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Overview
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Barry Levinson (written by)
Release Date:
5 October 1990 (USA) more
Tagline:
Three generations of family. They shared a dream called America in a place called Avalon.
Plot:
A Polish-Jewish family comes to the USA at the beginning of the Twentieth Century. There, the family and their children try to make themselves a better future in the so-called promised land. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 1 win & 11 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(8 articles)
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(From Cinematical. 28 October 2009, 3:18 PM, PDT)
User Comments:
Less-than-nostalgic slice of Americana more (47 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Leo Fuchs | ... | Hymie Krichinsky | |
| Eve Gordon | ... | Dottie Kirk | |
| Lou Jacobi | ... | Gabriel Krichinsky | |
| Armin Mueller-Stahl | ... | Sam Krichinsky | |
| Elizabeth Perkins | ... | Ann Kaye | |
| Joan Plowright | ... | Eva Krichinsky | |
| Kevin Pollak | ... | Izzy Kirk | |
| Aidan Quinn | ... | Jules Kaye | |
| Israel Rubinek | ... | Nathan Krichinsky | |
| Elijah Wood | ... | Michael Kaye | |
| Grant Gelt | ... | Teddy Kirk | |
| Mindy Loren Isenstein | ... | Mindy Kirk | |
| Shifra Lerer | ... | Nellie Krichinsky | |
| Mina Bern | ... | Alice Krichinsky | |
| Frania Rubinek | ... | Faye Krichinsky |
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Runtime:
126 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Australia:PG | South Korea:12 | Netherlands:12 | Argentina:Atp | Chile:TE | Finland:S | Iceland:L | Singapore:PG | Sweden:7 | UK:U | USA:PG
Filming Locations:
19th Century Bookstore - 1047 Hollis Street, Baltimore, Maryland, USA more
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Trivia:
The home in the suburbs where the Kaye family moves from Avalon is director Barry Levinson's actual childhood home in Forest Park, west of Baltimore's city center. more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: Although the beginning of the picture is set in the late 1940s, the Christmas song "Silver Bells" is heard on Jules' car radio, sung by Bing Crosby. That version of the song was released in 1950. more
Quotes:
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Sam Krichinsky:
I came to America in 1914 - by way of Philadelphia. That's where I got off the boat. And then I came to Baltimore. It was the most beautiful place you ever seen in your life. There were lights everywhere! What lights they had! It was a celebration of lights...
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Featured in The 48th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1991) (TV) more
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Broadway more
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AVALON (1990) **** Armin Mueller-Stahl, Aidan Quinn, Elizabeth Perkins, Kevin Pollak, Joan Plowright, Lou Jacobi, Elijah Wood, Leo Fuchs. Barry Levinson's personal masterpiece, loosely autobiographical, on family values. Absolutely charming and at times poignant account of the Krachinsky clan, spanning four generations of the Baltimore based Jewish immigrants, and the effects of suburbia, television and the decline of the closeness of American families at large. Wonderful ensemble of talent with a steadily paced and absorbing calmness in tone. Stahl gives a sterling endeavor as does young Wood as his wide-eyed grandson. Loving valentine for all families perfectly realized. Great production design and cinematography.