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| Liberty Heights | |
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| Directed by | Barry Levinson |
| Written by | Barry Levinson |
| Produced by | Barry Levinson Paula Weinstein |
| Starring | Adrien Brody Bebe Neuwirth Joe Mantegna |
| Cinematography | Christopher Doyle |
| Edited by | Stu Linder |
| Music by | Andrea Morricone |
Production company | Baltimore/Spring Creek Pictures |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 127 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $11 million |
| Box office | $3.7 million |
Liberty Heights is a 1999 American comedy-drama movie written and directed by Barry Levinson. The film is a semi-autobiographical account of his childhood growing up in Baltimore in the 1950s. The film portrays the racial injustices experienced both by the Jewish and African-American populations. Both of Nate Kurtzman's sons find women "prohibited" to them: for Van because he is Jewish, and for Ben because he is white. Their father goes to prison for running a burlesque show with Little Melvin, an African-American and known local drug dealer.
The movie gained positive reviews from critics and holds a 87% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
