The Tenants Movie Review 2006

Adaptation of Bernard Malamud's 1972 novel, helmed by first-time director Green, is a small, grim drama about the failure to bridge racial and ethnic divides. Landlord Levenspiel (Cassel) is trying to force Harry (McDermott), his last legal tenant, to vacate his crumbling Brooklyn tenement so it can be torn down. But the obsessive writer refuses to go until he can finish his third novel; squatter Willie (Snoop Dogg) is an unpublished writer also working on his opus. The two meet, but racial tensions and mistrust eventually erupt. Snoop is convincing (in a stereotypical role) but the movie isn't.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on DVD
Running time 97 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

New York, New York, Writers, Interracial Affairs, African America, Romantic Triangles, Books to Film: Bernard Malamud

Screenplay

David Diamond, Danny Green

Cast

Dylan McDermott, Snoop Dogg, Rose Byrne, Seymour Cassel, Niki J. Crawford, Laz Alonso

Cinematography

David W. Dubois

Director

Danny Green

Music

Leigh Gorman

Other

Sean Skinner, Michael J. Duthie, Peggy Anita Schnitzer, Simon Dobbin

Producer

Holly Wiersma, Randall Emmett, Christ Bongime, Heidi Jo Markel, Lati Grobman, Millenium Films, Randall Emmett, Equity Pictures Medienfonds GmbH & Co. KG II, Tau Production, S.A. de C.V. Production