Liberty Heights | Hitchens Virtual Theatre

Acclaimed filmmaker Barry Levinson ( Rain Man, Homocide: Life on the Street) returns to his hometown of Baltimore, the setting of his Diner, Avalon, Tin Men, and Homicide. The result is Liberty Heights, a warmly funny, semi-autobiographical tale with an uncompromising eye for period detail and eye filling scale that includes 4,000 extras. The year is 1954, a season of dramatic social flux that Levinson explores through the eyes of a Jewish family, the Kurtzmans (Adrien Brody, Ben Foster, Joe Montegna, Bebe Neuwirth). Friendship, romance, rock'n'roll, courage, racism, Cadillacs, Halloween (Should a nice Jewish boy dress up as Hitler?): the times are indeed changing. The Kurtzmans - and America - will never be the same.

Synopsis: Two brothers come of age in '50s-era Baltimore in this nostalgic comedy-drama. Overly sentimental, but appealing characters and richly atmospheric evocation of the times offer much to drama buffs.

Production Year:

1999

Released:

Tue, 02/01/2000

Run Time Minutes:

128

Rating:

Genres:

Drama

Trailer:

Format Aspect Ratio:

1.85-Wide Screen

Resolution:

480x720 LowRez

More Information:

HD-1

Audio Language:

English

Audio Format:

Dolby Digital

Audio Channels:

5.1

Actors:

Adrien Brody - Van Kurtzman

Actors:

Ben Foster - Ben Kurtzman

Actors:

Orlando Jones - Little Melvin

Actors:

Bebe Neuwirth - Ada Kurtzman

Actors:

Joe Mantegna - Nate Kurtzman

Actors:

Rebekah Johnson - Sylvia

Actors:

David Krumholtz - Yussel

Actors:

Richard Kline - Charlie

Actors:

Vincent Guastaferro - Pete

Actors:

Justin Chambers - Trey

Actors:

Carolyn Murphy - Dubbie

Actors:

James Pickens Jr. - Sylvia's Father

Actors:

Frania Rubinek - Rose

Actors:

Anthony Anderson - Scribbles

Actors:

Kiersten Warren - Annie

Actors:

Evan Neumann - Sheldon

Actors:

Kevin Sussman - Alan

Actors:

Gerry Rosenthal - Murray

Actors:

Charley Scalies - Louie

Actors:

Shane West - Ted

Actors:

Cloie Wyatt Taylor - Gail

Actors:

Susan Duvall - Teacher #2

Actors:

Carlton J. Smith - James Brown

Actors:

Elizabeth Ann Bennett - Mary

Actors:

Ellyn O'Connell - Anne Whittier

Actors:

Doug Roberts - Assistant D.A.

Actors:

Al Brown - Bailiff

Actors:

Kenny Raskin - Burlesque Comic

Actors:

Peter Wilkes - Butler

Actors:

Kimberlee Suerth - Buxom Nurse

Actors:

Mary Lynn Ray - Woman in Court #1

Actors:

Marty Lodge - Defense Attorney

Actors:

Gideon Jacobs - Ben--8 years old

Actors:

Jan Austell - Judge

Actors:

Timothy J. Scanlin Jr. - Nick

Actors:

Ralph Tabakin - Phil

Actors:

Shelley Stokes - Box Office Attendant

Actors:

Patsy Grady Abrams - Woman in Court #2

Actors:

Jay Hillmer - Matt

Actors:

Stan Brandorff - Morris

Actors:

Kate Finneran - Mrs. Johnson

Actors:

Kate Kiley - Nurse

Actors:

Jake Hoffman - Turk

Actors:

Joseph Patrick Abel - Lenny

Actors:

Sekiya Billman - Halloween Stripper

Actors:

Brenda Russell - Singer

Actors:

Barry Black - Cantor

Actors:

Dennis N. Math - Rabbi

Actors:

Judith Knight Young - Teacher #1--1944

Actors:

Stephen Williams - Wilbert Mosely

Actors:

Ty Robbins - Sylvia's Mother

Actors:

Emily Chamberlain - Ben's Teacher

Actors:

Christian T. Dockins - Flame

Actors:

Kenny Pitt - Flame

Actors:

Zahmu Samkofa - Flame

Actors:

Paul Majors - Party Fight Guy

Actors:

Tal Carawan Jr. - Diner Patron

Actors:

Misha Collins - Guy

Actors:

Michael Luckeroth - Gym Teacher

Actors:

Coger L. Natasha

Actors:

Keeley O'Hara

Actors:

Eddie Page - Young man in Synogogue (uncredited

Actors:

Courtney Vine - Ben's Classmate