Traditionally, Hollywood has viewed real estate agents in much the way it views dentists, lawyers and used-car salesmen. Which is to say, really, really unfavorably. From “The Cocoanuts” to “Wall Street,” “Glengarry Glen Ross,” “American Beauty” and “Duplex,” brokers are portrayed as an unsavory lot, a blend of underhanded and overweening, guided more by self-interest than by their clients’ needs.
