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In the Heights
Directed by
Jon M. Chu
Produced by Anthony Bregman, Scott Sanders, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Quiara Alegría Hudes, and Mara Jacobs
Screenplay by Quiara Alegría Hudes Based on the musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes
Produced by Anthony Bregman, Scott Sanders, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Quiara Alegría Hudes, and Mara Jacobs
Screenplay by Quiara Alegría Hudes Based on the musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes
With:
Anthony Ramos, Melissa Barrera, Leslie Grace, Corey Hawkins, Olga Merediz, Jimmy Smits, Gregory Diaz IV, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Stephanie Beatriz, Dascha Polanco, Noah Catala, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mateo Gómez, and Marc Anthony
Cinematography:
Alice Brooks
Editing: Myron I. Kerstein
Music: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bill Sherman, and Alex Lacamoire
Editing: Myron I. Kerstein
Music: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bill Sherman, and Alex Lacamoire
Runtime:
143 min
Release Date: 11 June 2021
Aspect Ratio: 2.39 : 1
Color: Color
Release Date: 11 June 2021
Aspect Ratio: 2.39 : 1
Color: Color
Twitter Capsule:
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s first Broadway success, the Tony Award-winning musical about three days in the life of a NY Dominican-American city block, is brought to the screen by Jon M. Chu (Step Up 2, Step Up 3D, Crazy Rich Asians) and screenwriter Quiara Alegría Hudes (who wrote the book for the show). The filmmakers put together a fine cast but make a number of questionable changes meant, I suppose, to open up the show and make it feel more contemporary, but have the effect of making this modest but thrillingly vibrant stage musical seem smaller, unfocused, and some times stultified on the big screen.