The Landlord (1970)
- Directed by
- Hal Ashby
- Genre
- drama film, romantic comedy
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 52 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A wealthy white man buys a rundown apartment building in a black neighborhood and moves in. He expects to be a benevolent landlord but clashes with the poor residents who are not impressed by his naivete.
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What happens
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 privileged and ignorant white man Elgar Enders who becomes the landlord of an inner-city tenement, unaware that the people he is responsible for are low-income, streetwise residents. Also in the cast are Lee Grant, Diana Sands, Pearl Bailey, Louis Gossett Jr., and Walter Brooke. The film was Ashby's directorial debut. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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