Comedy ·Drama · United States of America · 1970 · 1h 52m

The Landlord

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Director
Hal Ashby
Cast
Beau Bridges as Elgar Enders Lee Grant as Joyce Enders Diana Sands as Francine "Fanny" Johnson Pearl Bailey as Marge Walter Brooke as William Enders Louis Gossett Jr. as Copee Johnson
Crew
Gordon Willis — Director of Photography Edward Warschilka — Editor William A. Sawyer — Editor Bill Gunn — Screenplay Kristin Hunter — Novel Norman Jewison — Producer
Tagline

Watch the landlord get his.

Synopsis

At the age of twenty-nine, Elgar Enders "runs away" from home. This running away consists of buying a building in a black ghetto in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn. Initially, his intention is to evict the black tenants and convert the building into a posh flat. But Elgar is not one to be bound by yesterday's urges, and soon he has other thoughts on his mind.

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Mood & Themes
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Key Collaborators
Hal Ashby Director Gordon Willis Director of Photography Edward Warschilka Editor William A. Sawyer Editor Bill Gunn Screenplay Kristin Hunter Novel Norman Jewison Producer Robert F. Boyle Production Design Domingo A. Rodriguez Costume Design
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