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Tribeca Festival 2021: Day One Recap

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The Press Release:
The 2021 Tribeca Festival, presented by AT&T, kicked off its 20th anniversary with the world premiere of Warner Bros. Pictures’ highly anticipated musical celebration In the Heights. The film fittingly premiered at the United Palace theater in Washington Heights with scenery from the film serving as the backdrop on the carpet. For the first time ever, the festival’s opening night was screened simultaneously across all five boroughs in multiple open-air venues.

Jon M. Chu directed the screen adaptation of the Tony Award-winning musical, created and produced by New York’s own Lin-Manuel Miranda. The screenplay adapted by Quiara Alegría Hudes, with original songs and lyrics by Miranda, is about a bodega owner Usnavi, played by Anthony Ramos, who hopes, imagines, and sings about a better life. The film also stars Corey Hawkins, Leslie Grace, Melissa Barrera, Olga Merediz, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Gregory Diaz IV, Stephanie Beatriz, Dascha Polanco, and Jimmy Smits. Miranda, Hudes, Scott Sanders, Anthony Bregman, and Mara Jacobs produce.
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Warner Brothers Pictures: “In The Heights” Powerful Trailer

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We’ve already pointed out that the rigins of the play “In The Heights” go back as far as 1999, and it finally got a trailer clip which we helped to broadcast back in 2019 which many of us refer to as “The Before Times” based on how many things were pushed back based on the pandemic. If you didn’t see that post click HERE to be up to speed. Now it’s time to enjoy a brand-new trailer which is listed as the “Powerful” Trailer. Enjoy.

Storyline: “Lights up on Washington Heights… The scent of a cafecito caliente hangs in the air just outside of the 181st Street subway stop, where a kaleidoscope of dreams rallies this vibrant and tight-knit community. At the intersection of it all is the likeable, magnetic bodega owner Usnavi, who saves every penny from his daily grind as he hopes, imagines and sings about a better life.” (c/o Warner Brothers Pictures)
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Warner Brothers Pictures: “In The Heights” Official Trailer

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The origins of the play “In The Heights” go back as far as 1999, and now it’s creator Lin-Manual Miranda helps us all see it come to life on the big screen. Take a look down below at the first full trailer for “In The Heights” which comes at us next summer of 2020.

Storyline: 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. (c/o IMDB)
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