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