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** The license number on Rosario's Car Service reads {{"LM&QHOB2008,"}} which stands for "Lin-Manuel Miranda & Quiara Hudes on Broadway 2008."

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** The license number on Rosario's Car Service reads {{"LM&QHOB2008,"}} [="LM&QHOB2008"=], which stands for "Lin-Manuel Miranda & Quiara Hudes on Broadway 2008."

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* BookEnds: The first few lines of "In the Heights" (the title song) has Usnavi looking straight at the camera and addressing the audience with "Hey y'all, good morning," followed by Creator/LinManuelMiranda (as the Piragua Guy), the original creator/composer/lyricist/Broadway Usnavi, interacting with movie Usnavi in a PassingTheTorch moment. At the end of "Finale", Usnavi sings his last line, then passes his hat onto [[spoiler:his daughter Iris,]] who had been the most attentive to his story; she then turns to the audience and smiles at them, as the new narrator of her own (and her community's) story, since Usnavi's is finished.



** The license number on Rosario's Car Service reads "LM&QHOB2008," which stands for "Lin-Manuel Miranda & Quiara Hudes on Broadway 2008."

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** The license number on Rosario's Car Service reads "LM&QHOB2008," {{"LM&QHOB2008,"}} which stands for "Lin-Manuel Miranda & Quiara Hudes on Broadway 2008."



** Other businesses in the barrio include Hudes Hardward (named after writer Quiara Hudes) and Lacamoire Motors (named after music producer Alex Lacamoire).

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** Other businesses in the barrio include Hudes Hardward Hardware (named after writer Quiara Hudes) and Lacamoire Motors (named after music producer Alex Lacamoire).



* ThrowTheDogABone: Sonny says that if he won the lottery, he would use it to improve the neighborhood. [[spoiler:He doesn't win, but Abuela Claudia does and leaves the ticket to Usnavi. Usnavi takes Sonny to a lawyer friend and says he wants to use the money to help Sonny get a green card, with the rest being put in a trust fund for his cousin. Sonny is awed and touched]].

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* ThrowTheDogABone: Sonny says that if he won the lottery, he would use it to improve the neighborhood. [[spoiler:He doesn't win, but Abuela Claudia does and leaves the ticket to Usnavi. Usnavi takes Sonny to a lawyer friend and says he wants to use the money to help Sonny get a green card, with the rest being put in a trust fund for his cousin. Sonny is awed and touched]].touched.]]
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* BlatantLies: When questioned by the kids on who won the lottery after "96,000", Usnavi claims that the ticket was never turned in and that no one knows who won. [[spoiler:He - technically Claudia - did, and offered the funds for Sonny's legal fees.]]
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In the end, with TheReveal that [[spoiler:Usnavi stayed in New York rather than returning to the Dominican Republic]], it's left unclear what happened to [[spoiler:the property he bought there]].
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* FashionDesigner: Vanessa is an aspiring artist with fabric and clothing as her medium of choice, but she's found herself stuck in a bout of artist's block. [[spoiler: Towards the end, she finds inspiration from Graffiti Pete, making colorful fashions based on his drip rags.]]
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''In the Heights'' is a 2021 romantic comedy-drama film [[TheFilmOfThePlay based on]] Creator/LinManuelMiranda's Broadway musical [[Theatre/InTheHeights of the same name]]. It was directed by Creator/JonMChu from a screenplay by Quiara Alegría Hudes (who also wrote the book for the original musical).

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''In the Heights'' is a 2021 musical romantic comedy-drama film [[TheFilmOfThePlay based on]] Creator/LinManuelMiranda's Broadway musical [[Theatre/InTheHeights of the same name]]. It was directed by Creator/JonMChu from a screenplay by Quiara Alegría Hudes (who also wrote the book for the original musical).
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** When the kids don't know who Chita Rivera is, Usnavi incredulously asks what they've been learning for Hispanic Heritage Month. [[spoiler: The Dominican Republic doesn't have such a thing, but ''America'' does.]]

