It’s all sunny and nice so everyone has a big old sing. Dude tries to get off with a girl, another dude thinks about selling his shop. There’s a sad bit, but everyone gets over that by having another big old sing. At the end, it’s all nice and sunny, so everyone decides everything’s fine and has another big sing.
Trivia
The original script would only have filled 39 minutes of film, so a panicked Lin-Manuel Miranda put in a number of songs to pad it out.
Jimmy Smits can’t sing, so he mimed along to vocals provided by none other than Pierce Brosnan.
It was filmed entirely in Bolton, and sunshine was added digitally in post-production.
A subplot about the American War of Independence was cut and would later form the story of ‘Hamilton.’
Bloopers
When star Anthony Ramos goes to open his bodega at the start of the day, the Millennium Falcon can be seen taking off from behind the block.
Quotes
“What a glorious feeling, I’m happy again.”
Details
Full Name: In the Heights
Duration: 143 minutes
Release: 2021
Starring
Anthony Ramos
Melissa Barrera
Lin-Manuel Miranda
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