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MPAA Raing: R
Director: Barry Levinson
Genres: Americana, Period Film, Family Drama, Coming-of-Age, Ensemble Film, Drama
Sound By: Dolby Digital/DTS/SDDS
Released Date: November 17, 1999 (USA)
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Summary:
Writer/director Barry Levinson returns to his home town of Baltimore, where he previously set three nostalgic features (Diner, Tin Men, and Avalon) for this story of two brothers growing up in the tumultuous days of 1954, as rock 'n' roll, the atom bomb, and the civil rights movement changed the way teenagers looked at the world. One of the brothers has fallen in love with a ... Full Summary >>

Cast:
Adrien Brody - (Van Kurtzman)
Ben Foster - (Ben Kurtzman)
Orlando Jones - (Little Melvin)
Bebe Neuwirth - (Ada Kurtzman)
Joe Mantegna - (Nate Kurtzman)
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Review:
The 1950s were a more innocent time, yet the tensions that would explode in the following decade were beginning to simmer. Director Barry Levinson, who has made a number of autobiographical films about growing up in his native Baltimore, calls on his memories of his adolescence during this period. His 14-year-old alter ego Ben (Ben Foster)... Continue >>

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