![]() To receive the magazine, click here to subscribe. Dustin Hoffman, Kate Reid, John Malkovich and Stephen Lang. This story first appeared in a June stand-alone issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. The film is centered on the conflict between the 63-year old salesman Willy Loman and his son Biff. THR called the telecast “a stunning ensemble triumph.” It earned 10 Emmy nominations, with acting wins for Hoffman and Malkovich. As a whole, the slowness of the first hour of the movie could easily turn away many viewers. According to one estimate, 300,000 theatergoers saw the 1984 Broadway production and 25 million watched it on CBS. The acting, most notably by Dustin Hoffman and John Malkovich is superb and well deserving of the Golden Globe and two Emmys it was merited. Miller, who died in 2005 at 89, was supportive of the telecast.īefore it aired, it screened at New York’s Museum of Broadcasting (now the Paley Center), where the playwright said that with Salesman he wanted “both an artwork and a popular thing.” The TV movie certainly popularized his play. The CBS airing financed the Broadway production: The network put up $600,000 of the play’s $850,000 cost in return for broadcast rights. Malkovich had been nominated for a supporting actor Oscar for 1984’s Places in the Heart Hoffman had a best actor Oscar nom for 1983 megahit Tootsie, after winning in 1980 for Kramer vs. Malkovich and Hoffman did Salesman at or on the verge of peak periods in their careers. Dustin Hoffman (William 'Willy' Loman)Kate Reid (Linda Loman)John Malkovich (Biff Loman)Stephen Lang (Harold 'Happy' Loman)Charles Durning (Charley)Louis Zorich (Ben Loman)David Chandler (Bernard. “I think my biggest takeaway from the TV production was working with Volker Schlondorff and Michael Ballhaus, who brought talents and culture from an entirely different world,” says Malkovich. ![]() 'The Janes' Wins Best Documentary at the 44th Annual Documentary Emmy Awards The New York Times had special praise for Malkovich’s Broadway debut, noting that he “gives a performance of such spellbinding effect that he becomes the evening’s anchor.” (Both actors and the play won Tonys.) The 1984 Broadway revival starred Dustin Hoffman, then 47, as aging salesman-in-crisis Willy Loman, with Malkovich, then 31, as his son Biff. Its deepest roots were in Arthur Miller’s 1949 Broadway play, which ran for 742 performances and won a Tony. John Malkovich, who would appear to be a strong contender for a nomination with HBO’s The New Pope, received his first Emmy for the 1985 TV movie Death of a Salesman, as best supporting actor. ![]()
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