Small Apartments
Small Apartments is a 2012 American comedy film directed by Jonas kerlund. It tells the story of Franklin Franklin, played by Matt Lucas, who by mistake kills his landlord, Mr. Olivetti, played by Peter Stormare. The cast costars Dolph Lundgren, Johnny Knoxville, James Caan, Billy Crystal, Juno Temple, Rebel Wilson, Saffron Burrows and Amanda Plummer. The screenplay was written by Chris Millis and adapted from his own novella. The film premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival on March 10, 2012.
At an earlier point, Franklins landlord Mr. Olivetti accidentally died after slipping on spilled mustard caused by sneezing fits when receiving fellatio from Franklin over frequent unpaid rent. In an effort to get rid of Olivettis body, Franklin takes it to Olivettis house and tries to stage it as a suicide, implementing an unlikely over array of suicide methods. Attempting to dump Olivettis pickup truck in the outskirts of town results in Franklin being robbed of both his brothers watch and Olivettis truck and assaulted by two very dimwitted muggers.The next day, Franklin, wondering why he hasnt gotten his weekly audiotape from his institutionalized brother Bernard, who Franklin almost idolizes as Bernard is handsome, charismatic and popular and included Franklin in his social life. Unknown to Franklin, Bernard has died of an inoperable brain tumor and among Bernards effects is an envelope holding a key to a locker containing a recorded message revealing that Bernard stole from his employer and has left Franklin a savings in a Swiss bank account and a passport in a new identity. Meanwhile, fire investigator Burt Walnut, and other detectives examine Olivettis body, and quickly conclude that its staged due to Franklins amateurishness, and put a lookout for his pickup truck. Walnut, visiting the apartment complex, meets Balls and Allspice and becomes suspicious of Franklin. Walnut is estranged from his wife who was having an affair with his cousin, and learns that Allspices wife died around the time as Olivettis wife,years ago. ........
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