Rating: PG
Genre: Drama
Theatrical Release: 10/05/1990(USA)
Release Date: 03/13/2001
SubTitles: English/Espanol/French/Por/Chi/KO/TH
Dubbed: English/French/Espanol/Por
Sound: DDS
Run Time: 128 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Questionable for Children
Distributor/Studio: Columbia TriStar

The third of director Barry Levinson's autobiographical "Baltimore Trilogy" (the first two entries were Diner and Tin Men), Avalon covers nearly forty years in the lives of an immigrant Jewish family. Sam Krichinsky (Armin Mueller-Stahl) emigrates to Baltimore in 1914, where Sam's brothers Gabriel (Lou Jacobi), Hymie (Leo L. Fuchs), and Nathan (Israel Rubinek) are awaiting his arrival. By and by, Sam meets his future wife, Eva (Joan Plowright). With the introduction of the Krichinsky's grown son Jules (Aidan Quinn), the film ventures into culture-clash country. Unwilling to become a manual laborer like his dad, Jules opts for the life of a door-to-door salesman. Eventually, he teams with his cousin Izzy (Kevin Pollak) to open the first TV store in Baltimore. Thereafter, the disintegration of the Krichinsky family is paralleled by the rise of TV's omnipresence in the American home. Avalon's elegiac and melancholy effect is underlined by Randy Newman's soulful musical score.

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Armin Mueller-Stahl - Sam Krichinsky
Aidan Quinn - Jules Kaye
Eve Gordon - Dottie Kirk
Elizabeth Perkins - Anne Kaye
Lou Jacobi - Gabriel Krichinsky
Leo L. Fuchs - Hymie Krichinsky
Joan Plowright - Eva Krichinsky
Israel Rubinek - Nathan Krichinsky
Kevin Pollak - Izzy Kirk
Elijah Wood - Michael Kayeli
Grant Gelt - Teddy Kirk

Production:
Barry Levinson - Director
Mark Johnson Barry Levinson - Co Producer
Randy Newman - Composer
Stu Linder - Editor
Barry Levinson - Screen Writer
Linda de Scenna - Set Designer
Ed Richardson - Art Director
Fred Hole - Art Director
Charles James Newirth - Associate Producer
Marie Rowe - Associate Producer
Freddie Cooper - Camera Operator
Peter Norman - Camera Operator
Ellen Chenoweth - Casting
Allen Daviau - Cinematographer
Peter Norman - Cinematographer
Gloria Gresham - Costume Designer
Irving Buchman - Makeup
Paul Gebbia - Makeup
Allan Mason - Musical Direction/Supervision
Norman Reynolds - Production Designer
Charles James Newirth - Production Manager
Willie D. Burton - Sound/Sound Designer
Allen Hall - Special Effects
Bari Dreiband-Burman - Special Effects
Thomas R. Burman - Special Effects
Joel Kramer - Stunts
Christine Larson - First Assistant Director

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1990 Directors Guild of America

1990 American Society of Cinematographers

1990 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie

1990 Golden Globe

1990 National Board of Review