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Avalon – Edited

The third installment in Barry Levinson’s Baltimore Trilogy, ”Avalon,” tells the story of a Jewish family immigrating to the United States in pursuit of the American dream. Starting in the early 1900s, the Krichinsky brothers begin to arrive in America one at a time, scrimping and saving to pay for the next relative’s trip to the land of opportunity. As the brothers find success in Baltimore, their family grows and they face new challenges. First-generation American cousins, Jules (Aidan Quinn) and Izzy (Kevin Pollak), shorten and Americanize their last names, build a small empire with their ever-expanding discount store, and move to the suburbs. Patriarchal figure, Sam (Armin Mueller-Stahl), who proudly reminisces about his initial arrival in Baltimore on the Fourth of July, finds it hard to understand the younger generation. So do his brothers. Levinson does a fine job of capturing the emotions and the ties that bind families together, juxtaposing the loss of family interaction with the advent and rising popularity of television. The top-notch ensemble includes Joan Plowright, Elizabeth Perkins, Lou Jacobi, and a very young Elijah Wood.
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Avalon takes a look at immigration and Americanization. A Jewish man comes to America with his father and his brothers looking for a new life. But they didn’t wish to lose their heritage, customs, and way of life when they came to the U.S. They settle and they start to make a life for themselves and their children. But slowly their children start to lose more and more of their rich culture and background. One of the sons who originally came to the states reminisces about their ways and how hard it was and what they did when they got here. But the grandchildren look at him like he’s telling a fairytale because they have become so Americanized by watching TV and changing their last names. Basically it’s a story about staying true to yourself and being who you really are. There are no objectionable elements in this movie.

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