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5.9At 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.
Released: 1970-05-20112 minDir: Hal AshbyComedy, Drama
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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
Themes
- landlord
- tenant
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Movement
- New Hollywood
- Director
- Hal Ashby
- Screenwriter
- Bill Gunn
- Cast member
- Lawrence Cook
- Composer
- Al Kooper
- Producer
- Norman Jewison
- Cinematographer
- Gordon Willis
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Duration
- 110
- FilmAffinity ID
- 826885
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- publication date
- 1975-11-24
- title
- The Landlord
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
- distributed by
- United Artists
- review score
- 93%
- capital cost
- 1950000
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