Liberty Heights

Release Date:

Nov 17, 1999

MPAA Rating:

R

Running Time:

2:07

Genre:

Comedy Drama

Director:

Barry Levinson

Cast:

Adrien Brody	Van Kurtzman
Ben Foster	Ben Kurtzman
Orlando Jones	Little Melvin
Bebe Neuwirth	Ada Kurtzman
Joe Mantegna	Nate Kurtzman
Rebekah Johnson	Sylvia
David Krumholtz	Yussel
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
Frania Rubinek	Rose (Grandma)
Anthony Anderson	Scribbles
Kiersten Warren	Annie the Stripper
Evan Neuman	Sheldon
Kevin Sussman	Alan Joseph Zuckerman
Gerry Rosenthal	Murray
Charley Scalies	Louie

Producers:

Barry Levinson , Patrick McCormick , Paula Weinstein

Writers:

Barry Levinson

Language:

English

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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 and their father tries to maintain his burlesque business.

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