Salesman (film)
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| Salesman | |
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| Directed by | Albert Maysles David Maysles Charlotte Zwerin |
| Produced by | Albert Maysles David Maysles |
| Starring | Jamie Baker Paul Brennan Melbourne I. Feltman Raymond Martos Margaret McCarron Charles McDevitt Kennie Turner |
| Cinematography | Albert Maysles |
| Editing by | David Maysles Charlotte Zwerin |
| Distributed by | The Criterion Collection (region 1 DVD) |
| Release date(s) |  April 17, 1969 |
| Running time | 85 min. |
| Language | English |
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Salesman is a 1969 direct cinema documentary film which follows four salesmen as they travel across New England and Florida trying to sell expensive Bibles door-to-door in low-income neighborhoods. The film focuses in particular on the struggles of salesman Paul Brennan, an old Irish Catholic from Boston who struggles to keep up his sales.
The film was directed by brothers Albert and David Maysles, and Charlotte Zwerin. The film has been deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.
[edit] External links
- The Salesman official website
- Salesman at the Internet Movie Database
- Criterion Collection essay by Toby Miller
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