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Director:
Alfredo De Villa
Writers:
Nat Moss (writer) and
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Genre:
Drama | Romance more
Plot:
"Washington Heights" tells the story of Carlos Ramirez, a young illustrator burning to escape the Latino... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
5 wins & 1 nomination more
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Cast

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Tomas Milian ... Eddie

Manny Perez ... Carlos

Danny Hoch ... Mickey

Jude Ciccolella ... Sean

Andrea Navedo ... Maggie
Bobby Cannavale ... Angel

David Zayas ... David

Callie Thorne ... Raquel

Judy Reyes ... Daisy
Jaime Tirelli ... Guillermo
Michael Hyatt ... Michelle
Roberto Sanchez ... Tito

Sara Ramirez ... Belkis
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Fernando Baez ... Man In Street
Denia Brache ... Flirting woman
Ray Castellanos ... Elderly Man
Brian Adam DeJesus ... Steven
Melissa Delaney-Del Valle ... Janeane

Lisa Hammer ... Berna

Gloria Irizarry ... Senora Marquez
Magic Juan ... Singer
Ann McDonough ... Mrs. Kilpatrick

Yvette Mercedes ... Female Tennant
Marcos Palma ... Rafael
Gary Perez ... Pablo
José Ramón Rosario ... Bodega Guy

Darien Sills-Evans ... Danny

Josh Stamberg ... Dr. Field

Joseph Lyle Taylor ... Gunman
Michele Zangara ... Overnight Woman
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language, sexuality, brief violence and drug use.
Runtime:
80 min (Tribeca Film Festival) | USA:89 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
Argentina:13 | USA:R
Filming Locations:
New York City, New York, USA
Company:
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A Fresh Look at Rebellion in the Old Neighborhood, 11 May 2003
Author: noralee from Queens, NY

"Washington Heights" brings fresh elements to the old, but continually autobiographical for young filmmakers, story of the immigrant's son who is striving to get out of the old neighborhood.

The lead could have been played by John Garfield, but as the old neighborhood is now a Dominican Republic stronghold, he's played by Manny Perez, who was also very good in A & E's "100 Center Street." Another alum from the same show, Bobby Cannavale, only gets to do a similar role as he did in "Kingpin." but we also get to see other TV series refugees as well in different roles.

What's new here is not only does he want to be an artist, but a comic book artist escaping into an exaggerated fantasy world. The usual conflict with the father is O'Neillian as it is not just rebellion, but complicated with responsibilities.

The financial struggles of each character ties them all together in a tense web of dependencies, making the climax more shattering to all.

Freshest is the lack of sexism and genuine affection for women; all the women are employed, independent, and not dragging the men down with unwanted pregnancies; nice to know characters in such movies have finally discovered birth control (though I missed a couple of plot resolution points involving the women).

The very long list of thank you's in the credits reinforces that the film was a labor of love with minimal budget, but the resulting cheap, available light cinematography is less Dogma-noble and more just plain hard to see.

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