Avalon ★★★ 1990 (PG) Powerful but quiet portrait of the break-up of the family unit as seen from the perspective of a Russian family settled in Baltimore at the close of WWII. Initally, the family is unified in their goals, ideologies, and social lives. Gradually, all of this disintegrates; members move to the suburbs and TV replaces conversation at holiday gatherings. Levinson based his film on experiences within his own family of Russian Jewish immigrants. 126m/C VHS, DVD, 8mm, Wide. Armin Mueller-Stahl, Aidan Quinn, Elizabeth Perkins, Joan Plowright, Lou Jacobi, Leo Fuchs, Eve Gordon, Kevin Pollak, Israel Rubinek, Elijah Wood, Grant Gelt, Bernard Hiller;
Director:
Barry Levinson;
Writer:
Barry Levinson;
Writer:
Allen Daviau;
Cameo:
Randy Newman. Writers Guild '90: Orig. Screenplay.
