The Landlord
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Directed by	Hal Ashby
Produced by	Mirisch Company United Artists
Written by	Kristin Hunter Bill Gunn
Starring	Beau Bridges Lee Grant Marki Bey Diana Sands Pearl Bailey Louis Gossett, Jr.
Editing by	William A. Hal Ashby ( September 2, 1929 - December 27, 1988) was an American film director and Academy Award -winning film editor The Mirisch Company was a film production company owned by Walter Mirisch and his brothers Marvin and Harold Mirisch. This article is about the film studio Previously it was affiliated with a cinema chain bearing its name now owned by Regal Entertainment Group. Kristin Elaine Hunter (b September 12, 1931) is an African American writer from Pennsylvania. William Angus Manson Gunn, known as Bill Gunn, (1920-2001 was elected to the Queensland Parliament in 1972 for the Seat of Somerset, representing the National Lee Grant (born October 31, 1927) is an American Academy Award -winning Golden Globe -nominated Theater, Film Diana Sands ( August 22, 1934 - September 2, 1973) was an African-American dramatic actress perhaps most famous for her portrayal Pearl Mae Bailey ( March 29, 1918 – August 17, 1990) was an American singer and actress Louis Cameron Gossett Jr (born May 27 1936) is an American Emmy, Golden Globe, and Academy Award winning Actor Sawyer Edward Warschilka
Release date(s)	1970
Running time	113 min. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Language	English
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The Landlord is a 1970 film directed by Hal Ashby, which was based on the novel by Kristin Hunter. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Hal Ashby ( September 2, 1929 - December 27, 1988) was an American film director and Academy Award -winning film editor Kristin Elaine Hunter (b September 12, 1931) is an African American writer from Pennsylvania. The story centers around an insensitive and privileged 29 year old man named Elgar Enders, played by Beau Bridges.

Elgar Enders, a man who lives off his parent's wealth, buys himself an inner-city tenement, planning to evict all the occupants and construct a luxury home for himself. However, once he ventures into the tenement, he gradually grows fond of the low-income black residents who dwell there. Enders decides to remain as the landlord, and help fix the apartment building. He rebels against his WASP upbringing, and to his parents' dismay, he romances two black women, Lanie and Fanny, played by Marki Bey and Diana Sands respectively. White Anglo-Saxon Protestant, commonly abbreviated to the Acronym WASP, is a sociological and cultural Ethnonym Diana Sands ( August 22, 1934 - September 2, 1973) was an African-American dramatic actress perhaps most famous for her portrayal

Elgar ends up falling for Lanie, a dancer at a local black club. Lanie is a beautiful black woman who has a mother of Irish decent, and a father of African descent, thus she has light skin and features, and has experienced colorism because of it. Colorism is a form of Discrimination in which human beings are accorded differing social and treatment based on skin color Their relationship is strained, as Elgar has an affair with one of his tenants, Fanny, and gets her pregnant. Consequently, her boyfriend Copee, a black activist with an identity crisis, is enraged when he finds out about the pregnancy, and tries to kill Elgar with an axe. The Enders family is shaken and stirred by their son's decisions and behavior, but reluctantly accepts him. Ultimately, Fanny disowns the illegitimate, caucasian looking child and gives him to Elgar. The story ends with Elgar taking custody of his love child, mending his relationship with his girlfriend Lanie, and moving in with her.

Awards and recognition

Lee Grant was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in the Academy Awards and the Golden Globe Awards, for her role as Elgar Ender's neurotic mother. Lee Grant (born October 31, 1927) is an American Academy Award -winning Golden Globe -nominated Theater, Film Best Supporting Actor or Best Supporting Actress is an accolade given by a group of Film or Theatre professionals in recognition of the work "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner

External links

• The Landlord at the Internet Movie Database
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