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Liberty Heights (1999)
Directed by Barry Levinson
Overview
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.
Rated R | Length 127 minutes
Actors
Adrien Brody | Ben Foster | Orlando Jones | Bebe Neuwirth | Joe Mantegna | David Krumholtz | Rebekah Johnson | Richard Kline | Vincent Guastaferro | Justin Chambers | Carolyn Murphy | James Pickens Jr. | Frania Rubinek | Anthony Anderson | Kiersten Warren | Shane West | Cloie Wyatt Taylor | Kevin Sussman | Katie Finneran | Jake Hoffman | Gideon Jacobs | Evan Neumann | Charley Scalies | Susan Duvall | Elizabeth Ann Bennett | Misha Collins | Christina DeRosa | Stacy Keibler | Gerry Rosenthal | Ralph Tabakin