Pulitzer Prize- winning play Glengarry Glen Ross’s grasping salesmen are a metaphor of our times, says Padraic Killeen

THE immortal words “Ladies and gentlemen, rock ‘n’ roll” launched music television (MTV) thirty years ago this summer on August 1, 1981.

Actor Jeremy Piven will face a union grievance committee today to defend himself against theatre bosses' complaints over his sudden departure from the David Mamet play 'Speed-The-Plow'.

After four years away from the screen Mamet returns with a film that is flawed and far from his usual brilliance … but, then, a Mamet film is always to be welcomed - however damaged it might be.

You know that any film with Mamet’s name attached to it is going to be mature, sophisticated, thoughtful and a cut above the norm.

Steven Soderbergh and George Clooney are to produce a new film written by David Mamet.