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The Landlord (Special Edition) (Blu-ray)

Directed by : Hal Ashby
Available Date : 05/14/2019
Release Year : 1970
Running Time : 110
UPC : 738329234645
Country : U.S.
Language: English
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Legendary filmmaker Hal Ashby (Coming Home, 8 Million Ways to Die) makes his directing debut with this acclaimed social satire starring Beau Bridges (The Hotel New Hampshire) as a wealthy young man who leaves his family’s estate in Long Island to pursue love and happiness in a Brooklyn ghetto. When Elgar Enders (Bridges) buys a Park Slope tenement, he fully intends to evict the occupants and transform the building into a chic bachelor pad. But after meeting the tenants, Elgar adopts a “love thy neighbor” policy instead: first he falls head-over-heels for a sexy young go-go dancer… then he begins an affair with the sultry, married “Miss Sepia 1957.” Featuring brilliant performances by Lee Grant (The Balcony) in an Oscar®-nominated role, Pearl Bailey (Porgy and Bess), Louis Gossett Jr. (The Laughing Policeman), Robert Klein (Hooper), Trish Van Devere (Where’s Poppa?), Hector Elizondo (The Flamingo Kid), Gloria Hendry (Black Belt Jones) and Susan Anspach (The Big Fix), and with a potent script by Bill Gunn (Ganja & Hess) based on the novel by Kristin Hunter (Boss Cat), The Landlord is one of the most original and provocative screen comedies to deal with race relations in urban America. Produced by Norman Jewison (The Thomas Crown Affair) and shot by Gordon Willis (The Godfather).

Product Extras :

The Racial Gap - New interview with star Beau Bridges

Reflections - New interview with star Lee Grant

Norman Jewison and Hal Ashby - Style and Substance: New interview with producer Norman Jewison

Theatrical Trailer

Publish Date : 2019-04-16
  • Hal Ashby - Director
  • Bill Gunn - Writer
  • Beau Bridges - Actor
  • Lee Grant - Actor
  • Pearl Bailey - Actor
  • Louis Gossett Jr. - Actor
  • Susan Anspach - Actor
  • Diana Sands - Actor
  • Robert Klein - Actor

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