Avalon
starring: Aidan Quinn, Elizabeth Perkins, Leo Fuchs, Eve Gordon, Lou Jacobi
directed by: Barry Levinson
directed by: Barry Levinson
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Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 9780767859783
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0767859782
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: March 13, 2001
Running Time: 126 minutes
Sales Rank: 10783
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: October 05, 1990
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Editorial Review:
Description:
Intensely personal and yet universally appealing, AVALON follows immigrant Sam Krichinsky and his extended family as they seek a dream called America in a place called Avalon. From poverty through prosperity, the Krichinsky family faces their changing world with enduring humor and abiding love. Even when squabbling over a failed business or adjusting to a new land, Levinson never fails to find the comedy and immediacy of their immigrant experience. A superb cast, led by Armin Mueller-Stahl, Aidan Quinn and Elizabeth Perkins, perfectly captures the vibrant love and laughter of this quintessentially American family. The coming-of-age story of an entire nation, AVALON is a 'tapestry of American life so rich and perfect it could hang in a museum.'(Rex Reed)
Amazon.com:
Writer-director Barry Levinson is at his best when exploring his native Baltimore during his formative years: the 1950s and 1960s. This film, drawing upon family stories, tells a compelling, amusing tale about an extended group that came to America one by one, each earning enough to bring the next sibling. The new, American-born generation--represented by Aidan Quinn and Kevin Pollak--see a future in that mysterious machine known as the television, even as the older generation, led by Armin Mueller-Stahl, finds its traditions shattering or being put aside. Funny, tragic, and telling, it's a terrific, multifaceted film that ultimately details the breakdown of the oral tradition in the wake of television's burgeoning popularity. --Marshall Fine
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- A beautiful depiction of love, life and family...`Avalon' is a beautifully complete look at family life and how it becomes so easy for us to lose our ... Read More
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- A very fine drama, good plot and storyOn paper, writer-director Barry Levinson's semi-autobiographical Avalon, which begins with the arrival ... Read More
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- A Movie Like Hollywood Used to MakeThis is an outstanding film -- a positive film -- just like Hollywood used to make. When I say "positive" ... Read More
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- If you like Quality movies..This movie is great. I first saw it over 10 years ago, and I have not forgotten it. It's a fantastic movie ... Read More
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- Barry Levinson's Personal Epic Is Also His Forgotten MasterpieceLooking back at some recent comedies by Barry Levinson ("Envy" and "Man of the Year"), it's hard to remember ... Read More
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