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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 white man buys a building in a black ghetto and faces cultural clashes and personal dilemmas. IMDb provides cast and crew, user and critic reviews, trivia, quotes, soundtracks and more for this Oscar-nominated film.
- (3.1K)
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Hal Ashby
- 1970-05-20
Will Ferrell meets his landlord.Originally Released: April 12, 2007.Re-released uncensored on YouTube for the first time in celebration of Funny Or Die's 11t...
- 3 min
- 10.3M
- Funny Or Die
A white landlord moves into a black ghetto and faces the challenges of race, love and family in this drama-comedy. Roger Ebert praises the film's honest and strong dialog, but criticizes its lack of optimism and resolution.
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 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.
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 ...
- (14)
- Comedy, Drama
- PG
