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Released
1990 · FILM

Avalon

Three generations of family. They shared a dream called America in a place called Avalon.

Directed by
Written by
Runtime
126 min
Drama

Synopsis

A Polish-Jewish family immigrates to the United States at the beginning of the twentieth century. In their new home, the family and their children strive to build a better future in what is often called the promised land.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 19

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Stu LinderShot by Allen DaviauScored by Randy NewmanDesigned by Norman Reynolds

Box Office

1990 · Box office

Grossed $15.7M worldwide

Worldwide gross

$15.7M

Worldwide gross$15.7M

Opening weekend: $303K 2% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $303K2% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 7 theaters

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