Heights

Heights is a 2005 American drama film directed by Chris Terrio and written by Amy Fox, based on her 2001 stage play of the same name. It follows a pivotal twenty-four hours in the interconnected lives of five New Yorkers. It stars Elizabeth Banks, James Marsden, Glenn Close, Jesse Bradford, and John Light. Numerous prominent actors such as Eric Bogosian, George Segal, and Isabella Rossellini appear in supporting roles. Heights was produced by Merchant Ivory Productions. It premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2005, and received a limited theatrical release in the United States on June 17, 2005, through Sony Pictures Classics. Plot Over the course of 24 hours, a group of New Yorkers, whose lives are interconnected, must make pivotal decisions about their relationships. Most notably, Isabel, a photographer, is having second thoughts about her engagement to Jonathan, while her award-winning actress mother Diana suspects that her husband is having an affair and thus questions the open nature of her marriage. Cast Glenn Close - Diana Lee Elizabeth Banks - Isabel Lee James Marsden - Jonathan Kestler Jesse Bradford - Alec Lochka John Light - Peter Cole Rufus Wainwright - Jeremy Denis O'Hare - Andrew Eric Bogosian - Henry George Segal - Rabbi Mendel Andrew Howard - Ian Isabella Rossellini - Liz Matthew Davis - Mark Michael Murphy - Jesse Chandler Williams - Juilliard Macbeth Bess Wohl - Juilliard Lady Macbeth Thomas Lennon - Marshall Jim Parsons - Oliver Angel Desai - Laura