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Overview

User Rating:
7.0/10   3,873 votes
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Director:
Barry Levinson
Writer (WGA):
Barry Levinson (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
17 November 1999 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Music | Romance more
Tagline:
You're only young once, but you remember forever.
Plot:
Anti-Semitism, race relations, coming of age, and fathers and sons: in Baltimore from fall, 1954, to fall... more | add synopsis
Awards:
2 nominations more
User Comments:
I can relate, sort of more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Adrien Brody ... Van Kurtzman

Ben Foster ... Ben Kurtzman

Orlando Jones ... Little Melvin

Bebe Neuwirth ... Ada Kurtzman

Joe Mantegna ... Nate Kurtzman

Rebekah Johnson ... Sylvia

David Krumholtz ... Yussel
Richard Kline ... Charlie, Nate's Assistant

Vincent Guastaferro ... Pete, Nate's Assistant

Justin Chambers ... Trey Tobelseted

Carolyn Murphy ... Dubbie the Blonde
James Pickens Jr. ... Sylvia's Father
Frania Rubinek ... Grandma Rose

Anthony Anderson ... Scribbles

Kiersten Warren ... Annie the Stripper
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for crude language and sex-related material.
Runtime:
127 min | Germany:122 min
Country:
USA
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Part of a series of films based Barry Levinson's family and friends from Baltimore. The other films are: Diner (1982), Tin Men (1987) and Avalon (1990). more
Goofs:
Continuity: During the part of the film which was set in October/November, 1954, the trees had way too many green leaves on them for Baltimore at that time of the year. more
Quotes:
Grandma Rose: Get a haircut. more
Movie Connections:
References "The Milton Berle Show" (1948) more
Soundtrack:
If more

FAQ

A NOTE ABOUT SPOILERS
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6 out of 9 people found the following comment useful:-
I can relate, sort of, 30 July 2000
Author: JackGattanella from United States

I can relate a little to this film because I am also Jewish and can sympathize with being afraid to like someone just because of my religion (as this film states). But I don't completely go along with this film because this shows life in Baltimore, Maryland (writer/director/producer Barry Levinson grew up in Baltimore and has made several films in this area) and has life in strict religious Jewdiasm while I am sort of a, uh, reformed one. But that has nothing to do with this review, just trying to get a feel for the movie.

Anyway, this film is well made with scenes that people might find humorous (mainly by identifying with it) and also touching. Story follows a Jewish teen in Liberty Heights (a suburb of Baltimore) who goes through his years OK, but then meets a black girl and starts to really like her (which is a problem for both families). Pretty bright, but not exactly Levinson's best film to date. But it is a compassionate film with good stuff and Joe Montegna playing a orthodox Jewish father. A-

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