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., A year in the life of one Jewish family, with Ben beginning a tender relationship with a black girl and his father falling into debt to mobster financiers. Director Barry Levinson returns to his Baltimore roots for the fourth time., Writer/director Barry Levinson returns to his home town of Baltimore, where he previously set three nostalgic features (Diner, Tin Men, and Avalon) for this story of two brothers growing up in the tumultuous days of 1954, as rock ‘n’ roll, the atom bomb, and the civil rights movement changed the way teenagers looked at the world. One of the brothers has fallen in love with a beautiful girl who, to the chagrin of his family, is a blonde-haired, blue-eyed Protestant, while the other has an even bigger shock for his folks: his new girlfriend is black. Joe Mantegna and Bebe Neuwirth play the parents, with Adrien Brody, Vincent Guastaferro, Orlando Jones, David Krumholz, and Kiersten Warren also topping the cast. Tom Waits wrote several original songs for the film, while Andrea Morricone (daughter of Ennio Morricone) wrote the score., Anti Semitism, race relations, coming of age, and fathers and sons: in Baltimore from fall 1954, to fall 1955., Writer-director Barry Levinson (“Diner”) revisits 1950s Baltimore for this perceptive period piece. Joe Mantegna shines as a Jewish patriarch who watches his neighborhood change, along with his sons. Teenage Ben (Ben Foster) has a crush on a black classmate (Rebekah Johnson), and college-age Van (Adrien Brody) is becoming obsessed with a WASP socialite (Carolyn Murphy). Bebe Neuwirth.
Q&A :
Q: Who are the main cast members in “Liberty Heights ” ?
A: The main cast includes Adrien Brody,Ben Foster,Orlando Jones,Bebe Neuwirth,Joe Mantegna,Rebekah Johnson,David Krumholtz,Richard Kline,Vincent Guastaferro,Justin Chambers,Carolyn Murphy,Anthony Anderson,James Pickens Jr.,Frania Rubinek,Kiersten Warren,Evan Neuman,Evan Neumann,Kevin Sussman,Gerry Rosenthal,Charley Scalies,Shane West,Cloie Wyatt Taylor,Carlton Smith,Susan Duvall,Elizabeth Ann Bennett,Ellyn O’Connell,Doug Roberts,Al Brown,Kenny Raskin,Peter Wilkes,Kimberlee Suerth,Mary Lynn Ray,Marty Lodge,Gideon Jacobs,Jan Austell,Timothy J. Scanlin Jr.,Ralph Tabakin,Shelley Stokes,Patsy Grady Abrams,Jay Hillmer,Stan Brandorff,Katie Finneran,Kate Kiley,Jake Hoffman,Joseph Patrick Abel,Sekiya Billman,Brenda Russell,Barry Black,Dennis N. Math,Judith Knight Young,Stephen Williams,Ty Robbins,Emily Chamberlain,Christian T. Dockins,Kenny Pitt,Zahmu Sankofa,Paul Majors,Michael Bird,Ellen Chenoweth,Christopher Doyle,Michael Haley,Patrick McCormick,Vincent Peranio,Gloria Gresham,William A. Cimino,Stu Linder,Barry Levinson,Conrad E. Palmisano,Amy Solan,Alan E. Muraoka,Jerry Mitchell,Steve Cantamessa,Douglas Retzler,Betty Beebe.
Q: When Did the “Liberty Heights” Released?
A: The Movie “Liberty Heights” originally aired on 1999-11-17 and released in the year of 1999.
Q: What Languages are available to watch “Liberty Heights” ?
A: Is also available in eng language.
Q: Where to watch “Liberty Heights” ?
A: “Liberty Heights” is Avaiable on Netflix. as its Netflix Originals.
