Levinson was nominated for the 1990 Director's Guild of America's Outanding Directorial Achievement Award.
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Filmed on location in Baltimore, Maryland.
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Director Barry Levinson grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, where the film was shot. He shot several of his other films there, including DINER and TIN MEN. AVALON was his first film since winning an Academy Award for RAIN MAN.
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As Roger Ebert noted, Avalon refers to the neighborhood in Baltimore where the film is set. But in Celtic mythology Avalon is supposed to be an island of blessed souls located somewhere in the western seas.
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The baby David was played by Ava Eileen Quinn.
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The film was shown at the 1991 Brussels International Film Festival.
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