Description: Returning once again to the Baltimore of his youth, director Barry Levinson adds another installment to his Baltimore Trilogy (DINER, TIN MEN, AVALON), tackling the emotionally charged subjects of anti-Semitism and racism--in addition to his standard themes of family, friendship, and loyalty--in LIBERTY HEIGHTS. In 1954, Ben Kurtzman (Ben Foster), a Jewish teen from Baltimore, is intrigued by the new girl in his class. The problem? Sylvia (Rebekah Johnson) is one of the first African American students to attend his school. While Ben and Sylvia pursue a forbidden friendship in the early days of desegregation, Ben's older brother, Van (Adrien Brody), is smitten with Dubbie (Carolyn Murphy), a beautiful wealthy WASP who may as well live in another world. As the Kurtzman brothers struggle with their budding relationships and new cultures, their father, Nate (Joe Mantegna), is busy dealing with his own problems. His failing burlesque show is a front for running numbers, and he owes a huge payout to Little Melvin, a small-time African American drug dealer who is certain that Nate is trying to stiff him because of the color of his skin. Levinson once again employs a subtly entertaining visual style that allows the terrific dialogue and serious story lines to play out with realism and depth.
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Location: New Berlin, Wisconsin
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Video Format: NTSC
Case Type: Snap Case
Subtitle Language: English, French
Sub-Genre: Family
Studio: Warner Bros
Edition: Standard Edition
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Type: Movie
Region Code: DVD: 1 (US, Canada...)
Language: English
Features: Deleted Scenes, Retrospective Interviews, Widescreen, With Subtitles
Run Time: 2 Hours 7 Minutes
Actor: Ben Foster, Orlando Jones, Adrien Brody
Rating: R
Movie/TV Title: Liberty Heights
Director: Barry Levinson
Format: DVD
Release Year: 2000
Genre: Drama
