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In the Heights (2021)
Adapted for the screen from Lin Manuel Miranda's Broadway musical of the same name, In the Heights stars Anthony Ramos as Usnavi de la Vega, a bodega owner in the New York City neighborhood of Washington Heights on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Usnavi's daily life and the lives of the other neighborhood residents are detailed through song, set against the backdrop of a sweltering New York City summer.
In the Heights
- Director
- Jon M. Chu
- Release Date
- June 18, 2021
- Studio(s)
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Distributor(s)
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Cast
- Melissa Barrera , Corey Hawkins , Leslie Grace , Anthony Ramos , Olga Merediz
- Writers
- Quiara Alegría Hudes
- Runtime
- 143 minutes
- Budget
- 55 million
Summary
A feature version of the Broadway musical, in which a bodega owner has mixed feelings about closing his store and retiring to the Dominican Republic after inheriting his grandmother's fortune.
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