99 Homes (2014)

A recently unemployed single father struggles to get back his foreclosed home by working for the real estate broker who is the source of his frustration.

Director:

Ramin Bahrani

Writers:

Ramin Bahrani (story), Ramin Bahrani

Stars:

Andrew Garfield, Michael Shannon, Laura Dern

Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 11 wins & 22 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michael Shannon	...	Rick Carver
Doug Griffin	...	Officer Dudura
Randy Austin	...	Sheriff Anderon
Carl Palmer	...	Sheriff Carl
Andrew Garfield	...	Dennis Nash
James Brown	...	Elliot
Luke Sexton	...	Crew Leader
Noah Lomax	...	Connor Nash
Alex Aristidis	...	Alex Greene (as Alex Aristidis Perdikis)
Tim Guinee	...	Frank Greene
Jonathan Tabler	...	Lawyer Bailey
Garrett Kruithof	...	Court Clerk
Richard Holden	...	Judge
Deneen Tyler	...	Bailiff
Albert C. Bates	...	Derek (as Albert Bates)

Storyline

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...

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Plot Keywords:

real estate broker | evicted | money | motel | construction worker | 

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Taglines:

Greed is the only game in town.

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Genres:

Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language including some sexual references, and a brief violent image

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [Japan]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 October 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

99 Homes: Stadt ohne Gewissen

Filming Locations:

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$8,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$32,253 (USA) (25 September 2015)

Gross:

$1,410,915 (USA) (20 November 2015)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Broad Green Pictures, Hyde Park Entertainment, Imagenation Abu Dhabi FZ

Technical Specs

Runtime:

112 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Director Ramin Bahrani used a 24mm lens for close-ups of Andrew Garfield as it gave greater depth as to what was showing on his face.

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Goofs

When Dennis Nash receives a call from Rick Carver that wants him to hand the forge document to the court and Dennis takes his time before picking up the phone, we hear the ringtone and the vibrate sound while the close-up on the iPhone reveals it's on silent mode,

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Quotes

Rick Carver: When you work for me, you're mine.

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Connections

Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Kristen Stewart/Michael Shannon/Cage the Elephant (2016)

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Soundtracks

Scratchero y Timbal
Written by Happy Sanchez (as H. Sanchez), Karl Perazzo (as K. Perazzo) & J. Cervantes
Performed by Latin Soul Syndicate
Courtesy of LoveCat Music

User Reviews

The intense drama was increased by it being about recent events and well acted.

Micheal Shannon really controls the screen when he's on it. He plays villain well, especially well in this film, showing both sides of the coin.

99 Homes expresses how everyone was effected by the economy drop and how using the excuse of keeping afloat as a way to let doing what you have to do corrupt you.

99 homes is about the corruption of Dennis Nash, played by Andrew Garfield as he does what he has to do to get back his home for his mom and his child, after it being taken away from by Rick Carver, played by Micheal Shannon. Ironically Dennis goes to work for the enemy becoming the very person that put him in this situation.

You can't help to be emotional about 99 Homes, it's a movie about a period in history but it's so recent, you either are or know someone who has a story similar. Attacking such current events add to the drama and the tension of the movie.

It was interesting to watch this narration unfold and well acted by Micheal Shannon and Andrew Garfield. Very good watch.