Liberty Heights (1999)

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Country: USA
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Music
Release: 1999-12-31
Director: Barry Levinson (I)
Writers: Barry Levinson (I)
Language: English | German | Yiddish
Stars: Adrien Brody , Bebe Neuwirth , Joe Mantegna , Ben Foster (I) , Orlando Jones , Rebekah Johnson , David Krumholtz , Richard Kline , Vincent Guastaferro , Justin Chambers
Runtime: 127 min
Awards: 2 nominations
AKA: Либърти Хайтс (Bulgaria) , リバティ・ハイツ (Japan) , Smak wolności (Poland) , Os Melhores Anos (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Liberty Heights (Spain) , Ta hrysa hronia (Greece) , Liberty Heights (United Kingdom) , Τα χρυσά χρόνια (Greece) , Dometi slobode (Serbia) , Szabad a szerelem (Hungary) , Ruas da Liberdade (Brazil) , Vapauden rajat (Finland) , Высоты свободы (Russian Federation) , Liberty Heights (United States of America) , Liberty Heights - Rock'n'Roll & krumme Geschäfte (Germany) , 飛揚的年代 (Taiwan) , Liberty Heights , Liberty Heights (France, French Republic)
Plot: 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.
IMDB:tt0165859