Not only that, I didn’t even known that Jeremy Piven was the doctor who treated Val Kilmer in the end, plus that’s the first time I saw William Fichtner in a movie. Aside from being the lead Delta guy in Black Hawk Down (and the bank manager with the shotgun in Dark Knight).
Regarding Mamet’s work, I have read that op-ed of his. The closest I could describe him is a neo-libertarian. He’s also a UFC fanatic as he said himself. No wonder he made the film “red Belt’. GG Ross is a remarkable piece of work. Usually I loathe Alec Baldwin, but his 5 minute rant of Always be selling’ is one of the most memorable scenes I could remember.