Liberty Heights
- Director: Barry Levinson
- Writer: Barry Levinson
- Producer: Michael Haley; Barry Levinson
CGiii Comment
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.
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Cast & Characters
Adrien Brody as Van Kurtzman;
Ben Foster as Ben Kurtzman;
Orlando Jones as Little Melvin;
Bebe Neuwirth as Ada Kurtzman;
Joe Mantegna as Nate Kurtzman;
Rebekah Johnson as Sylvia;
David Krumholtz as Yussel;
Richard Kline as Charlie, Nate's Assistant;
Vincent Guastaferro as Pete, Nate's Assistant;
Justin Chambers as Trey Tobelseted;
Carolyn Murphy as Dubbie the Blonde;
James Pickens Jr. as Sylvia's Father;
Frania Rubinek as Grandma Rose;
Anthony Anderson as Scribbles;
Kiersten Warren as Annie the Stripper