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American Buffalo Paperback – January 11, 1994

by David Mamet (Author), Gregory Mosher (Introduction)
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American Buffalo, which won both the Drama Critics Circle Award for the best American play and the Obie Award, is considered a classic of the American theater. Newsweek acclaimed Mamet as the “hot young American playwright . . . someone to watch.” The New York Times exclaimed in admiration: “The man can write!” Other critics called the play “a sizzler,” ‘super,” and ‘dynamite.”

Now from Gregory Mosher, the producer of the original stage production, comes a stunning screen adaptation, directed by Michael Corrente and starring Dustin Hoffman, Dennis Franz, and Sean Nelson.

A classic tragedy, American Buffalo is the story of three men struggling in the pursuit of their distorted vision of the American Dream. By turns touching and cynical, poignant and violent, American Buffalo is a piercing story of how people can be corrupted into betraying their ideals and those they love.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Grove Press; Subsequent edition (January 11, 1994)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 106 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0802150578
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0802150578
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ NP
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.5 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.4 x 0.4 x 8.1 inches
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David Mamet's numerous plays include Oleanna, Glengarry Glen Ross (winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award), American Buffalo, Speed-the-Plow, Boston Marriage, November, Race and The Anarchist. He wrote the screenplays for such films as The Verdict, The Untouchables and Wag the Dog, and has twice been nominated for an Academy Award. He has written and directed ten films, including Homicide, The Spanish Prisoner, State and Main, House of Games, Spartan and Redbelt. In addition, he wrote the novels The Village, The Old Religion, Wilson and many books of nonfiction, including Bambi vs. Godzilla: On the Nature, Purpose and Practice of the Movie Business; Theatre; Three Uses of the Knife: On the Nature and Purpose of Drama and the New York Times bestseller The Secret Knowledge: On the Dismantling of American Culture. His HBO film Phil Spector, starring Al Pacino and Helen Mirren, aired in 2013 and earned him two Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Writing and Outstanding Directing. He was co-creator and executive producer of the CBS television show The Unit and is a founding member of the Atlantic Theater Company.

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  • bluesbro1
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great Classic Drama!
    Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2022
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    This is a classic of contemporary drama. The dialogue crackles by, like machine gun fire, and there are some great monologues! The monologue where he complains about a woman friend begrudging him a leftover piece of toast in a diner, is hilarious!
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    4.0 out of 5 stars Minimalistic
    Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2022
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    Minimalistic to a fault.
    Although action is discussed, very little action actually occurs, and the action that does occur is anticlimactic in terms of the plot.
    Three actors only with a few other characters who are never present but much discussed.
    All these things are common examples of this genre of play. What we have here is not all that different from an older play like Waiting For Godot. Furthermore, without spoiling the ending, this firecracker hardly pops. Leaving the audience to wonder whether Bob is really being taken to the hospital. I'd of preferred a concrete ending one way or the other. The big theme of the play which is extracted from say poker is this knot where business and friendship are tangled together. Now you have Don, right? And you have his business partner Teach and his friend, Bob. Well, the way Teach and Bob operate on two different levels is reflected in the way there has been cheating at the poker games.
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  • Jason Ilgenfritz
    5.0 out of 5 stars Exactly as Described
    Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2013
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    Superb play, written by one of the masters of our time (though not the most important person on Broadway - George Lane takes that win in my estimate). Book in great condition. Something I'd recommend to anyone.
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  • Michael G.
    3.0 out of 5 stars A play in two acts.
    Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2016
    Three male characters, none of whom are likely candidates for admission to MENSA anytime soon. A customerless junkshop is the play's only set.
    David Mamet exposes insights into the human condition through the pedestrian, though paradoxically engaging, dialogue of American Buffalo's characters. Men of limited intelligence and unlimited guilelessness.
    A classic drama that cuts to the emotional core without extraneous fuss or muss. Minimalist entertainment.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars clean condition
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  • Edward Stonelight
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2017
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    One of the best American plays.
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  • Cipriano
    4.0 out of 5 stars David Mamet is Brilliant!
    Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2020
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    I recently became interested in David Mamet and his writings, and this one easily ranks among his best. Featuring His signature searing Dialogue. His plays draw you in and you don't want to put it down. Don't be surprised if you finish this in record time.
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  • W. Cole
    2.0 out of 5 stars 2 Stars for the Product - 5+ for the Writing
    Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2017
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    One of the most important plays to come out of the American theater landscape in the latter part of the 20th Century - as it is said in the introduction: "the iambic pentameter of our time". Unfortunately, the amazing ebb and flow of the writing is littered with typos and misspellings. The character 'Teach' for example somehow becomes 'Retch'. If I was Mamet I would be suing the publisher for libel . . . or slander or both. I got the Kindle edition for about 9 bucks. Given the horrid production errors, it may have been worth 'two fiddy'.
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  • Caio Leao
    5.0 out of 5 stars mamet no seu melhor.
    Reviewed in Brazil on April 1, 2019
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    Linda peça.
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  • LF
    4.0 out of 5 stars Très bon état, mais pas ma tasse de thé!
    Reviewed in France on August 9, 2013
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    Le livre en lui même était parfait, sans accro ni rien du tout. Livré dans les temps. Mais l'histoire en elle-même n'a pas vraiment de sens et ce livre contient beaucoup de gros mots en anglais. Bref, ce n'est pas mon genre de livre!
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