Avalon (1990 film)

Avalon
Avalon theatrical release poster
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBarry Levinson
Written byBarry Levinson
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyAllen Daviau
Edited byStu Linder
Music byRandy Newman
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Baltimore Pictures
Distributed byTri-Star Pictures
Release date
  • October 5, 1990 (1990-10-05) (United States)
Running time
126 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
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.

  1. ^ "AFI|Catalog".
  2. ^ "Avalon (1990)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
  3. ^ Levinson, Barry (November 14, 1999). "Barry Levinson: Baltimore, My Baltimore". The New York Times.