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Liberty Heights
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6.7This 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.
Cast
- Adrien Brody as Van Kurtzman
- Ben Foster as Ben Kurtzman
- Orlando Jones as Little Melvin
- Bebe Neuwirth as Ada Kurtzman
- Joe Mantegna as Nate Kurtzman
- David Krumholtz as Yussel
Themes
- high school
- jewish life
- baltimore, usa
- coming of age
- antisemitism
- interracial relationship
- racism
- wasp
- semi autobiographical
- jewish family
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Ratings
IMDb
7/10
7,167 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
86%
Metacritic
75/100
- Year
- 1999
- Runtime
- 127 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Music
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 2 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Barry Levinson
- Screenwriter
- Barry Levinson
- Cast member
- Misha Collins
- Composer
- Andrea Morricone
- Producer
- Barry Levinson
- Cinematographer
- Christopher Doyle
- Narrative location
- Maryland
- Filming location
- Baltimore
- Duration
- 122
- FilmAffinity ID
- 421915
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.liberty-heights.com
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- publication date
- 1999-11-17
- film editor
- Stu Linder
- title
- Liberty Heights
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 75/100
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