Based on the play by Arthur Miller.

"Adapted from the New York Broadway production staged by Michael Rudman."

Produced as television motion picture in 1985.

Special features: "Private conversations : on the set of Death of a Salesman," a feature-length documentary by Christian Blackwood on the intensive process of bringing a classic stage work to the screen; still gallery.

Restricted use. For personal viewing only. No public performance rights.

Music by Alex North ; edited by Mark Burns, David Ray ; costume designer, Ruth Morley ; production designer, Tony Walton ; director of photography, Michael Ballhaus ; production manager, Michael Nozik ; first assistant director, Joseph Reidy ; second assistant director, Ann B. Egbert ; hair design, Alan D'Anerio ; Dustin Hoffman's make-up by Bob Laden ; production sound mixer, Danny Michael ; art director, John Kasarda ; set decorator, Robert J. Franco ; make-up artist, Rita Ogden ; hair stylist, Victor De Nicola, Jr. ; for Hastings Sound Editorial, Inc.: orchestration, Fred Steiner ; music editor, Kenneth Wannberg ; assistant music editor, Tom Carlson ; music scoring mixer, Don Wailin, Record Plant Scoring ; re-recording mixer, Tom Fleischman ; title design, Joe Caroff.

Starring Dustin Hoffman (Willy Loman), Kate Reid (Linda Loman), Stephen Lang (Happy), Charles Durning (Charley), Louis Zorich (Ben), John Malkovich (Biff), David S. Chandler (Bernard), Jon Polito (Howard), Kathy Rossetter (woman from Boston), Tom Signorelli (Stanley), Linda Kozlowski (Miss Forsythe), Karen Needle (Letta), Anne McIntosh (Jenny), Michael Quinlan (waiter).

Per Internet movie database, originally broadcast August 16, 1985.

Dark drama of a failed man, Willy Loman, whose life did not measure up to his expectations. Movie made for television.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

DVD, NTSC, region 1 ; Dolby Digital mono.

English.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV--Golden Globes, USA, 1986.

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