Heights

Year:

2005

Duration:

USA:93 min | USA:98 min (DVD version)

Genres:

Drama

IMDB rate:

7

Director:

Chris Terrio

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2005-12-08

Filming Locations: Bryant Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Earnings

Opening Weekend: $52,885 (USA) (19 June 2005)

Gross: $1,158,405 (USA) (25 September 2005)

Cast

Actor

Character

Elizabeth Banks

Heights

Chandler Williams

Juilliard Macbeth

Bess Wohl

Juilliard Lady Macbeth

Glenn Close

Diana

James Marsden

Jonathan

Jesse Bradford

Alec

Daniel Neiden

Wedding Rabbi

Thomas Lennon

Marshall

Matthew Davis

Mark

John Light

Peter

Isabella Rossellini

Liz

Susan Malick

Rachel

Rachel Siegel

Autograph Seeker

Katie Kreisler

Helen

Philip Tabor

Paul

Jordi Vilasuso

Benjamin's Ex

Nat DeWolf

Benjamin's Ex

Joel de la Fuente

Benjamin's Ex

Melanie R. Orr

Scorned Woman

Denis O'Hare

Andrew

Rufus Wainwright

Jeremy

Eric Bogosian

Henry

George Segal

Rabbi Mendel

Angel Desai

Laura

Jonathan Walker

Michael

Regina Schneider

Amanda

Michael Murphy

Jesse

Jane Nichols

Guest 1

Andrew Howard

Ian

Don Fitzgerald

Built Guy

Meghan Glennon

Party Girl

Winsome Brown

SNL Writer

Michael Goldstrom

SNL Writer

Jim Parsons

Oliver

Steve Glenn

Guest 2 (as Steven Glenn)

Alice Tan Ridley

Subway Singer

Caroline Clay

Subway Woman

Cindy Adams

Herself

Alexander Lange

Guest 3

Manny Siverio

Subway Mugger

Frank Shattuck

EMT Worker

D'Vorah Bailey

Police Officer

Jan Ellis

Hospital Receptionist

Liza Colón-Zayas

Ana

Aylam Orian

Juilliard actor

Becca Anderson

Acting Student

James Babbin

Lawyer

Tomm Bauer

Acting Student

Khan Baykal

Max

Andrea Bertola

Acting Student

Brendan Bradley

Student (uncredited)

Aaron Fiore

Stage Crewman

Brian Hyman

Groom

Sam Masotto

Student (uncredited)

Ashley Palmer

Acting Student

Jason Stogsdill

Student (uncredited)

Lorli Villanueva

Diana's Housekeeper

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Trivia

The Vanity Fair editor played by Isabella Rossellini mentions that Peter's interviewees will meet him at The Big Cup. Those interview scenes were filmed at the real Big Cup, a coffee shop in the Chelsea neighborhood (at 228 Eighth Avenue) that, before its 2005 closing, was a popular gathering for Chelsea's gay community.

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On his DVD commentary, director Chris Terrio reveals that he shot two endings for the Alec and Jonathan storyline - one in which Alec does not open the door for Jonathan, and the one that was in the film, in which Alec does open the door for Jonathan. Terrio said that he decided to use the latter version after producer Ismail Merchant asked him to because "there are already too many movies where gay men get punished at the end." Terrio says that he doesn't know what happens to Alec and Jonathan "five minutes or five months later," but he does think that this version of the ending provides a "glimmer of hope" for them.

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The poem that Diana lovingly recites to Isabel when they are sitting on the steps near the end of the movie is from Edgar Allan Poe's "Annabel Lee," with Diana substituting "Isabel" for "Annabel." Eight lines are spoken from the poem, but not in order they were written: I was a child and she was a child, In this kingdom by the sea: But we loved with a love that was more than love - I and my Annabel Lee. For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes Of the beautiful Annabel Lee.

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Goofs

When Alec is getting ready to come up to the building roof top to meet Jonathan, he grabbed a bottle of white wine with a golden colour seal. When Alec is on the roof top the bottle is of a red wine with a dark colour seal.

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At the audition of Alec with Liz, it is established that Alec lives on the fifth floor while Isabel lives on the third floor. But at the beginning of the movie, Isabel comes downstairs from her apartment and passes another apartment door near the stairs. Approximately five seconds after she passes, Alec comes out of THAT apartment with his dog. Since when is the fifth floor at a lower level than the third floor?

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The film takes place in the winter or fall season, but the Fringe Festival in which Alec participates is always in August in New York City.

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Quotes

Jonathan Kessler: I want us to start over again.

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Diana Lee: [to Alec] I'll tell you a secret. You're adorable.

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Isabel Lee: And I am ashamed too, because the first thing I thought when I just saw you was thank you for my way out.

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