In the Heights
The time has come.
Country
Production
Budget
$55 000 000
Box office
$43 975 167
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Anthony Bregman, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Scott Sanders, Quiara Alegría Hudes, Mara Jacobs, Kevin McCollum, Jeffrey Seller, David Nicksay, Kevin McCormick, Jill Furman
Camera operator
Alice Brooks
Composer
Artist
Nelson Coates, Jeremy W. Foil, Matthew Jeffrey Sama
Audition
Bernard Telsey, Tiffany Little Canfield
Editing
Myron Kerstein
Whole Team (145)
Whole Team (145)
Short description
The story of Usnavi, a bodega owner who has mixed feelings about closing his store and retiring to the Dominican Republic or staying in Washington Heights.
What's left behind the scenes
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Jimmy Smits was a fan of this story even before it took Broadway by storm and before it was adapted for the silver screen. When he was asked to participate in recording a television commercial, he even waived his fee and asked for a few tickets to the Broadway show instead.
- While Kevin waits for an answer, a melody from 'Hamilton', Lin-Manuel Miranda's 2020 musical, can be heard on the phone line.
- The filming of the musical coincided with Steven Spielberg's filming of the remake of the 1961 drama 'West Side Story', originally directed by Robert Wise (1914-2005) and Jerome Robbins (1918-1998). Filming often took place close to one another. According to director Jon M. Chu, they frequently saw the catering truck for the cast and crew heading toward Spielberg's set. Once, Miranda even sneaked onto Spielberg's set to watch the filming of the song 'Maria'.
- The photographs held by Anthony Ramos's character are actual photos of the aftermath of Hurricane Maria's impact on Puerto Rico in 2017.
- Marc Anthony's character was created specifically for the film. Anthony was a huge fan of the musical and had seen it many times. Lin-Manuel Miranda had seen Anthony in the musical play 'The Capeman' with music by Paul Simon; he offered him the role, and Anthony gladly 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 conducted right inside the limousine.
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