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Liberty Heights
Release Date: November 17, 1999
Year | : | 1999 |
Slogan | : | «You're only young once, but you remember forever.» |
Genres | : | Drama |
Production Companies | : | Baltimore Spring Creek Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures |
Director | : | Barry Levinson |
Producers | : | Ellen Chenoweth, Barry Levinson, Vincent Peranio, Paula Weinstein, Michael Haley, Patrick McCormick, Amy Solan |
Writers | : | Barry Levinson |
RunTime | : | 127 mins. |
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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