| Avalon | |
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| Directed by | Barry Levinson |
| Written by | Barry Levinson |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Allen Daviau |
| Edited by | Stu Linder |
| Music by | Randy Newman |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | Baltimore Pictures |
| Distributed by | Tri-Star Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 126 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | English Yiddish |
| Budget | $20 million[1] |
| Box office | $15.7 million[2] |
Avalon is a 1990 American drama film written and directed by Barry Levinson and starring Armin Mueller-Stahl, Elizabeth Perkins, Joan Plowright and Aidan Quinn. It is the third in Levinson's semi-autobiographical tetralogy of "Baltimore films" set in his hometown during the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s: Diner (1982), Tin Men (1987), and Liberty Heights (1999).[3] The film explores the themes of Jewish assimilation into American life, through several generations of a Polish immigrant family from the 1910s through the 1950s.
The film was released to critical acclaim, and was nominated for four Academy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards.
- ^ "AFI|Catalog".
- ^ "Avalon (1990)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
- ^ Levinson, Barry (November 14, 1999). "Barry Levinson: Baltimore, My Baltimore". The New York Times.