| Liberty Heights | |
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| Directed by | Barry Levinson |
| Written by | Barry Levinson |
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| 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 |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $11 million |
| Box office | $3.7 million |
Liberty Heights is a 1999 American comedy-drama film 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.
It is the fourth of Levinson's "Baltimore Films", set in his hometown during the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s; the first three are Diner (1982), Tin Men (1987) and Avalon (1990).[1]
- ^ Levinson, Barry (November 14, 1999). "Barry Levinson: Baltimore, My Baltimore". The New York Times.