Rent Control (TV 2003)

An attractive couple in their early 20's, Holly and Calvin arrive in the Big Apple fresh from Iowa. They are optimistic, naive and eager to succeed as actors. However, they find the path to... See full summary »

Director:

David Eric Brenner

Writer:

David Eric Brenner

Stars:

Melissa Joan Hart, Ryan Browning, Carmen Electra

Cast

Credited cast:
Melissa Joan Hart	...	Holly Washburn
Ryan Browning	...	Calvin
Carmen Electra	...	Audrey
Andrew Kavovit	...	Dennis
Don Novello	...	Rico
Joseph D. Reitman	...	Vincent
Lynne Marie Stewart	...	Aunt Agatha
Joel Michaely	...	Peter
Beege Barkette	...	Claire Fealy
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ric Borelli	...	Sleazy Building Manager
Alan Dale	...	George
Gerard Facchini	...	Serpico
Jamielyn Kane	...	Cute Redhead
Ian Kitzmiller	...	Tom
Nicole Marie Lenz

Storyline

An attractive couple in their early 20's, Holly and Calvin arrive in the Big Apple fresh from Iowa. They are optimistic, naive and eager to succeed as actors. However, they find the path to success in New York a little more treacherous than they thought. The sky-high rents throughout the city force them to move in temporarily with Holly's Aunt Agatha, an eccentric woman with fifteen cats and an addiction to diet pills. Aunt Agatha lives in a rent-controlled, spacious 1-bedroom apartment on 90th St. and Central Park West, a very posh neighborhood. After six weeks of futile apartment-hunting and numerous other New York humiliations, Holly and Calvin are ready to call it quits and head back to Iowa. At their moment of greatest despair, they discover Agatha's dead body on the kitchen floor. The poor woman has overdosed on diet pills. After panicked deliberation, Holly and Calvin come up with their scheme: If they pretend Agatha is still alive, they can keep the rent-controlled apartment, ...

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Plot Keywords:

apartment building

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Taglines:

All's Fair in Love and Rent

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 September 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

Aunt Agatha's Apartment

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Shankly Productions, Capital Arts Entertainment, Hartbreak Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

In many countries around the world, the title "Rent Control" has been changed to "Aunt Agatha's Apartment", mainly because most non-Americans have no idea what a rent controlled apartment actually is.

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Soundtracks

"Clair De Looney"
Written by Deeji Mincey

User Reviews

An excellent comedy

Carmen Electra is sexy, but that is a given...what's great about this little film is its excellent direction. I have never seen anything from this particular director before, but the performances here are all of obvious quality, and the comic timing is dead on.