Playing by Heart

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Summary: Eleven articulate people work through affairs of the heart in Los Angeles.

Release Date: January 22, 1999

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Willard Carroll

Writer: Willard Carroll

Runtime: 2 h 01 min

MPAA: R

Production: Hyperion Pictures, Intermedia, Miramax, Morpheus

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 20,000,000

Domestic: $ 3,970,078

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Budget:$20MDomestic:$4MWorldwide:$4M

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Miramax

(Paramount Global subsidiary)

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44% of the Stars & Main Cast are Female.

17% of the Stars & Main Cast are "diverse."

White72.22%Jewish11.11%Mixed / Other11.11%Black5.56%

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Race	White	Total	Visuals	Info
Forebears	3	3
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Total	4	4
Cast Percentages	100%	100%	{"name":"Cast Percentages","series":[{"name":"White","y":100,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":""}
U.S. Population (1960) Percentage	88.6%		{"name":"U.S. Population (1960)","series":[{"name":"White","y":88.6,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Arab","y":0,"color":"#DF5353"},{"name":"Asian","y":0.55,"color":"#90ee7e"},{"name":"Black","y":10.5,"color":"#f45b5b"},{"name":"Indian","y":0,"color":"#7798BF"},{"name":"Indigenous","y":0.3,"color":"#aaeeee"},{"name":"Latino","y":3.2,"color":"#eeaaee"},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":0.04,"color":"#55BF3B"},{"name":"Jewish","y":3.08,"color":"#ff0066"}],"prefix":""}	Source: US Census (Note: Racial and ethnic categories overlap so the sum will not equal 100%.)
U.S. Population (1960) Representation	+11.4		{"name":"U.S. Population (1960)","series":[["White",88.6]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":100,"color":"#2b908f"}]}
U.S. Buying Power (2000) Percentage	81.25%		{"name":"U.S. Buying Power (2000)","series":[{"name":"White","y":6413300000000,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":0,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":276400000000,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":609100000000,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":0,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":40300000000,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":494000000000,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":60300000000,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":0,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":"$"}	Source: Selig Center, University of Georgia
U.S. Buying Power (2000) Representation	+18.75		{"name":"U.S. Buying Power (2000)","series":[["White",81.25]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":100,"color":"#2b908f"}]}
U.S. Average Individual Income (2018) Percentage	90.44%		{"name":"U.S. Average Individual Income (2018)","series":[{"name":"White","y":10294125469974,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":0,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":70884615346,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":821330666010,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":0,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":25009720466,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":167138048000,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":3215467429,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":0,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":"$"}	Source: IPUMS-CPS, University of Minnesota
U.S. Average Individual Income (2018) Representation	+9.56		{"name":"U.S. Average Individual Income (2018)","series":[["White",90.44]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":100,"color":"#2b908f"}]}
World population (1962) Percentage	24.12%		{"name":"World population (1962) ","series":[{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":5812464857,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":17089019919,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":3507555588,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"White","y":74935115561,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":27495242337,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":107692579529,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":17423234983,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":55451909499,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":1213276996,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":""}	NOTE: ZR is the first organization to ever create a global buying power divided by race. Essentially we just took data from CIA.gov FactBook, UN Population Estimates, and The World Bank's Population Estimates / Purchasing Power Parity Per Capita.
World population (1962) Representation	+75.88		{"name":"World population (1962) ","series":[["White",24.12]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":100,"color":"#2b908f"}]}
World Buying Power Percentage	36.48%		{"name":"World Buying Power","series":[{"name":"White","y":3010602822170000,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":771525888400000,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":91700962050000,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":526264226360000,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":174285727610000,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":148984454560000,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":526400066100000,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":2431392083750000,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":572687873900000,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":"$"}	NOTE: ZR is the first organization to ever create a global buying power divided by race. Essentially we just took data from CIA.gov FactBook, UN Population Estimates, and The World Bank's Population Estimates / Purchasing Power Parity Per Capita.
World Buying Power Representation	+63.52		{"name":"World Buying Power","series":[["White",36.48]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":100,"color":"#2b908f"}]}
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What You Need To Know:PLAYING BY HEART is a richly textured, charming, ensemble-cast movie that explores relationships, with a positive message that staying together in a committed relationship can be enriching and fulfilling. With no less than 11 outstanding characters, this movie examines...

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