The Landlord Page #2

Synopsis: At 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 it 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. He's grown fond of the black tenants and particularly of Fanny, the wife of a black radical; he's maybe fallen in love with Lanie, a mixed race girl; he's lost interest in redecorating his home. Joyce, his mother has not relinquished this interest and in one of the film's most hilarious sequences gives her Master Charge card to Marge, a black tenant and appoints her decorator.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Hal Ashby
Production: United Artists
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Rotten Tomatoes:
92%
R
Year:
1970
112 min
511 Views


GET MOVIN'

OR ELSE YOU'LL HAVE

NO HIPS TO LEAN ON.

I OWN THIS HOUSE.

I'M THE NEW LANDLORD.

AND I'M A WREN TIT.

MOVE IT!

IF YOU'RE A LANDLORD,

HOW COME YOU AIN'T GO NO DOOR KEYS?

I HAVE DOOR KEYS.

YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK LIKE

A RAPIST TO ME.

YOU GOT FUNNY EYES.

THAT'S RIDICULOUS.

IF YOU'RE FIGURING ON

CARRYING OU A SEXUAL ATTACK ON ME,

YOU BETTER LEARN

THE KARATE BOOGALOO

'CAUSE WE GONNA TANGLE ASS

RIGHT HERE IN THIS HALL.

I AM THE NEW LANDLORD,

AND YOU'RE

DISREGARDING YOUR LEASE

BY PRACTICING WHATEVER

YOU'RE PRACTICING HERE

WITH THESE READINGS.

I'LL HAVE YOU

THROWN OUT.

IF YOU WANT TO SHOOT,

GO AHEAD AND SHOOT.

THAT'LL BE RUNNING

AN ILLEGAL BUSINESS,

NONPAYMENT OF RENT,

AND MANSLAUGHTER.

LITTLE THING LIKE YOU,

A LANDLORD?

YEAH. LET'S SEE HOW MUCH

BACK RENT YOU OWE,

ALL RIGHT?

IS THAT YOU:

RIGHT THERE?

HUH?

TWO MONTHS BACK REN YOU OWE ME.

ALL HERE:

IN THIS BOOK.

YOU LOOK LIKE:

YOU COULD USE SOME FOOD.

COME ON, LANDLORD.

LET'S EAT.

[HUMMING]

OLD DUBOISE UPSTAIRS,

ALWAYS UP IN MY FACE,

TALKING ABOUT BEING

SOME COLLEGE PRESIDENT.

COLLEGE PRESIDENT?

WOULDN'T SWEEP THE HALL

IF HIS LIFE DEPENDED ON IT.

COLLEGE PRESIDENT.

SURE. SOME COLLEGE

ACROSS TOWN.

I NEVER HEARD:

OF NO COLLEGE:

SELLING DEGREES:

FOR $50.

THEN THERE'S

THE UNEARTHLY:

CUMBERSONS.

UNEARTHLY?

YEAH.

THEY'VE BEEN HERE

ABOUT 25 YEARS.

AIN'T NOBODY SEEN THEM

BUT TWICE.

HOW'S THA FOR BEING OMINOUS?

UH, THAT'S, UH...

THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

IT WOULD BE:

IF THEY WERE ALIVE.

ALIVE?

OH, THEY IS.

I HEAR 'EM

ROLLIN' AROUND

DOWNSTAIRS.

LISTEN, YOU SHOULD'VE

BEEN HERE THIS MORNING

FOR THE TENANTS:

ASSOCIATION:

RENT STRIKE.

WHAT RENT STRIKE?

DON'T WORRY.

IT WON'T HAPPEN.

WAIT. ARE YOU SURE?

HOW THEY GONNA GE A RENT STRIKE?

AIN'T NOBODY PAID REN LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER.

OF COURSE, UM...

THERE COULD BE:

A BACK RENT STRIKE.

BUT YOU WOULDN' GET THAT, EITHER.

THAT WOULD GO:

TO MR. LIPSCHULTZ.

THAT'S THE OLD LANDLORD.

NOBODY EVER PAID HIM

ANY RENT?

POOR SOUL.

LORD KNOWS:

WHO'LL GET I NOW THAT HE'S

PASSED AWAY.

HE PASSED AWAY?

RAT.

BIG AS A DOG.

CHASED HIM:

IN THE BROOM CLOSET.

NOBODY EVER GO IN

THE BROOM CLOSET.

I THINK:

HE WAS IN THERE:

ABOUT THREE MONTHS.

HOW DO YOU OFAYS

FIND YOUR WAY INTO

OWNING THESE RAT TRAPS?

WHAT DO YOU DO,

GIVE THEM AS:

BAR MITZVAH PRESENTS?

GOTTA HAVE MORE:

GUN CONTROL.

YOU WAN SOME MORE EGGS?

MARGE, WOULD YOU MIND

PUTTING THAT GUN AWAY?

DON'T WORRY.

YOU CAME MY WAY:

SO I COULD PROTECT YOU,

THOUGH I KNOW:

YOU'LL ONLY REPAY ME

WITH SUFFERING.

DON'T SAY THAT.

HEY, MARGE!

MARGE, HAVE YOU

SEEN SOME WHITE MAN

PROWLING AROUND HERE--

YOU.

IT WAS YOU.

IT WAS ME?

DON'T DENY IT,

DEGENERATE.

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