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Avalon

Year:
Duration:
128 min
Genres:
Drama
IMDB rate:
7.3
Director:
Barry Levinson
Awards:
Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 11 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1990-10-19
Filming Locations: 19th Century Bookstore - 1047 Hollis Street, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Earnings
Gross: $15,740,796 (USA) Filming Dates 6 September 1989 - 22 November 1989 Copyright Holder Copyright © 1990 by Tri-Star Pictures, Inc. (on print)
Cast
Actor
Character
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
Neil Kirk
Herbie
Ronald Guttman
Simka
Rachel Aviva
Elka
Sylvia Weinberg
Mrs. Parkes
Ralph Tabakin
Principal Dunn
Steve Aronson
Moving Man
Miles A. Perman
Gas Attendant
Beatrice Yoffe
Nursing Home Receptionist
Brian Sher
Country Club Page
Frank Tamburo
Mugger
Patrick Flynn
Fire Chief
Herb Levinson
Rabbi at Funeral
Paul Quinn
K & K Employee
Kevin Blum
Young Jules
Alvin Myerovich
The Father
Moishe Rosenfeld
William as a Young Man
Michael Krauss
Sam as a Young Man
Michael Edelstein
Gabriel as a Young Man (as Michael David Edelstein)
Bernie Hiller
Hymie as a Young Man (as Bernard Hiller)
Brian Shait
Nathan as a Young Man
Dawne Hindle
Eva as a Young Woman
Christine Mosere
Nellie as a Young Woman
Anna Bergman
Alice as a Young Woman
Mary Lechter
Faye as a Young Woman
Barbara Morris
Mollie as a Young Woman
Tom Wood
Michael as an Adult
Christopher James Lekas
Michael's Son - Sam
David Thornhill
David at 8 Months
Jordan Young
David at 10 Years
Tammy Walker
Camera Girl
David Long
TV Commercial Director
Brenda Alford
Night Club Singer
Thomas Joy
Country Club Singer
James A. Zemarel
Supper Club Singer
Jesse Adelman
Miscellaneous Family Member
Judy Bach
Miscellaneous Family Member
Alisa Bernstein
Miscellaneous Family Member
Eva Cohen
Miscellaneous Family Member
Josh Lessner
Miscellaneous Family Member
Samantha Shenk
Miscellaneous Family Member
Patty Sherman
Miscellaneous Family Member
Irv Stein
Miscellaneous Family Member
Thelma Weiner
Miscellaneous Family Member
Robert Zalkind
Miscellaneous Family Member
Ian Bonds
Boy in Theater (uncredited)
Greg Coale
Mailman (uncredited)
George Fenneman
Himself (archive sound) (uncredited)
Cindy Geppi
Extra (uncredited)
Arthur Godfrey
Himself (archive sound) (uncredited)
Bruce A. Rauscher
Ballroom Dancer (uncredited)
Carolyn Rawleigh
Beachgoer (uncredited)
William Shipman
Shopper (uncredited)
Harry von Zell
Himself (archive sound) (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
Some of Barry Levinson's relatives appear in the scene of Eva's funeral, which is based on the funeral of his own grandmother. When he started directing them, one of his cousins said, "Barry, we know what to do - we did this once before already."
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The slivovitz (a.k.a. "block and fall") the immigrant brothers recall their father drinking ("he never drank water, only slivovitz") is a real type of high-proof Hungarian plum brandy or schnapps made with the same kind of plums that give Sloe Gin its flavor. Slivovitz is not a brand name, but a generic term for this type of drink, and a definition of it can be found in some dictionaries.
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The movie takes place mainly between Thanksgiving Day 1948 to Thanksgiving Day 1950.
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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.
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When Baltimore's Bromo-Seltzer clock tower is shown at the movie's opening, that 1914 depiction omits the brightly-lit 51-foot tall blue Bromo-Seltzer bottle that had adorned the top of the tower from 1911 through 1936. Descriptions from the time period report the blue glow could be seen from miles around. The oversight is particularly notable because the film's concurrent narration mentions the city's bright lights.
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Armin Mueller-Stahl (who plays Sam Krichinsky) has hazel eyes, while the actor playing him as a younger man (Michael Krauss) has brown eyes.
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Quotes
Sam Krichinsky: I came to America in 1914...
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Jules Kaye: He wets the bed. My dad wets the bed.
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Michael Kaye: I don't want you to leave!
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Photos from cast
Ava Eileen Quinn
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