October 5, 1990
Avalon is a 1990 American drama film 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), Avalon (1990), and Liberty Heights (1999). The film explores the themes of Jewish assimilation into American life.