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Overview
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Barry Levinson (written by)
Release Date:
17 November 1999 (USA)
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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...
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Brother
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Awards:
2 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
TriBeCa Interview: Barry Levinson and the Politics of Politics
(From Huffington Post. 27 April 2009, 10:59 AM, PDT)
What Films Top Your List of Movies that Didn't Receive Any Oscar Nominations?
(From Rope Of Silicon. 3 February 2009, 2:41 AM, PST)
(From Huffington Post. 27 April 2009, 10:59 AM, PDT)
What Films Top Your List of Movies that Didn't Receive Any Oscar Nominations?
(From Rope Of Silicon. 3 February 2009, 2:41 AM, PST)
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A Wonderful Story About Segregation and Love
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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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MPAA:
Rated R for crude language and sex-related material.
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Runtime:
127 min | Germany:122 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:12 |
South Korea:12 |
Netherlands:12 (video rating) |
Netherlands:AL |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Chile:14 |
France:U |
Germany:6 (w) |
Spain:13 |
UK:15 |
USA:R |
Singapore:PG
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According to 'Barry Levinson', this film came out of a derogatory comment about Dustin Hoffman's character in Sphere (1998). The critic's comment got Levinson thinking about his experiences growing up in Baltimore, and Liberty Heights was born.
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Goofs:
Continuity: The toilet seat in the hotel room: down, then up, then down again just when she runs to it to vomit.
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Quotes:
Ada Kurtzman:
How are the coloureds doing at school?
Ben Kurtzman: Okay, they're doing okay. They're getting better grades than I am. The girl's pretty attractive.
Ada Kurtzman: What?
Ben Kurtzman: ...She's attractive.
Ada Kurtzman: [angrily] Oh, just kill me now! Just kill me now!
Ben Kurtzman: What are you talking about...
Ada Kurtzman: What do you mean "she's attractive"?
Ben Kurtzman: Pretty.
Ada Kurtzman: Oh my God...
Ben Kurtzman: Mom, I said she was attractive, that doesn't necessarily mean I'm attracted to her!
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Ben Kurtzman: Okay, they're doing okay. They're getting better grades than I am. The girl's pretty attractive.
Ada Kurtzman: What?
Ben Kurtzman: ...She's attractive.
Ada Kurtzman: [angrily] Oh, just kill me now! Just kill me now!
Ben Kurtzman: What are you talking about...
Ada Kurtzman: What do you mean "she's attractive"?
Ben Kurtzman: Pretty.
Ada Kurtzman: Oh my God...
Ben Kurtzman: Mom, I said she was attractive, that doesn't necessarily mean I'm attracted to her!
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Movie Connections:
References "The Milton Berle Show" (1948)
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Soundtrack:
Chonnie-on-Chon
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A NOTE ABOUT SPOILERSmore
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In Baltimore, 1954, the Kurtzman family is a Jewish family living in the area of Liberty Heights. Ben (Ben Foster) is a rebel teenager, who has a crush on his black friend Sylvia (Rebekah Johnson). His college brother Van falls in love with Dubbie (Carolyn Murphy – why this gorgeous actress has just this movie in her filmography?), a very problematic girl. He becomes friend of Trey Tobelseted (Justin Chambers), a young man from a very wealth family and boyfriend of Dubbie. Nate (the excellent Joe Mantegna) is the father, who lives from an illegal lottery of numbers. Nate loves his family and keeps them apart of his legal problems. Ada (Bebe Neuwirth) is the mother, who keeps the tradition of their family. Little Melvin (Orlando Jones) is a drug dealer, who wins a fortune of US$ 100,000 (in 1954) in Nate's lottery, raising a serious situation in the plot. This movie is wonderful: the soundtrack, photography and costumes are marvelous. The story, about segregation of Jews and blacks and love between races, is very beautiful. The viewer will not be disappointed with this entertainment. My vote is eight.