The Man didn't know who he was. In those days many women were good women. She was a saint. She gave him everything he could ever need. He was basically a dreamer who wasn't grounded. Like a lot of people he tried to fit his family around his career and goals. Instead he should have fit his career around his family. If he had done that he would have had the house paid for. He also wasn't content. He had too much arrogance and too much pride...sort of an unrealistic idea of how great he was. Notice he was too proud to take a job for the guy who offered him a position. But that guy's son found more success. As a salesman he's a talker and not a doer. A dreamer when he should have been a contractor. Some people do and some people talk.

Better b&w. Colorization of original films is an arrogant travesty 👎

I read this when I was 15 and I came home extolling its virtues ave my father was very upset telling le it was a mediocre work. He was a salesman and my comment was upsetting to him.

This is a Godless movie. All of the characters are faithless and over the top folks. No moral values except what they see in themselves. As it goes, each pays a price for their miserable rejection of God their Creator.

When I saw this on video cassette years ago, it gave me nightmares. Cobb was a rare actor. Always came from the soul.

Talk about perfect casting and acting Lee j Cobb resembles and exemplifies a broken man throughout the whole movie in my opinion Cobb is the only willy lohman

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As often as I've seen DOAS, no production surpasses this one. Brilliant cast, stage design, even the music worked. Fascinating too to see actors known for their television and film work especially in comedy - Wilder, Andrews, Koppell, even Segal (I saw him on tour in ART with Wayne Knight and Buck Henry). And when the tape recorded played, I thought, Wait, that's the voice of June Foray - better known as the voice of Rocky the Flying Squirrel and a host of other cartoon characters! Thanks for this great upload.

It's hard to believe those two are brothers

Cobb! Dunnock! Legends! The Original Production! This is Excellent Also! Everyone. Fantastic Job!

No actor will ever match LeeJ Cobb in this role, either on stage or film, but Frederick March did a damn good job with it in a black& white 1950’s film version….🙏🎭

I’m ten mins in and I’m hooked. I’m watching bc of a theatre class I’m taking. But this is good. N I’m from NY so hearing things like Buschwick makes me homesick.

This literary/dramatic masterpiece has been translated into literally hundreds of languages and performed in almost every country on the globe, so devastatingly universal are its themes. Once you know the play, you could attend a performance in a language that you don’t understand and still be swept away in the story, such was Miller’s genius. I had the privilege of acting in this(playing Happy) 20 years ago at a small theatre company in San Francisco, we ran it for 9-10 weeks, 4-5 shows per week, and not a single actor got bored taking the stage every night. 5 minutes into every show we were all completely swept away in what we were creating & participating in, like “magic dust” in the air every night…🙏🎭

Great ❤❤

There were promises made in this office ! The office scene, brutal, heartbreaking. I first 'heard' this play in the early 1970s on a long playing record in English class. It was an audio recording of this great production and I remember being very moved by it and Lee J. Cobb's performance. When NBC aired this I would have been too young to have understood it. Now it is with me for life as it will be with all who see it, for it will most certainly live forever. Thank you Eric so much for the gift of it now. Lee Cobb, Volcanic, beaten and yet, beacon of light. Willy Loman raised high.

Tears. Not so much of the play (although it’s tearful), but for these comments. Oh the dreadful truth.

To my mind this masterpiece encapsulates all of the seven deadly sins. Primarily though is Miller's notion in prediction, 75 years ago of what's coming our way hard, fast and it's here today in abundance; GREED! Where enough will never be enough!

Thank you, thank Artor Miller and special thanks for Lee J Coub.

When Lee J Cobb was ill and found himself in the hospital facing an operation, Frank Sinatra stepped in anonymously and paid all his medical bills and even provided for care for Lee's recovery. Upon learning who his benefactor was Lee confronted Frank and asked, 'how could he ever repay him?' Frank reportedly said, 'you're work as an actor and what it has brought to the world is payment enough'.

This play impresses for sure, but to balance the glowing praise to some degree... The thing lacks subtlety - the characters are too obviously and predictably drawn, and their reactions to each other and the situations are (mostly) way over the top. Of course characters, etc, have to be exaggerated to a degree in performance, but this was quite a bit beyond the pale, and really didn't convince. …On Willy Loman - yes the man appeared to have been chewed-up and spat-out by his employers in the last part of his career at least, but ultimately what we see here is a man with serious mental health/personality- disorder issues. Many of us feel disappointed with life and our perceived level of success in relation to expectations/ambitions, and many are used and abused by employers, but most of us find a way to reconcile ourselves to this. Willy's health issues prevented that reconciliation. The point is that it wasn't only the 'situation' that broke Willy, but also his reaction to it....And, a minor point - Lee J Cobb was fantastic, his acting was second to none - however if I was directing him in this I'd have done something about that strange, exaggerated, lolloping gait he broke into on occasion. All in all a great play and performance, nonetheless!

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Atmosphere❤

what an excellent version ! and amazing performances wow

Damn. Old school casting. Farentino and Segal playing teenagers.

PBS? Colorized? The classic American tragedy.

Can you get "Luther" with Robert Shaw , "The Price" with George C Scott, and "The Iceman Cometh" with Jason Robards, please? I'll be your best friend!

