99 Homes Page #2

Synopsis: Around the world everyone knows that honest hard work gets you nowhere. In sunny Orlando, Florida, construction worker Dennis Nash learns this the hard way when he is evicted from his home by a charismatic, gun-toting real-estate broker, Rick Carver. Humiliated and homeless, Nash has no choice but to move his mom and nine-year old son into a shabby, dangerous motel. All is lost. Until an unexpected opportunity arises for Nash to strike a deal with the devil - he begins working for Carver in a desperate attempt to get his home back. Carver seduces Nash into a risky world of scamming and stealing from the banks and the government; he teaches Nash how the rich get richer. Living a double life, Nash hides his new boss and job from his family. He rises fast and makes real money; he dreams bigger. But there is a cost. On Carver's orders, Nash must evict honest families from their homes - just as it happened to him. Nash's conscience starts tearing him apart... but his son needs a home. In a
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Ramin Bahrani
Production: Broad Green Pictures
  Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 12 wins & 23 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
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Rotten Tomatoes:
92%
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Year:
2014
112 min
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- I need you to vacate the premises.

- I understand what you're saying.

And I've... I've... I've...

We've been getting

our eviction notices.

I was in court yesterday

and the judge informed me

that I got 30 days

to file for an appeal

and that's what I intend to do.

If you have an emergency stay signed

by the judge, you're welcome to remain.

I got a question. You guys didn't get

any rescheduling of the eviction date?

What I've received is a court order

signed by a judge.

It says you are to vacate

these premises today.

- We were scared of this.

- This home is owned by the bank.

- This is the information that we have.

- And we're sorry to waste your time.

My office offered you a $3500

cash-or-keys settlement from the bank

which would have given you time

to vacate the premises and you refused.

- Yes, sir.

- We didn't refuse.

- We tried to save our home.

- We were trying to save it.

This is a very painful time, I know.

It's a difficult thing to carry through on,

for me as well.

But the time has come.

You have to leave your property.

You are trespassing right now.

You are breaking the law.

Sir, this is our home

so we just need a few minutes.

We're going in circles here

so I'll let the sheriffs take care of it.

- Randy?

- All right, sir.

We've got a judge, sir,

and a lawyer who told us we can stay.

- Is this your mum?

- Yeah, this is my mum.

I'm gonna need you and your mum

to step off the property now.

You know what? If you all can

come back tomorrow same time

and if we don't have the papers,

we don't have the proof,

- then we will leave.

- We have a lawyer.

- We got it all figured out.

- Just give us a day.

We can dance together,

but we can't talk together.

- OK. All right, sir, we need a day.

- Do not close the door.

- We need a day.

- Listen, this is what I'm gonna do.

- Do not close the door.

- We need a day.

- This is my home. I can do what I want.

- I will give you two minutes

to pack whatever belongings you need

- Cash, chequebook, medicines.

- No, this is not happening.

- Yeah, this is happening.

- No, this is not happening.

I'm getting my cell phone

so I can get the lawyer on the phone.

- Ma'am? Ma'am?

- Excuse me, sir.

- I'm just walking by, sir.

- I don't know what this is.

We can't let someone out of our sight

once we start an eviction.

- Please don't come into my house.

- Listen to me.

There are two ways

that we can do this.

Right? An easy way which is

you do what you're told when asked.

The other way is

that I take you and your mum to jail.

Do you want

your mum to go to jail?

What I'd like you to do

is take advantage of the two minutes,

gather what you need,

cash, cheque books, medicines,

things that you need...

Excuse me, sir, would you mind

stepping outside of the property?

Listen to me, sir.

Let me put it to you this way.

- Excuse me.

- This isn't your home, son.

- Mr Carver?

- Excuse me.

- Mr Carver?

- According to Florida statute 801.08

- I have the authority...

- Sir, we have the right to an attorney.

Right? Then why

are you coming into our house?

Somebody forgot to call you,

we don't get a lawyer?

It's better not to get emotional, ma'am.

- You're kicking us out of our house.

- Please, OK? Please!

Ma'am,

please don't ask questions.

- Please!

- Enough of this. Let's go.

