You're only young once, but you remember forever.
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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Classical in form, earnest, grave and nostalgic.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- Adrien BrodyVan Kurtzman
- Ben FosterBen Kurtzman
- Orlando JonesLittle Melvin
- Bebe NeuwirthAda Kurtzman
- Joe MantegnaNate Kurtzman
- David KrumholtzYussel
- Rebekah JohnsonSylvia
- Richard KlineCharlie, Nate's Assistant
- Vincent GuastaferroPete, Nate's Assistant
- Justin ChambersTrey Tobelseted
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- Barry LevinsonDirector
- Barry LevinsonWriter
- Christopher DoyleDirector of Photography
- Andrea MorriconeOriginal Music Composer
- Stu LinderEditor
- Barry LevinsonProducer
- Paula WeinsteinProducer
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