Crown Heights

2017, Biography/Crime, 1h 36m

84 Reviews 500+ Ratings

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Crown Heights' heartbreaking fact-based narrative -- and LaKeith Stanfield's remarkable starring performance -- push this powerful drama past its structural flaws. Read critic reviews

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Movie Info

In 1980, police in Brooklyn, N.Y., charge teenage immigrant Colin Warner with murder. Convicted for a crime he didn't commit, Colin spends years in prison while his friend Carl King fights for the young man's freedom.
  • Rating:
    R (Language|Violence|Some Sexuality/Nudity)
  • Genre:
    Biography, Crime, Drama
  • Original Language:
    English
  • Director:
    Matt Ruskin
  • Producer:
    Nnamdi Asomugha, Natalie Galazka, Matt Ruskin
  • Writer:
    Matt Ruskin
  • Release Date (Theaters):
     limited
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  • Box Office (Gross USA):
    $236.4K
  • Runtime:
  • Distributor:
    IFC Films, Amazon Studios
  • Aspect Ratio:
    Scope (2.35:1)

Cast & Crew

LaKeith Stanfield
Colin Warner
Nnamdi Asomugha
Carl King
Natalie Paul
Antoinette
Amari Cheatom
Leon Grant
Skylan Brooks
Thomas
Marsha Stephanie Blake
Briana
Nestor Carbonell
Bruce Regenstreich
Zach Grenier
Detective Cassel
Bill Camp
William Robedee
Josh Pais
District Attorney Mengano
Matt Ruskin
Director
Matt Ruskin
Screenwriter
Nnamdi Asomugha
Producer
Natalie Galazka
Producer
Matt Ruskin
Producer
Jonathan Baker
Executive Producer
Joshua Blum
Executive Producer
Lila Yacoub
Executive Producer
Anya Bourg
Executive Producer
Avy Kaufman
Executive Producer
Alissa Shipp
Executive Producer
Ben Kutchins
Cinematography
Joe Hutshing
Film Editing
Paul Greenhouse
Film Editing
Mark De Gli Antoni
Original Music
Kaet McAnneny
Production Design
Meghan Kasperlik
Costume Design
Avy Kaufman
Casting
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Critic Reviews for Crown Heights

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Audience Reviews for Crown Heights

  • Dec 15, 2017
    It loses steam by the time it gets around to the investigation and exoneration portion of the movie. The reason is that this shift in the narrative forces the filmmakers to abandon their far more moving examination of the slow, agonizing way the criminal justice system and prison dehumanizes those trapped within them.
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