---
title: 'Liberty Heights (1999)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Barry Levinson'
released: '1999-11-17'
runtime_minutes: 122
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/liberty-heights-1999'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0165859/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Liberty Heights (1999)

1999 · 122 min · Drama, Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

Liberty Heights is a 1999 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Barry Levinson. The film is a semi-autobiographical account of his childhood growing up in Baltimore in the 1950s. The film portrays the racial injustices experienced both by the Jewish and African-American populations. Both of Nate Kurtzman's sons find women "prohibited" to them: for Van because he is Jewish, and for Ben because he is white. Nate goes to prison for running a burlesque show with Little Melvin, an African-American and known local drug dealer.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Barry Levinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/barry-levinson)
- **Screenplay:** [Barry Levinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/barry-levinson)
- **Producer:** [Barry Levinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/barry-levinson)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Andrea Morricone](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrea-morricone)
- **Director of Photography:** [Christopher Doyle](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-doyle-2)
- **Editor:** [Stu Linder](https://cinepixo.com/people/stu-linder)

## Cast

- [Richard Kline](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-kline)
- [Adrien Brody](https://cinepixo.com/people/adrien-brody)
- [Ben Foster](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-foster)
- [Carolyn Murphy](https://cinepixo.com/people/carolyn-murphy)
- [Joe Mantegna](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-mantegna)
- [Justin Chambers](https://cinepixo.com/people/justin-chambers)
- [Jake Hoffman](https://cinepixo.com/people/jake-hoffman)
- [Katie Finneran](https://cinepixo.com/people/katie-finneran)
- [Kevin Sussman](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-sussman)
- [Bebe Neuwirth](https://cinepixo.com/people/bebe-neuwirth)
- [James Pickens Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-pickens-jr)
- [Shane West](https://cinepixo.com/people/shane-west)
- [Anthony Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-anderson)
- [Orlando Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/orlando-jones)
- [Rebekah Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/rebekah-johnson)

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Official site: http://www.liberty-heights.com/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/liberty-heights-1999
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