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Overview

User Rating:
6.1/10   2,477 votes
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Director:
Taylor Hackford
Writers:
James Goldman (screenplay) and
Eric Hughes (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
22 November 1985 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
An expatriate Russian dancer is on a plane forced to land on Soviet territory. He is taken to an apartment... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations more
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(5 articles)
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Mikhail Baryshnikov ... Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko

Gregory Hines ... Raymond Greenwood
Jerzy Skolimowski ... Colonel Chaiko

Helen Mirren ... Galina Ivanova

Geraldine Page ... Anne Wyatt

Isabella Rossellini ... Darya Greenwood
John Glover ... Wynn Scott
Stefan Gryff ... Captain Kirigin

William Hootkins ... Chuck Malarek
Shane Rimmer ... Ambassador Larry Smith
Florence Faure ... Ballerina (Death)
David Savile ... Pilot
Ian Liston ... Co-pilot
Benny Young ... Flight Engineer
Hilary Drake ... Stewardess #1
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Additional Details

Runtime:
136 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Russian
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)

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Trivia:
The 747 aircraft is actually a 707 with an artificial hump on the top of the forward fuselage, as the studio couldn't afford to lease a 747. more
Goofs:
Continuity: During Chaiko's interrogation of Rodchenko at the clinic, the torn items thrown on Rodchenko change. The image of a partial American Express Gold Card appears, disappears, then re-appears during the course of the questioning. more
Quotes:
Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko: I see. You and your wife, you worke in the theater. And you live here... in Siberia.
Raymond Greenwood: It's just temporary.
Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko: [dryly] Of course. Nobody is here permanently.
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Movie Connections:
References Porgy and Bess (1959) more
Soundtrack:
This is Your Day more

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11 out of 12 people found the following comment useful:-
Worth seeing, 3 September 2000
9/10
Author: catbird-3 from Arizona

I'm not a dance fan, but the opening ballet sequence alone is worth the price of a rental. Baryshnikov had a vertical leap matched only by Olympic high jumpers and a few NBA players. Even if the drama flags in spots, the characters are sympathetic and well-drawn, and the action/suspense is as good as that in other adventure flicks of the time. By now the movie also serves a documentary purpose, convincingly conveying the feel of life in the Soviet Union during its waning years.

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