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Alec B @Alec97 02/28/2024 Still provocative but it's the film's deep humanity and the empathy for the characters that really endures. See more Shioka O @RT54204327 10/23/2022 I first watched this in 2022, it was unexpectedly good. This is categorised as a comedy, but definitely more than that. Glueing script, and cinematography is too good. (I found this was by Gordon Willis) Recommend for someone looking for 70s feel. See more dave s @RT68722908 01/07/2021 Despite being a bit stylistically dated, Hal Ashby's first directorial effort about race relations in America is as timely today as it was fifty years ago. Elger Enders is a 29-year-old aristocrat who decides to move out of his parents' palatial mansion, buy a rundown tenement building in New York, evict the tenants, and convert it into one massive and swinging bachelor pad. The social commentary offered up in The Landlord foreshadowed what was to come from Ashby over the remainder of the 70s decade – an unequaled string of great satires that tore at the fabric of American society. See more 10/29/2020 It almost had me...but that evil "Dr" character ruined it for me in the last few minutes. See more 08/13/2020 Firmly rooted in the fashions, sounds, language, and styles of the moment in which it was produced, The Landlord breaks free from these nostalgic anchors by authentically handling the timeless themes of race, sexuality, and class with a humor and intelligence rarely seen in motion pictures. Individual scenes dripping with the same Woodstock-era aesthetic that relegate lesser films to period curios are infused with uncommon charm and depth by cinematographer Gordon Willis, screenwriter Bill Gunn, and director Hal Ashby. An essential piece of early 70s filmmaking. See more steve d @RT35616104 07/17/2020 Its story does little with it's admittedly worthy goals. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis As his 30th birthday nears, the aristocratic Elger Winthrop Enders (Beau Bridges) finally decides to leave his parents' home, and he purchases an apartment complex in the slums of New York. The coldhearted Elger plans to boot out the current residents and refashion the crumbling dwelling into a luxurious bachelor pad. But after the spoiled young man befriends locals Francine (Diana Sands) and Margie (Pearl Bailey), he abandons his plans and instead focuses on charming his lovely neighbors.
- Director
- Hal Ashby
- Producer
- Norman Jewison
- Screenwriter
- William Gunn
- Distributor
- United Artists
- Production Co
- Cartier Productions , Mirisch Corporation
- Rating
- PG
- Genre
- Comedy , Drama
- Original Language
- English
- Release Date (Theaters)
- May 20, 1970, Original
- Release Date (DVD)
- May 3, 2010
- Runtime
- 1h 53m