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The Landlord is a 1970 American comedy-drama film directed by Hal Ashby, adapted by Bill Gunn from the 1966 novel by Kristin Hunter. The film stars Beau Bridges in the lead role of a privileged and ignorant white man who selfishly becomes landlord of an inner-city tenement, unaware that the people he is responsible for are low-income ...
May 20, 1970 · A young man buys a building in a black ghetto and faces racial and personal conflicts. IMDb provides cast and crew, user and critic reviews, trivia, quotes, soundtracks and more for this Oscar-nominated film.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Hal Ashby
- 1970-05-20
A fascinating mix of social satire, urban drama, and high comedy, The Landlord tells the story of an affluent young man, Elgar Enders (Beau Bridges), who purchases a tenement brownstone in Brooklyn with the intention of converting it into a swinging bachelor pad with all the necessary psychedelic trappings. What he doesn't anticipate is the ...
- Hal Ashby, Hal Dewindt, Terence Nelson
- Beau Bridges
A white society kid buys a tenement in a black ghetto and faces the awkwardness and hypocrisy of race relations. The film explores his involvement with the tenants, his family, and his own identity in a realistic and honest way.
A young white man buys a tenement house in a black ghetto in Brooklyn and tries to be a good landlord. He faces challenges from his conservative family, his tenants, and his own feelings for a biracial woman.
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Oct 5, 2012 · A film about a rich white guy who buys a tenement block in a black neighbourhood and falls for the residents. Read the review by Tom Huddleston, who praises the performances, the photography and the rebellious fun of Hal Ashby's debut.
