Death of a Salesman (1951 film) British Academy Film Awards 1952 Venice Film Festival 1952 Writers Guild of America Award In 2013 digital restoration of the film was done by Sony. The digital pictures were frame by frame digitally restored at Prasad Corporation to remove dirt, tears, scratches and other artifacts. The film was restored to its original look. This was part of the Stanley Kramer 100 year celebration, he would have been 100 years old on Sept. 29, 2013. Death of a Salesman (1951 film) Death of a Salesman is a 1951 film adapted from the play of the same name by Arthur Miller. It
Death of a Salesman and it is undoubtedly the best American play since "A Streetcar Named Desire".” The play reached London on July 28, 1949. London responses were mixed, but mostly favorable. "The Times" criticized it, saying that “the strongest play of New York theatrical season should be transferred to London in the deadest week of the year.” However, the public understanding of the ideology of the play was different from that in America. Some people, such as Eric Keown, think of "Death of a Salesman" as "a potential tragedy deflected from its true course by Marxist sympathies." The play was hailed as “the