Liberty Heights

Liberty Heights (1999)

R 31 Dec 1999 • Comedy, Drama, Music • 2h 7m
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Anti-Semitism, race relations, coming of age, and fathers and sons: in Baltimore from fall, 1954, to fall, 1955. Racial integration comes to the high school, TV is killing burlesque, and rock and roll is pushing the Four Lads off the Hit Parade. Ben, a high school senior, and his older brother Van are exploring "the other": in Ben's case, it's friendship with Sylvia, a Black student; with Van, it's a party in the WASP part of town and falling for a debutante, Dubbie. Sylvia gives Ben tickets to a James Brown concert; Dubbie invites Van to a motel: new worlds open. Meanwhile, their dad Nate, who runs a numbers game, loses big to a small-time pusher, Little Melvin; a partnership ensues.

Barry Levinson
Director
Barry Levinson
Writer
Adrien Brody, Bebe Neuwirth, Joe Mantegna
Starring

Language: English, German, Yiddish
Awards: 2 nominations
Country: United States
Metacritic Score: 75
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Box Office Total: $3,736,868

7.0

IMDb (7077 votes)
86%
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