99 Homes Page #7

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 don't know.

What are we doing?

- You're making me nervous.

- How do you expect us to know?

Don't be nervous.

There's an app for that.

What was that?

Cops are coming back?

- What are we doing?

- What are we doing here?

Oh, my God, look.

Oh, God.

- What are we doing here?

- I got the home back.

- What?

- So I have my room back?

- Yeah.

- How are we getting the house back?

I mean...

- My room looks so big.

- That's cos it is.

We can't move in for a couple of weeks,

but it's ours.

- Dad, come see my room.

- I'm gonna explain.

Come here.

I know, it's huge.

Oh, my God.

Do you want bunk beds?

I'll make you bunk beds.

A basketball hoop

so I can dunk it right there.

- What else? What do you think?

- A hot tub.

A hot tub right there.

And then paint it

black, blue and silver

like the Orlando Magic.

It's gonna be blue and blue and then

one small black strip all the way round.

I love it. You know

what else I was thinking?

- In the back yard we can get a pool.

- A pool? Yeah.

- It better be a heated pool.

- Let's start painting.

There's a bucket right here.

I'm gonna join you.

How are you doing this?

- How is this... How is this real?

- It's a contract.

My boss bought it for me.

- Why?

- And I'm paying him back.

In instalments, just like a bank.

- OK?

- What does he get?

He gets...

He gets his money back.

He's giving me work

so he's gonna keep me in work.

He's painting the room right now.

I got it back.

With your name.

- Derek.

- Hey, Connor.

What's up?

- Hey, buddy.

- Hi, Mr Nash.

What's up?

What do you wanna play?

A dominant silverback gorilla.

We've been spotted.

Sheriff's department.

Anybody here?

All right, jump in.

Thank you, Carl.

- Mr Curtis, do you have any weapons?

- Mr Curtis doesn't live here.

- Er, Mr Nash?

- You're not Mr Ron Curtis?

No, that's my landlord.

He lives in Miami.

- You're not the owner of this property?

- No, we rent.

- We've been here for eight years.

- I posted notices on the door.

He said not to worry about it,

he's doing some type of...

- Like a modification or something.

- He scammed you, sir.

Mr Brady, you've been scammed

by your landlord.

- Now it's 3500, right?

- Yeah.

I can't... I can't get it.

- Mr Baldwin?

- Yeah?

Mr Nash.

Evening, Mr Baldwin.

My name is Dennis Nash.

I'm here representing

Rick Carver Realty.

Um, today is the day of your eviction,

I'm afraid to say.

Um... the, er...

Your house has been...

- passed over to the bank.

- No, no, no. No, no.

No, I...

I have a reverse mortgage

on this house.

My wife and I took it out two years ago

and we're here forever.

- You violated the terms of the mortgage.

- My wife went down to the bank.

She signed the papers

and that was supposed

to be for her and for me.

Mr Baldwin, there's a process

that took place.

All the paperwork was submitted,

signed by a judge. It's all legal.

You wanna step outside?

You wanna sit with me?

OK, but I don't have the money

to buy the house back.

We did the modification.

They approved it.

- We sent in our first cheque.

- I suggest we figure out a way

to get all your stuff safe in a U-Haul.

I'm gonna have to call my husband.

I could maybe store it

down the street at my sister's house

for the day or something.

The house

isn't yours anymore.

Easy now.

Anyone know what to do about a bird?

I'm giving you the better option.

I'm gonna have to send these guys

who are being employed today

to get your stuff

and throw it on the kerb.

- I don't want to take you to jail.

- You do what you have to.

- You know what you can do with that?

- You folks need to pack up.

You do something else with that

cos I'm not gonna touch it.

You got any family or friends

who can come and pick you up?

I have a son.

He's up in Michigan.

But I haven't seen him

in a couple of years.

- Do you have his phone number?

- No, no.

No, I don't. No.

- Nobody you can stay with?

- No, I don't.

Are there any neighbours you can call

to help you out for the night?

I-I-I... I don't.

I don't know my neighbours anymore.

I can give you a ride to the Red Cross.

That sound all right?

I can do that.

We'll find you a place, all right?

Say short sale three times

and smile.

Short sale, short sale, short sale.

That's great. Perfect. Thank you.

- Really nice. Last two.

- All right.

OK.

Pretty civilised.

Tesken Equity Management picked up

400 homes in the past two months.

All cash sales, no loans, $100 million.

Orange County needs your help

in finding another bulk buyer like Tesken.

I see. Then I'd like to know

where that highway is gonna be built

connecting the 414

and the Apopka Expressway.

Well, that information

is not public knowledge, so...

A lot of property's gonna be affected

by the zoning board's decision, Arthur.

Anything else, Arthur?

OK, yes, I know the route.

Good. There's a bulk buyer here

out of New York.

Vesic Investment Group.

They're shopping with a piss-ant broker

out of Kissimmee, Ortiz.

- Sold him 15 homes last month.

- Mr Freeman, I know Ortiz.

I can get Vesic Investment Group

away from him

and my team can handle

as many homes as you have to sell.

Well, I have

upwards of 1,000 homes.

Possibly more.

You get me Vesic Investment,

we're in business.

1,000 homes.

Do you know how much money

we're talking about?

I want you to track Ortiz,

find out who he's talking to,

what properties he's looking at.

- We got to know what this Vesic deal is.

- What's my cut?

- Don't worry, I'll take care of you.

- I know standard commission is 6%.

So what's my cut?

I'll give you 5% of my take.

- 10%.

- 6%, and a hand job.

No callouses.

You'll probably pull in

somewhere between 200 and 300K.

- More than you made in your whole life.

- Yeah, that's more than I ever made.

- 'What do you got?'

- 3217 Lonson Cove.

It's the fifth one.

They're all Bank of Greater Santa Fe.

'Keep following that cocksucker

and get back to me.'

OK.

Hey, Frank.

What do you want?

Are you with those guys?

No, no, not at all.

Er, I've just come to see

how you're doing.

And, um, if you want,

I think I can get you a job.

That's a nice shirt.

You still working with your friend?

I didn't have to come over here.

I just wanted to, um...

- To what? To lie to me, to cheat me?

- No, to help you if you wanted it.

Have you figured out

where your kids are gonna stay?

My kids have a home.

This is their home.

- Well...

- I did research,

gave boxes of files

to a lawyer pro bono.

We're gonna win, legally, in court.

It's not gonna make any difference.

I've been there, Frank.

I've been there.

- You gotta be realistic.

- I'm being realistic.

I didn't ask for your help, sir,

and I don't want it. Please leave.

Please get off my property.

You're trespassing.

Hey, are you awake?

Ortiz, the king of Miguels,

is gonna sell 100 homes to Vesic.

They're all in these neighbourhoods,

priced between 165 and 200K.

We're talking over a $20 million deal

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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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