Avalon (1990)
- Starring:
- Armin Mueller-Stahl, Aidan Quinn, (more)
- Director(s):
- Barry Levinson
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Avalon
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, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 128 mins
Complete Cast of Avalon
- Armin Mueller-Stahl - Sam Krichinsky
- Eve Gordon - Dottie Kirk
- Lou Jacobi - Gabriel Krichinsky
- Israel Rubinek - Nathan Krichinsky
- Kevin Pollak - Izzy Kirk
- Grant Gelt - Teddy Kirk
- Irv Stein - Miscellaneous Family Member
- Christopher James Lekas - Sam, Michael's Son
- Steve Aronson - Moving Man
- Mary Lechter - Faye as a Young Woman
- Moishe Rosenfeld - William as a Young Man
- Brian Sher - Country Club Page
- Neil Kirk - Herbie
- Brian Shait - Nathan as a Young Man
- Patty Sherman - Miscellaneous Family Member
- Miles A. Perman - Gas Attendant
- Herb Levison - Rabbi at Funeral
- Frania Rubinek - Faye Krichinsky
- Frank Tamburo - Mugger
- Tom Wood - Michael as an Adult
- James A. Zemarel - Supper Club Singer
- Alvin Myerovich - The Father
- Kevin Blum - Young Jules
- Jesse Adelman - Miscellaneous Family Member
- David Long - TV Commercial Director
- Ronald Guttman - Simka
- Jordan Young - David, age 10
- Ava Eileen Quinn - David as a Baby
- Bernard Hiller - Hymie as a Young Man
- Beatrice Yoffe - Nursing Home Receptionist
- Aidan Quinn - Jules Kaye
- Elizabeth Perkins - Anne Kaye
- Leo L. Fuchs - Hymie Krichinsky
- Joan Plowright - Eva Krichinsky
- Elijah Wood - Michael Kayeli
- Judy Bach - Miscellaneous Family Member
- Anna Bergman - Alice as a Young Woman
- Barbara Morris - Mollie as a Young Woman
- Shifra Lerer - Nellie Krichinsky
- Robert Zalkind - Miscellaneous Family Member
- Tammy Walker - Camera Girl
- Michael Krauss - Sam as a Young Man
- Samantha Shenk - Miscellaneous Family Member
- Pat Flynn - Fire Chief
- Paul Quinn - K & K Employee
- Christine Mosere - Nellie as a Young Woman
- Josh Lessner - Miscellaneous Family Member
- Sylvia Weinberg - Mrs. Parkes
- Mindy Loren Isenstein - Mindy Kirk
- Ralph Tabakin - Principal Dunn
- Thelma Weiner - Miscellaneous Family Member
- Eva Cohen - Miscellaneous Family Member
- Brenda Alford - Night Club Singer
- Dawne Hindle - Eva as a Young Woman
- David Thornhill - David, age 8 Months
- Thomas Joy - Country Club Singer
- Alisa Bernstein - Miscellaneous Family Member
- Rachel Aviva - Elka
- Michael David Edelstein - Gabriel as a Young Man
- Mina Bern - Alice Krichinsky
- Director(s):
- Barry Levinson
- Writer(s):
- Barry Levinson
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Violence, Questionable for Children)
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