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Avalon (1990) 7.1
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. Director:Barry LevinsonWriter:Barry Levinson |
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Cast
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Leo Fuchs | ... |
Hymie Krichinsky
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Dottie Kirk
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Lou Jacobi | ... |
Gabriel Krichinsky
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Sam Krichinsky
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Ann Kaye
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Eva Krichinsky
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Izzy Kirk
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Jules Kaye
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Israel Rubinek | ... |
Nathan Krichinsky
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Michael Kaye
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Grant Gelt | ... |
Teddy Kirk
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Mindy Loren Isenstein | ... | |
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Shifra Lerer | ... |
Nellie Krichinsky
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Mina Bern | ... |
Alice Krichinsky
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Frania Rubinek | ... |
Faye Krichinsky
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A Polish-Jewish family arrives in the US at the beginning of the century and they and their children try to build themselves a better future in the promised land. Written by Mattias Thuresson
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suburb | baltimore maryland | moving van | brother brother relationship | streetcar accident |Taglines:
Three generations of family. They shared a dream called America in a place called Avalon.Genres:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
5 October 1990 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Drømmen om Amerika See more »Box Office
Gross:
$15,740,796 (USA)Company Credits
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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! I thought they were for me, Sam, who was in America. Sam was in America! I didn't know what holiday it was, but there were lights. And I walked under them. The sky exploded, people cheered, there were fireworks! What a welcome ...
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The last of director Levinson's semi-autobiographic "Baltimore Trilogy" set in the 50s. The first two were "Diner" and "Tin Men." See more »Goofs
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. See more »Quotes
[first lines]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! I thought they were for me, Sam, who was in America. Sam was in America! I didn't know what holiday it was, but there were lights. And I walked under them. The sky exploded, people cheered, there were fireworks! What a welcome ...
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Although this film takes place 15 years before I was born, growing up in an ethnic family in the early 60's had changed very little.
My family is Greek, but this film will appeal to any ethnic group especially first or second generation Americans. Back then we all still gathered at one member's home for holidays and on Sundays. We all dressed up (and still do) for church and holiday gatherings. Watching little Elijah Wood with his bow tie reminded me of myself at that age.
Mr. Levinson through film, and Randy Newman through his haunting musical score did a magnificent job of recreating a world that has all but disappeared. A time when family was the center of our lives, children respected the adults and were expected to behave in a civilized manner, people didn't spend Sundays running all over town to football, soccer games etc, and the elder members of the family were revered instead of ignored or worse, placed in a home.
We, those of us in the post-war generation would to well to look at this film as a guideline for how to bring values back into our lives and realize that we all need to re-think our priorities.
If you want to relive your childhood for 2 1/2 hours laugh one minute and cry the next, I HIGHLY recommend this film