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Alec Baldwin - Best performance
The famous Alec Baldwin monologue from the film Glengarry Glen Ross, where his character Blake berates salesmen with the 'Always Be Closing' speech. It is a short, profane scene about sales pressure and motivation.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN points to it as the one scene worth watching from the movie, a classic about sales and entrepreneurship.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- David Lukas
- Topic
- sales motivation
- Format
- other
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 6
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2009–2012
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Sales. It is all about the numbers. Just watch this classic clip from Glengarry Glen Ross: [VIDEO] Pure. Gold.
richardburton on Hacker News · 2012-01
In How to date a supermodel (or get dealflow or find cofounders)That's really the only part of the movie worth watching to be honest. Save yourself 90 minutes and just watch that scene: [VIDEO]
thomaspaine on Hacker News · 2010-03
In Must-See Movies for EntrepreneursIf you liked this movie, may I suggest the David Mamet movie that inspired it: Glengarry Glen Ross ( [LINK] ). Brilliant (but NSFW, language) "Always Be Closing" scene to give you a feel for it: [VIDEO]
ims on Hacker News · 2011-11
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