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William "Willy" Loman
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William "Willy" Loman is a fictional character and the protagonist of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, which debuted on Broadway with Lee J. Cobb playing Loman at the Morosco Theatre on February 10, 1949. Loman is a 63-year-old travelling salesman from Brooklyn with 34 years of experience with the same company who endures a pay cut and a firing during the play. He has difficulty dealing with his current state and has created a fantasy world to cope with his situation. This does not keep him from multiple suicide attempts.Best films
(1999)Played by the actors
Filmography of William "Willy" Loman (5 films)
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Death of a Salesman (2000)
Directed by Kirk Browning
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Brian Dennehy, Elizabeth Franz, Ron Eldard, Stephanie March, Laura Moss
Rating79%
Being John Malkovich (1999)
, 1h52Directed by Spike Jonze
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about television, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, Orson Bean, Mary Kay Place, John Malkovich
Rating76%
Craig Schwartz (Cusack) is an unemployed puppeteer in a forlorn marriage with his pet-obsessed wife Lotte (Diaz). Gaining a file clerk job through Dr. Lester (Bean) at LesterCorp, in the strange Floor 7½ low-ceiling offices of the Mertin-Flemmer Building in New York City, he develops an attraction to his coworker Maxine (Keener), who does not return his affections. Craig enters a small door hidden behind a filing cabinet and finds himself in the mind of actor John Malkovich. Craig is able to observe and sense whatever Malkovich does for fifteen minutes before he is ejected and dropped into a ditch near the New Jersey Turnpike. He reveals the portal to Maxine and they let others use it for $200 a turn.
Death of a Salesman (1985)
, 2h16Directed by Volker Schlöndorff
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Dustin Hoffman, Kate Reid, John Malkovich, Stephen Lang, Charles Durning, Jon Polito
Rating71%
Willy Loman (Dustin Hoffman) returns home exhausted after a canceled business trip. Worried over Willy's state of mind and recent car crash, his wife Linda (Kate Reid) suggests that he ask his boss Howard Wagner (Jon Polito) to allow him to work in his home city so he will not have to travel. Willy complains to Linda that their son Biff (John Malkovich), who is visiting, has yet to make good on his life. Despite Biff's promise as an athlete in high school, he flunked senior year math and never went to college.
Death of a Salesman (1966)
, 1h40Directed by Alex Segal
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Lee J. Cobb, Mildred Dunnock, James Farentino, George Segal, Gene Wilder, Edward Andrews
Rating77%
Death of a Salesman (1951)
, 1h55Directed by László Benedek
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Fredric March, Mildred Dunnock, Kevin McCarthy, Cameron Mitchell, Howard Smith, Jesse White
Rating71%
Willy Loman has led a life consisting of sixty years of failure. Loman's wife supports him, but he soon begins to lose his grip on reality and slips between the past and the present, frantically trying to find where he went wrong.