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** When the kids don't know who Chita Rivera is, Usnavi incredulously asks what they've been learning for Hispanic Heritage Month. [[spoiler: The Dominican Republic doesn't have such a thing, but ''America'' does. Also, note that they're speaking in ''English''. The viewer might assume that it's a Main/TranslationConvention, but they really are speaking English--because they're in America.]]
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** When Usnavi brings up the idea of returning to the Dominican Republic to Sonny, Sonny is hesitant about the idea. Initially, the audience thinks it's because he was a baby when the family came to the United States and he has no memories of the DR. [[spoiler:Later it becomes clear that, because of his undocumented status, he's afraid that if he leaves the United States, there's a chance he might not be able to come back.]]

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The film is about a tight-knit Latino community on the brink of change located in Washington Heights, New York. Creator/AnthonyRamos stars as Usnavi, a good-hearted bodega owner who dreams of returning to his native Dominican Republic despite his crush on aspiring fashion designer Vanessa (Creator/MelissaBarrera). Creator/LeslieGrace plays Nina, [[TheOneWhoMadeItOut considered the pride of the barrio]] for getting into Stanford, while Creator/CoreyHawkins plays Benny, Usnavi's best friend, Nina's love interest, and an employee of her father Kevin (Creator/JimmySmits). Rounding out the cast are Creator/GregoryDiazIV as Sonny, [[Creator/DaphneRubinVega Daphne Rubin-Vega]] as Daniela, and Creator/StephanieBeatriz as Carla, with Creator/OlgaMerediz reprising her Tony-nominated role as Abuela Claudia and Miranda as Piragua Guy (named "Mr. Piraguero").

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The film is about a tight-knit Latino community on the brink of change located in Washington Heights, New York. Creator/AnthonyRamos stars as Usnavi, a good-hearted bodega owner who dreams of returning to his native Dominican Republic despite his crush on aspiring fashion designer Vanessa (Creator/MelissaBarrera). (Creator/MelissaBarrera).

Creator/LeslieGrace plays Nina, [[TheOneWhoMadeItOut considered the pride of the barrio]] for getting into Stanford, while Creator/CoreyHawkins plays Benny, Usnavi's best friend, Nina's love interest, and an employee of her father Kevin (Creator/JimmySmits). Rounding out the cast are Creator/GregoryDiazIV as Sonny, [[Creator/DaphneRubinVega Daphne Rubin-Vega]] as Daniela, and Creator/StephanieBeatriz as Carla, with Creator/OlgaMerediz reprising her Tony-nominated role as Abuela Claudia and Miranda as Piragua Guy (named "Mr. Piraguero").

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[[caption-width-right:349:''"From Puerto Rico to Santo Domingo, we rep our people and the beat go --"'']]

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[[caption-width-right:349:''"From Puerto Rico to Santo Domingo, Domingo,\\
we rep our people and the beat go --"'']]



The film was released via simultaneous theatrical and Creator/HBOMax on June 10, 2021. [[https://youtu.be/U0CL-ZSuCrQ Trailer 1]], [[https://youtu.be/FlY-HzJ0kno "Washington Heights" Trailer]], [[https://youtu.be/lCYrqpng9QA "Powerful" Trailer]].

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The film was released in theaters and via simultaneous theatrical and Creator/HBOMax on June 10, 2021. 2021.

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[[https://youtu.be/U0CL-ZSuCrQ Trailer 1]], [[https://youtu.be/FlY-HzJ0kno "Washington Heights" Trailer]], [[https://youtu.be/lCYrqpng9QA "Powerful" Trailer]].
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** The line, "I’ve got more hoes than a phone book in Tokyo" in "96,000" is replaced with a ''Film/StarWars'' ShoutOut instead, possibly due to concerns of racism.

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** The line, "I’ve got more hoes than a phone book in Tokyo" in "96,000" is replaced with a ''Film/StarWars'' ''Franchise/StarWars'' ShoutOut instead, possibly due to concerns of racism.
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* ExplainExplainOhCrap: A completely serious instance. [[spoiler:When Sonny (who immigrated to America as a baby) is despondent over not being able to the college, Nina is confused, saying that those legal issues only affect undocumented people... and then it hits her.]]

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* ExplainExplainOhCrap: A completely serious instance. [[spoiler:When Sonny (who immigrated to America as a baby) is despondent over not being able to the go to college, Nina is confused, saying that those legal issues only affect undocumented people... and then it hits her.]]
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->''Where it's a hundred in the shade\\
But with patience and faith we remain unafraid\\
I'm home\\
You hear that music in the air?\\
Take the train to the top of the world, I'm there\\
[[TriumphantReprise I'm home!]]''

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