Liberty Heights
You're only young once, but you remember forever.
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11/17/1999Runtime
127 minsGenres
Overview
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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A nostalgic but clear-eyed portrait of adolescence in 1950s Baltimore, where personal desire collides with social prejudice across an entire family. It's tender and funny where it can be, unflinching about the racism and antisemitism that constrain its characters.
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Heads up
Adrien Brody
Van Kurtzman
Ben Foster
Ben Kurtzman
Orlando Jones
Little Melvin
Bebe Neuwirth
Ada Kurtzman
Joe Mantegna
Nate Kurtzman
David Krumholtz
Yussel
Rebekah Johnson
Sylvia
Richard Kline
Charlie, Nate's Assistant
Vincent Guastaferro
Pete, Nate's Assistant
Justin Chambers
Trey Tobelseted
Carolyn Murphy
Dubbie the Blonde
James Pickens Jr.
Sylvia's Father
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