''Rent Control'' (aka Aunt Agatha's Apartment) is a

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starring Melissa Joan Hart and

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. It was filmed in April 2001, but premiered on ABC Family in 2005. It was written and directed by David Eric Brenner. Outside the United States, it is known as ''Aunt Agatha's Apartment''. The film's budget was $1 million.

Plot

An optimistic couple from

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are living in

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with an elderly aunt while trying to make it as actors. When the aunt dies, the couple hide her death in order to continue living in her rent-controlled apartment.

Cast

* Melissa Joan Hart as Holly Washburn * Ryan Browning as Calvin *Andrew Kavovit as Dennis *

as Audrey *Don Novello as Rico *Joel Michaely as Peter *Lynne Marie Stewart as Aunt Agatha * Shirley Prestia as Aunt Rose *Ron Perkins as Gene *Ric Borelli as Sleazy Building Manager *Alan Dale as George *Richard Livingston as Leonard Lasso *Beege Barkette as Claire Fealy *Earl Schuman as Iggy *Joseph D. Reitman as Vincent

References

External links

* 2000s English-language films 2005 television films 2005 films ABC Family original films film Regulation in the United States {{US-tv-film-stub