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Moscow on the Hudson (1984)
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When a Russian musician defects in Bloomingdale's department store in New York, he finds adjusting to American life more difficult than he imagined. Director:Paul Mazursky |
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Lucia Lombardo
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Lionel Witherspoon
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Orlando Ramirez
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Saveli Kramarov | ... |
Boris
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Anatoly
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Oleg Rudnik | ... |
Yury
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Aleksandr Benyaminov | ... |
Vladimir's Grandfather
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Lyudmila Kramarevskaya | ... |
Vladimir's Mother
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Ivo Vrzal-Wiegand | ... |
Vladimir's Father
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Natalya Ivanova | ... |
Sasha
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Tiger Haynes | ... |
Lionel's Grandfather
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Eyde Byrde | ... |
Lionel's Mother
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Robert MacBeth | ... |
Lionel's Stepfather
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Donna Ingram-Young | ... |
Leanne
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Storyline
A Russian circus visits the US. A clown wants to defect, but doesn't have the nerve. His saxophone playing friend however comes to the decision to defect in the middle of Bloomingdales. He is befriended by the black security guard and falls in love with the Italian immigrant from behind the perfume counter. We follow his life as he works his way through the American dream and tries to find work as a musician. Written by Zaphod <aaa@scs.leeds.ac.uk>
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America is sometimes a strange place even for Americans. Let alone for Vladimir Ivanoff, a Russian defector with a black roommate, a Cuban lawyer, and an Italian girlfriend. Who's learning to live with Big Macs, cable TV, hard rock, softcore, unemployment and a whole new wonderful word for him. Freedom. See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
(USA) See more »Also Known As:
En ryss i New York See more »Filming Locations:
Bartlett Place, Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$13,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
$25,100,000 (USA)Company Credits
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Color (Metrocolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
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french man on bus: Excuse me, sir. Does this bus go to the Lincoln Center?
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In one scene, a cinema is showing An Unmarried Woman, directed by Paul Mazursky, the director of Moscow on the Hudson. See more »Goofs
Revealing mistakes: Road signs in Moscow scenes are messy. For instance, Vladimir passes sign "no vehicles allowed" and some meters after you can see the sign "parking forbidden" which means a vehicle suppose to disrespect 1st sign to succeed in disrespecting then the 2nd. See more »Quotes
french man on bus: [first lines]french man on bus: Excuse me, sir. Does this bus go to the Lincoln Center?
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