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Release Date:
17 November 1999 (USA) moreTagline:
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 synopsisAwards:
2 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(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)
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Reality at its Best moreCast
(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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Rated R for crude language and sex-related material.Parents Guide:
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127 min | Germany:122 minCountry:
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Color (Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 moreCertification:
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:PGFun Stuff
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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). moreGoofs:
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. moreSoundtrack:
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This movie is sort of like the concept of the TV show Seinfeld-- it's about nothing. By this I don't mean that it lacks substance, in fact, it has plenty, but I mean rather that it does not involve an intense plot line. It's more like a series of snapshots taken out of one family's album, like a brief recording of one year in their lives. It's as if these people were real, simply going about their lives in their times, and we got to peek in on them, and it is acted in just that way. I think it's very true to director Barry Levinson's vision, a vision that is clear upon viewing his other films that he includes with Liberty Heights as his "Baltimore" films. These include Diner, Avalon, and Tin Men. Because this is not the typical problem arises-conflict ensues-climax is reached-conclusion is found film, Levinson shows us that these people's lives were a series of ups and downs, joys and losses, that summarize American middle-class youth in all ages in history. There connections between the different walks of life and the idea of growing up and discovering diversity around you is what makes this film universal and beautiful, all without handing you morals and themes on a silver platter. This film takes a wonderfully objective viewpoint that allows you to make meaning of it rather than spelling it out for you.