<P> In 2013, NBC announced they were developing a TV series based on the film, but the project was later put on hold . </P> <P> Attorney Walter Fielding and his classical musician girlfriend, Anna Crowley, learn of Walter Sr.'s wedding to a woman named Florinda shortly after fleeing the country for embezzling millions of dollars from their musician clients . The next morning, they are told they need to vacate the apartment they are subletting from Anna's ex-husband, Max Beissart, a self - absorbed conductor who has returned early from Europe . </P> <P> Through an unscrupulous realtor friend, Walter learns about a million dollar distress sale mansion on the market for a mere $200,000 . He and Anna meet the owner, Estelle, who claims she must sell it quickly because her husband, Carlos, has been arrested . Her sob story and insistence at keeping the place in candlelight in order to save money "for the goddamn, bloodsucking lawyers", distracts Walter and enchants Anna, who finds it romantic . They decide to buy it, but Anna insists on putting up half of the money needed for the repairs . She turns to Max for her half by selling him back what she got in their divorce . Walter gets his half from his wealthiest client . </P> <P> From the moment Walter and Anna take possession of the house, it quickly begins to fall apart . Amongst other problems, the entire front door frame rips out of the wall, the main staircase collapses, the plumbing is full of gunk, the electrical system catches fire, the bathtub crashes through the floor, the chimney collapses, and a raccoon is living in the dumbwaiter . </P>

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