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| Zaphod |
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| Ruby & Rata (1990-NR) |
| https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100522/ |
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T H E P L O T
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The small downstairs apartment is a dream come true for Rata and her young
son, Willie, and Ruby encourages her agent to rent it to the suitable young
businesswoman she sees from her window. With a helpful and friendly tenant,
Ruby is sure she can resist having to move to the Sunset Villas retirement
home.
But nothing is as it seems.
Far from being a businesswoman, Rata is a mistress of disguise - practiced in
welfare fraud, a wannabe rock singer and mother to 8-year-old Willie.
Neither is Ruby the kindly child-minder Rata anticipated. And Willie
initially wants nothing to do with the old witch upstairs.
And Buckle, the agent --who is really Ruby's nephew in disguise-- soon finds
both women more than a match for him.
From the ensuing clash of personalities and generations, emerges a story told
with humor, warmth and charm, of two determined and manipulative women who
have more in common than they realize.
Originally conceived as a TV series, Gaylene Preston's comedy was a local hit,
uplifting recession-era audiences with a plucky misfits saga. Ruby, an 83-
year-old trying to dodge a retirement home, rents a room to Rata, a solo mum
with sidelines in music and benefit fraud. Rata's son, Willie, is into arson
and shoplifting, while Ruby's nephew is a hapless yuppie wannabe.
Marginalised by the deregulated economy of the 80's and living on their wits,
they may just find common cause despite themselves.
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T H E B O Y S
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Lee Mete-Kingi (as Willie)
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0582496/
(plus two uncredited Cuties singing in the hospital, and one watching a
Salvation Army band...)
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T H E T E C H S P E C S
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Type ...............: MPEG (.MPG/.MPEG/.VOB)
Filesize ...........: 4,068,225,762
Running Time .......: 1:38:23
Video Info
Video Codec ........: MPEG-2
Resolution (DAR) ...: 768 x 576 (AR: 1.333:1)
FPS ................: 25.000
Video Bitrate ......: 4539 kb/s
Bits per Pixel .....: 0.438 bpp
Standard ...........: PAL
Audio Info
Audio Codec ........: AC3
Audio Bitrate ......: 384 kb/s [5 channel(s)] CBR
Sample Rate ........: 48000 Hz
Language ...........: English, Spanish
Subtitles ..........: Spanish
IMDb ...............: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100522/
Source .............: Untouched Tiempo PAL DVD5
Quality (1-5) ......: 5
Origin .............: Zaphod Bought
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T H E E X T R A S
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Synopsis (Text)
Cast List (Text)
About the Production (Text)
Awards (Text)
(Menus and Extras in Spanish)
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T H E N O T E S
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Waaaay back when I published "The Ray Bradbury Theater S06E08" on my Blog, I
said
"Oh my goodness - What a little Cutie Lee Mete-Kingi is! :love:
Unfortunately during his Cutie years, he was only in this and two obscure New
Zealand films (one of which I'm hot on the trail of - More on this later...)"
Most people thought I was just blowing smoke up their, err... cable modems!
Well, here's the one I was hot on the trail of, and I think it was worth the
wait. Lee gets to do much more acting in this than he did in that TRBT
episode, and did a fine job, in my opinion :)
The film has an interesting storyline, with three engaging characters, and
mixes drama with interspersed comedic scenes. You'll find yourself rooting
for all three characters by the movie's end.
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