Liberty Heights (1999)
2h 7m
Running Time
November 17, 1999Release Date
Liberty Heights (1999)
2h 7m
Running Time
November 17, 1999Release Date
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Plot.
This semi-autobiographical film by Barry Levinson follows various members of the Kurtzman clan, a Jewish family living in suburban Baltimore during the 1950s. As teenaged Ben completes high school, he falls for Sylvia, a black classmate, creating inevitable tensions. Meanwhile, Ben's brother, Van, attends college and becomes smitten with a mysterious woman while their father tries to maintain his burlesque business.
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Cast & Crew.
Adrien Brody
Van Kurtzman
Bebe Neuwirth
Ada Kurtzman
Joe Mantegna
Nate Kurtzman
Ben Foster
Ben Kurtzman
Orlando Jones
Little Melvin
Rebekah Johnson
Sylvia
David Krumholtz
Yussel
Richard Kline
Charlie, Nate's Assistant
Vincent Guastaferro
Pete, Nate's Assistant
Carolyn Murphy
Dubbie the Blonde
Justin Chambers
Trey Tobelseted
James Pickens Jr.
Sylvia's Father
Barry Levinson
Director
Frania Rubinek
Grandma Rose
Anthony Anderson
Scribbles
Paula Weinstein
Producer
Kiersten Warren
Annie the Stripper
Andrea Morricone
Composer
Shane West
Ted
Christopher Doyle
Cinematographer
Cloie Wyatt Taylor
Gail
Kevin Sussman
Alan Joseph Zuckerman
Stu Linder
Editor
Katie Finneran
Mrs. Johnson
Ellen Chenoweth
CastingDirector
Kathleen Chopin
CastingDirector
Jake Hoffman
Turk
Gideon Jacobs
Ben Kurtzman - Age 8
Debra Zane
CastingDirector
Vincent Peranio
ProductionDesigner
Evan Neumann
Sheldon
Charley Scalies
Louie
Susan Duvall
Teacher #2
Elizabeth Ann Bennett
Mary
Misha Collins
Guy (uncredited)
Christina DeRosa
Student (uncredited)
Stacy Keibler
Extra (uncredited)
Gerry Rosenthal
Murray
Ralph Tabakin
Phil
Michael Haley
Associate Producer / First Assistant Director
Amy Solan
Associate Producer
Shawnna Thibodeau
Stunts
G. A. Aguilar
Stunts
Conrad E. Palmisano
Stunt Coordinator
Peter Epstein
Stunts
Jerry Mitchell
Choreographer
Betty Beebe
Key Makeup Artist
Patrick McCormick
Executive Producer
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 17, 1999
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 7m
Content RatingR
Filming LocationsBaltimore, United States of America
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
baltimore
anti semitism
coming of age
semi autobiographical
1950s
jewish life
high school
interracial relationship
racism
wasp
jewish family
Wiki.
Liberty Heights is a 1999 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Barry Levinson. The film is a semi-autobiographical account of his childhood growing up in Baltimore in the 1950s. Portrayed are the racial injustices experienced both by the Jewish and African-American populations. Both of Nate Kurtzman's sons find women "prohibited" to them; for Van because he is Jewish and white, and for Ben because he is white. Their father goes to prison for running a burlesque show with Little Melvin, an African-American and known local drug dealer.
It is the fourth of Levinson's tetralogy "Baltimore Films", set in his hometown during the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s: Diner (1982), Tin Men (1987) and Avalon (1990).
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