Liberty Heights 1999 123movies

Watch: Liberty Heights 1999 123movies, Full Movie Online – 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..
Plot: This semi-autobiographical film by Barry Levinson follows various members of the Kurtzman clan, a Jewish family living in suburban Baltimore during the 1950s. As teenaged Ben completes high school, he falls for Sylvia, a black classmate, creating inevitable tensions. Meanwhile, Ben’s brother, Van, attends college and becomes smitten with a mysterious woman while their father tries to maintain his burlesque business.
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Ratings:

	7.0/10 Votes: 6,797
	85% | RottenTomatoes
	75/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 52 Popularity: 4.445 | TMDB

Reviews:

Nostalgia, many plot threads and evocative
This movie is challenging on many levels and best of all is it does not insult the viewer’s intelligence with pat plot lines and easy resolutions. It is very much a slice of life movie and provokes serious thought about growing up and the meaning of prejudice and racial barriers. It is a lovely film and I have resolved to see some other efforts from Barry Levinson as his is a rare talent. He lovingly captures Baltimore in the fifties in all its facets of neighbourhoods, the cast is stellar, not a false note among them, the music is wonderful and all the plot lines come together. I felt sad that it was over, I found myself quite involved with the characters who were multi dimensional with teasing snippets of background as in the disturbed Dubbie saying to Van she did not like spending time with her father and his boyfriend. And Sylvia’s family being black and wealthiest by far than the others and she was following her mother and grandmother into a Black College so she could preserve the continuance. 8 out of 10. Recommended.

A warm reminiscence of life gone by.
This is a warm heartful movie that touches one in the memory like Diner did all those years ago. In this movie Levinson returns to his roots, and shows why he should stick to this type of material more often. It may not have the most concrete of plots. Each character has their own storyline which proves interesting and insightful, especially that of Ben and his inter-racial relationship with Sylvia. However, the point of the film is not what the story tells you. It is what you feel at the end of the movie. It is how you are drawn into a time gone past, it is how your memories are evoked by what you see on the screen. A brilliant film with warms the heart. Encore Barry.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 2 hr 7 min (127 min), 2 hr 2 min (122 min) (Germany)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Comedy, Drama, Music
Director Barry Levinson
Writer Barry Levinson
Actors Adrien Brody, Bebe Neuwirth, Joe Mantegna
Country United States
Awards 2 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory Technicolor, Hollywood (CA), USA
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm