Heights (2005)

Actors are dramatic people, and they tend to live their lives in a more passionate manner than do ordinary folk, taking emotion, spirit, and physicality to Heights (2004) the rest of us can only sit back and absorb as compelling and enriching entertainment. A Shakespearian neophyte is challenged by his instructor to seize destiny and stake a claim in the world of raised expectations. The star-crossed, star-struck kid has one night in New York City in which to prove his mettle. As the evening deepens, the fates of four more attractive, driven characters interlock and interweave in a fast-forward pursuit of fulfillment and self-actualization under the Manhattan skyline.