| Duped (1910 Film), Duped (1925 Film) | |
| Duplicate (1998 Film), Duplicates (1992 Film) |

[Latin.]
duplexity du·plex'i·ty (-plĕk'sĭ-tē) n.| Dun’s Number, Dun & Bradstreet (D&B), Dumping | |
| Duplicate, Duplication of Benefits, Durable Power of Attorney |

| Dummy, Due-On-Sale Clause | |
| Duress, Dutch Auction |
1. A duplex apartment.
2. A duplex house.
Tom's family moved into a duplex downtown.
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| duodenum, duodenase, dulcitol | |
| duplex DNA, duplicate, dwarfism |

| Duplex | |
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| Directed by | Danny DeVito |
| Produced by | Ben Stiller Drew Barrymore Bob Weinstein Harvey Weinstein Larry Doyle Stuart Cornfeld Nancy Juvonen |
| Written by | Larry Doyle |
| Narrated by | Danny DeVito |
| Starring | Ben Stiller Drew Barrymore |
| Music by | David Newman |
| Cinematography | Anastas Michos |
| Editing by | Greg Hayden Lynzee Klingman |
| Studio | Flower Pictures Red Hour Productions FilmColony Jersey Companies |
| Distributed by | Miramax Films |
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| Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $40 million |
| Box office | $19,322,135 |
Duplex is a 2003 American black comedy film directed by Danny DeVito, and starring Ben Stiller and Drew Barrymore.
The film was called Our House for its release in the United Kingdom and Ireland.[1]
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Alex Rose and Nancy Kendricks are a young, professional, New York couple in search of their dream home. When they finally find the perfect Brooklyn brownstone they are giddy with anticipation. The duplex is a dream come true, complete with multiple fireplaces, except for one thing: Mrs. Connelly, the old lady who lives on the rent-controlled top floor. Assuming she is elderly and ill, they take the apartment.
However, they soon realize that Mrs. Connelly is in fact an energetic senior who enjoys watching her television at top volume day in and day out and rehearsing in a brass band. As a writer, Alex is attempting to finish his novel against a looming deadline. However, he is interrupted daily by Mrs. Connelly's numerous demands and requests, and what begins as a nuisance quickly escalates into an all-out war.
When Nancy loses her job and the pair are trapped at home together with Mrs. Connelly, their rage turns to homicidal fantasy as they plot ways to get rid of their no-good neighbor - finally deciding to hire a hitman, Chick, to kill her. However, his asking price for doing the hit is $25,000. Unable to initially come up with the money, Alex approaches Coop to ask for a loan, but is rebuffed. Desperate and needing the money in two days, they sell almost every possession they own to pay Chick who will do the hit on Christmas Eve. Chick fails to kill Mrs. Connelly when she defends herself with her speargun by shooting him in the shoulder.
Alex and Nancy decide to evict themselves, but find out that the old woman has died right when they leave. They contemplate their strange encounters, while it is revealed that the landlord of the duplex (revealed to be Mrs. Connelly's son) and the officer who had distrusted the couple (her son's lover), and the woman (who is not in fact dead) does this all the time, harassing young couples and then faking her own death and collecting a commission.
The film received mixed reviews. The film has a 50 on Metacritic, and a 36% rotten on Rotten Tomatoes.[2][3]
It made, on a $US 40 million budget, $US 9,692,135 in the US and the equivalent of $US 19,322,135 worldwide.[4]
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - lejlighed i to etager, tofamilieshus
adj. - dobbelt, todelt, tofamilies-, to-i-en-, duplex, med tovejstransmission
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Nederlands (Dutch)
twee onder een kap, duplex
Français (French)
n. - duplex (appartement), (US) maison jumelée
adj. - duplex, (Phot) protectrice
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Deutsch (German)
n. - Zweifamilienhaus, Duplexwohnung
adj. - doppelt, zweistöckig
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Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - διώροφο διαμέρισμα, μεζονέτα
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Italiano (Italian)
appartamento di due piani
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Português (Portuguese)
n. - dúplex (m)
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Русский (Russian)
квартира в двух уровнях, дом на две семьи
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Español (Spanish)
n. - dúplex
adj. - doble
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Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tvåfaldig
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
双层楼公寓, 双工, 联式房屋, 双重的, 二倍的
idioms:
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 雙層樓公寓, 雙工, 聯式房屋
adj. - 雙重的, 二倍的
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한국어 (Korean)
n. - 중층형 아파트, 2세대용 주택
adj. - 2배의, 2중 송신의
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 重複の, 二重の, 複式の, 二倍の
n. - 重層型アパート, 二連音符
v. - 二重にする
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العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) بنا مزدوج مقسم الى منزلين, شقه مكونه من طابقين
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - בית המחולק בין שתי משפחות, דירה דו-קומתית
adj. - זוגי, כפול, מאפשרת העברת סימנים בו-זמנית דו-כיוונית
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