George Segal, James Farantino, and Gene Wilder so young here. And Gene and George we lost just recently. Wow the color quality and sound on this isnt bad for nearly 60 year old production. Edward Andrews in a dramatic role? WOW hes good. I remember him from a lot of TV and Movie Guest Appearances and commercials...mostly comedic (Molly Ringwald's grandad in SIXTEEN CANDLES)

This is a remarkable bit of Theater History. Lee J. Cobb leads a brilliant cast in an ultimately dark and depressing story. Fun to see familiar faces like Gene Wilder, Seigfried (Bernie Kopell) Cyrano Jones (Stanley Adams) and Mildred Dunnock who got thrown down a flight of stairs in a wheelchair by Richard Widmark in Kiss of Death... of a Salesman.... Young Segal and Farentino acquit themselves well in the presence of greatness like Cobb. I remember seeing Hoffman a few years back and wasn't all that impressed. I am going to revisit that version and see how I feel now that I am older (and wiser). I am curious to seek out Brian Dennehy's performance as well. George C Scott played Willie on Broadway. Don't know if it was ever recorded, but that would be an interesting watch as well. The problem is, it is such a damned depressing tale... I don't know how many I can take!!

I've taught this to summer school students the past few years, focusing on how it's a dark look at the American Dream, how if a person values style over substance they're eventually exposed, and how it's important to value what you have. As a way to wrap the unit up, I pair it with Rocky and compare that look at the American Dream (much more positive) and you'd be shocked at some of the parallels students draw. I do agree, though, that as an adult it definitely hits different.

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Life happens daily, a journey. The good things happen, the inconsequential overall happen, and the bad things happen. Facing life by a human being person is part of the human condition, under the skies, 24/7. By my inherent thankfulness, thank you for your consideration. The need of being loved, liked, inherently beloved and to love happens to be part of being human. Livelihood is more than income, the joyous spirit of life has the hellos, and the sorrows of so long for now, and the freedom inherent to greet each other glad on each part of the human being person inherent communication during life. The inherent part has the inner life that relates directly to the outer life during daily life. The characters each have a personal life experience, the dialogue in the screen play fiction is indicative of the impartiality in dignity of the human being person, yet can be very emotionally charged. Passivity masks emotionally charged, and in my personal dignity, my belief is that only God is omniscient. In that life is never a "game," those who live by "tells" are not omniscient, instead of letting go and letting God. God has the equality in the compassion flowing from God in goodness sake influence to each human being person, such as depicted in this tragedy, "The Death of a Salesman." The 1st Amendment Establishment Clause is a needed part of The original Ten Bill of Rights, and this is natural language freedom of speech, also in the 1st Amendment as an enumerated guaranteed to me, and universally guaranteed to each human being person, in simply, of course, voluntary participation to communicate to someone else. This brief comment is not a summarized critique of the plot of dialogue so rich in real concepts of human thought, only a personal overview. In that, by God given dignity, God and me, and those I voluntarily communicate, as in the past, and continue to voluntarily as part of God given freedom to me, I do talk of God of each Testament of The Holy Bible, the God, not just my human concept, however God Who is being God of my life, <> but it needs to be voluntary on my part, <> and voluntarily as part of my freedom to enter into a conversation, <> and stay in a conversation once I entered into a conversation, <> and that is how I live my life. God is Sovereign over me, <> and I'm steward over myself being me, someone of God given freedom. This voluntarily typed in freedom of use of natural language is not to impose God nor religion on someone reading this. Good today of days, and the human need of "inner life" relates to "outer life," the correctness just peacefulness in freedom to express by this natural language. 🕊.

everyone can take different things from the character willy loman. i find it hard to sympathize with him, though. he has a wife that is loyal and loves him, 2 healthy kids that make the effort to come and see him. both are either successful or happy. he has a neighbour who helps him out financially when he needs it, and even offers him a job, despite the fact hes washed up and way past his prime. he owns a house in the inner city which is just about finished with mortgage payments. both him and his whole family are perfectly healthy. he has what every single person really actually needs to be happy, but just ignores it all and squandered it, in the attempt to chase this warped dream of what he thinks success is. perhaps due to his brother having made a lot of money on his adventure.

Thankyou very much😊Brilliant movie 🎬

For many, this is somehow about Capitalism; it isn't. It's about a man who could never be honest with himself or with those closest around him. Always bs-ing, always blowing sunshine up everyone's skirt, but never being honest about anything, not even when saying hello. The venue doesn't matter. The problem is Willy. Put him anywhere and the outcome would be the same.

What a masterpiece of theatre and television; the acting and staging were brilliant; if this was performed on stage and televised with these same actors and actresses today the accolades of praise would rain down on them, justifiably so; I understand now why this book and adaptation is so highly regarded; thanks Eric for sharing and posting; feel so fortunate and blessed to watch this on KZbin at home in bed, the cast and crew performed this just for me, I gave them a standing ovation.

Wow that was really good. Its nearly 60 years old. I am not American but can understand a father who has slogged his guts out providing for his family and expecting great things but couldn't deal with the fact they didn't live up to his expectations. The visions he had were just a symptom of his inability to cope with it. And ultimately he just lost it. Very relevant to this day. He obviously was suffering from some sort of mental health issues and possibly dementia. Very sad. There is a dearth of older men who commit suicide and those who are left behind wonder why? I'm 63, the same age as the character but I just let my children go their own way. I wouldn't even think of telling them what to do. It is what it is, just make the best of it. Very well written play, much better than the movie.

18:38 Me: "GET THE HELL OUTTA HERE!!!" 😀

Best version available. Lee J Cobb makes me forget that this is made for tv

Life is always the same, while the values change. It's harder for the older generation to accept the changes, while the younger one don't know the past. The wonderful truth is we all have to go through the dilemma. We must be proud to be grumpy old men.

This is so un-American. It questions aspiration, which is the essence of American life.

1:38:05 Wow, just wow. He nailed this part so well.

Immense acting, everyone did a tremendous job. Bravo

Lee J Cobb. Fantastic actor. Love him. I've seen him in so many films. A what a story. Play. Powerful human drama. Thanks

I like english, not this movie tho

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Gene Wilder

This is so good 😊

Masterpiece!

Watched this for my dual credit class and oh my god it’s so good