and expanded it. The   
   > Blake character (Alec Baldwin), who comes into the real estate   
   > office to belittle the other salesmen, was created for the movie.   
   > That character's lines are the best remembered and most often   
   > quoted.   
      
   The story I accepted for years is that the new character was written   
   to expand the movie for more of a "movie" running time. Without the   
   scene, the picture would have been too short, or on the edge of it.   
      
   But I saw a video online recently, and this is the story that came   
   from the mouth of Mamet himself:  Alec Baldwin was cast in the movie   
   but had to be dropped for some other prior contract that wouldn't   
   release him. They couldn't wait and they wrapped principal   
   photography. Then Alec was free and he asked Mamet if there was a role   
   for him. Mamet said sorry, no. Then Alec asked if he could maybe write   
   a new scene and a new character and Mamet came up with what is   
   univerally acknowledged as an absolute tour de force. Since then,   
   stage productions have included that scene and character.   
      
   Coincidentally, this show is currently running on Broadway to   
   excellent reviews. The cast includes Bob Odenkirk, Bill Burr (!) and   
   Kieran Culkin. I have tickets for a couple of weeks from now.   
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