In the Heights

In the Heights (2021)

Timing: 2:23 (143 min)

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Release date

2021-06-10

Country

United States

Production

Endeavor Content, Likely Story, 5000 Broadway Productions, Scott Sanders Productions, Barrio Grrrl!

Genre

Drama, Romance

Budget

$55 000 000

Revenue

$43 975 167

Website

https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/heights

Director

Jon M. Chu

Actors

Anthony Ramos, Corey Hawkins, Leslie Grace, Melissa Barrera, Olga Merediz, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Gregory Diaz IV, Marc Anthony, Jimmy Smits, Stephanie Beatriz
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Scenario

Producer

Anthony Bregman, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Scott Sanders, Quiara Alegría Hudes, Mara Jacobs, Kevin McCollum, Jeffrey Seller, David Nicksay, Kevin McCormick, Jill Furman

Operator

Alice Brooks

Composer

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Artist

Jeremy W. Foil, Matthew Jeffrey Sama, Katya Blumenberg

Audition

Bernard Telsey, Tiffany Little Canfield

Editing

Myron Kerstein
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• Jimmy Smith was a fan of this story even before it conquered Broadway, and before it was adapted for the screen. When asked to participate in recording a promotional script for television, he even refused a fee and requested several tickets to the Broadway show.
• While Kevin waits for a response, the melody from "Hamilton," Lin-Manuel Miranda's 2020 musical, can be heard in the phone receiver.
• Filming of the musical coincided with the filming of Steven Spielberg's remake of the 1961 drama "West Side Story," originally directed by Robert Wise (1914-2005) and Jerome Robbins (1918-1998). The shoots often took place nearby each other. According to director Jon M. Chu, they often watched a food truck heading to Spielberg's set to feed the cast and crew. And once, Miranda secretly went to Spielberg's filming location to watch the filming of the musical number "Maria."
• The pool scene was scheduled to be filmed in two days, but due to the weather, it took three days. The delay was caused by a thunderstorm front, as the scene was supposed to take place on the hottest day of the year. At times, all the actors were ordered to get out of the pool because it was simply dangerous to stay there.
• The photographs held by Anthony Ramos's character are actual photographs of the aftermath of Hurricane Maria's impact on Puerto Rico in 2017.
• Washington Heights is the actual name of a neighborhood in Washington in the northern part of the city.
• Mark Anthony's character was created specifically for the film. Anthony was a big fan of the musical and watched it repeatedly. Lin-Manuel Miranda saw Anthony in the musical with music by Paul Simon, “The Capeman,” offered him the role, and Anthony happily agreed. When he first arrived on set to discuss the role with director Chu, he was met by so many fans and paparazzi that the meeting had to be held directly in a limousine.
• Filming of the musical coincided with Steven Spielberg's remake of the 1961 drama *West Side Story*, directed by Robert Wise (1914-2005) and Jerome Robbins (1918-1998). Filming locations were often nearby. According to director Jon M. Chu, they frequently saw a catering truck heading to Spielberg’s set with food for the cast and crew. And once, Miranda secretly went to Spielberg’s set to watch the filming of the musical number “Maria”.
• Mark Anthony's character was created specifically for the film. Anthony was a big fan of the musical and had seen it many times. Lin-Manuel Miranda saw Anthony in the musical *The Capeman* with music by Paul Simon, offered him the role, and Anthony happily accepted. When he first arrived on set to discuss the role with director Chu, he was met by so many fans and paparazzi that the meeting had to be held inside the limousine.