The Super (1991)

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Karma comes into play when a wealthy wisecracking landlord is ordered by a court to live in the filthy building that he runs.

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4 September 2008 | susuze2000
8
| Very funny!
This is a pretty straight-forward comedy. Son wants to please his hard-nosed, cheap father by being the cheapest building owner he can be. But as he is sentenced to live in one of his worst maintained buildings, he is forced to learn several lessons about life. Not everyone likes this type of humor, but if you liked Joe Pesci in My Cousin Vinnie I would be sure to watch this movie. As the tight-wad Super, most of the jokes are at Pesci's character's expense. However, it still leaves room for Pesci's particular style of humor. The "love" story is pretty typical but in no way detracts from the movie. The people he becomes involved with could be anybody living anywhere in the US. There are not many recognizable names in this movie but has some familiar faces that I remember from other movies. I found this to be a hilarious movie and wholly recommend it.

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Trivia

In the scene when Joe Pesci is in the grocery store, he says the line " What am I a mirage?" He says the same line in Goodfellas.

Quotes

Gilliam: I prayed for you last night, Mr. Kristki. I prayed for you to get my commode fixed.
Louie Kritski: Get out of my way and leave me alone!
Gilliam: You don't want me to leave you alone.
Louie Kritski: Trust me, I do.
Gilliam: No, Satan wants me to leave you alone.
Louie Kritski: We BOTH want you to leave me alone...

Goofs

When Heather tries to flee Louie's slum apartment during his "conjugal visit", he tries to stop her by singing the Johnny Mathis version of" Misty". The first lyrics in this song go, "Look at me, I'm helpless as a kitten up a tree". But the Closed Captioning in this movie depict Louie's sung words as "Look at me I have..."

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Bombero
Written by Magic A. Moreno (as Magic Moreno) and Treason
Performed by Treason

Storyline

Plot Summary

Genres

Comedy

Details

Release Date:

4 October 1991

Language

English, Spanish

Country of Origin

USA, Japan

Filming Locations

1158 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$22,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$3,656,390 6 October 1991

Gross USA:

$11,000,863

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$11,000,863

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