Get what you need to get,

then you need to go.

- Let's go. No more of this.

- Sir, I don't need your help.

OK? I can take a minute.

Do you need to follow a woman

into her bedroom?

I got a full house here.

I'm gonna have to be late

to the next one. I know.

It's just department policy.

Money, chequebook.

- Things like wallets, pictures.

- I'm trying to get pictures!

- Does he have to stand there?

- Yes, sir.

He has to f***ing stand there

while she packs up her underwear?

Is that right?

- Dennis, please!

- It's policy.

Excuse me, sir. Excuse me.

I got to keep you in my sight, ma'am.

Sorry about that.

Anyway, ma'am, just take

the most important things.

What else, Mum?

Can I ask if it says two minutes

on your clipboard?

The two minutes is a courtesy.

Let her take the plant.

- You don't need it.

- The two minutes is what?

- A courtesy.

- Oh, my God!

You're trespassing right now.

I know it's painful to hear it,

but it's the truth.

This is our home.

- Oh, my God.

- Anything else, ma'am?

Oh, my toaster.

My toaster oven

to make toast for my grandson.

Uh-huh. Ma'am.

Dennis! Did you get

your chequebook out of the desk?

- You said the two minutes was up.

- We're getting the bills.

- All right, let's go.

- Dennis?

His basketball, his basketball.

Will you just let her go in

and get the ball?

Right, Jeff, get to it.

Rhonda, get the locks.

Hey, what about the rest?

They're gonna

bring everything out.

There's no need to worry.

You mind helping me move all this

to the other side of the sidewalk?

We're moving it, OK?

Just give us a second.

Now, my advice would be

to get a moving truck

cos your neighbours

are gonna have access

to everything you own

by the end of the day.

- I got it.

- Can you believe this?

They cancelled it and then

they didn't even tell these guys.

Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

I can't believe this is happening.

Hey!

- What are you doing?

- Moving stuff.

Don't go in there.

You got no business going in there.

- Shut the lid.

- All right, keep your pants on.

- I'll take him next door.

- OK.

- OK?

- OK.

- Hey, buddy.

- What are they doing?

- Nothing.

- This is our house.

- This is our house.

- It's OK.

- Son, where are you heading?

- Get off me!

- Hey, hey, hey!

- Get away from him.

- Get away from him.

- This is our house.

It's a very difficult situation.

Please take your son off the property.

- What do you think I'm doing?

- Those are my toys.

It's OK. It's OK.

It's OK, sweetie.

- Let go of me.

- Come here. Come here.

Just tell them.

I just wanna go to my room. Please.

You can't go to your room right now.

You said we weren't gonna

lose our house. You lied to me.

Sweetie, he didn't lie.

He didn't know.

Do you think you're gonna

come to school tomorrow?

- I don't know.

- Connor.

Got to go.

Well, what about our NBA 2K series?

See you later.

Not a problem.

- Thank you for everything.

- Absolutely. Take care.

See you soon.

Mr Nash?

You have 24 hours before my crew

returns to dispose of whatever remains.

Not my choice.

Code enforcement.

Good luck.

You OK?

Hey.

Hey, do y'all know

where 229 is?

- 229's up there.

- Up here?

Is there a stair near there?

- Around the pool.

- Around the pool.

- OK. Thank you.

- You got a lot of stuff.

- Yeah.

- We can watch your stuff

- while you take some of it up there.

- OK. Thanks.

- You want a hand?

- That'd be great.

- Are you planning on staying a while?

- No, just a couple of nights.

Two years ago that's what we said.

But, er, welcome anyway.

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Ramin Bahrani

Ramin Bahrani (Persian: رامین بحرانی‎; born March 20, 1975) is an Iranian-American director and screenwriter. Film critic Roger Ebert listed Bahrani's film Chop Shop as the 6th best film of the 2000s and hailed Bahrani as "the director of the decade." Bahrani was the recipient of the prestigious 2009 Guggenheim Fellowship, and was the subject of several international retrospectives including the MoMA in New York City, Harvard University, and the La Rochelle Film Festival in France. Bahrani is a professor of film directing at Columbia University's Graduate Film Program in New York City. more…

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