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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Cast
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| Robin Williams | ... | Vladimir Ivanoff | |
| Maria Conchita Alonso | ... | Lucia Lombardo | |
| Cleavant Derricks | ... | Lionel Witherspoon | |
| Alejandro Rey | ... | Orlando Ramirez | |
| Saveliy Kramarov | ... | Boris (as Savely Kramarov) | |
| Elya Baskin | ... | Anatoly | |
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Oleg Rudnik | ... | Yury |
| Aleksandr Benyaminov | ... | Vladimir's Grandfather (as Alexander Beniaminov) | |
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Lyudmila Kramarevskaya | ... | Vladimir's Mother (as Ludmila Kramarevsky) |
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Ivo Vrzal-Wiegand | ... | Vladimir's Father (as Ivo Vrzal) |
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Natalya Ivanova | ... | Sasha (as Natalie Iwanow) |
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Tiger Haynes | ... | Lionel's Grandfather |
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Eyde Byrde | ... | Lionel's Mother (as Edye Byrde) |
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Robert MacBeth | ... | Lionel's Stepfather |
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Donna Ingram-Young | ... | Leanne |
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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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city name in title | musician | circus | saxophone | russian immigrant |Taglines:
Vladimir Ivanoff walks into a department store to buy blue jeans, walks out with a girl friend, an immigration lawyer and a buddy. His life and theirs will never be the same again. See more »Parents Guide:
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6 April 1984 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$13,000,000 (estimated)Gross USA:
$25,100,000Company Credits
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french man on bus: Excuse me, sir. Does this bus go to the Lincoln Center?
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Written by David McHugh
Produced by The Motels and David McHugh
Performed by The Motels
Courtesy of Capitol Records
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The concept for the movie was an idea that director and co-writer Paul Mazursky had been toying with for several years when he decided to call his 'Tempest' (1982) collaborator Leon Capetanos. "We did a lot of research," said Mazursky. "We talked to Russians in Los Angeles and New York, including a Russian musician, and our story began to narrow." Co-writer Leon Capetanos remembered: "We spoke to Russians who had emigrated. We asked them what it was like to go through immigration and discovered that they were overwhelmed by the most minor things like grocery stores, meat markets, the sheer opulence of it." See more »Goofs
The can of Coke that the KGB agent is holding during the circus performance in New York is obviously not an American one (the sides go straight into the rim, rather than a slight lip between them). 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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CBS edited 19 minutes from this film for its 1986 network television premiere. See more »Soundtracks
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This is THE ONLY movie I've seen that truly shows life in the Soviet Union, which is made in the West.
This is a great movie! It really hits on why people tried to run from the Soviet Union, the oppression there and the taste of freedom in the USA. It is extremely realistic! We were ashamed at some points in the movie associating ourselves with the former fellow countrymen. But the showed THE TRUTH! All of the things shown used to happen in real life.
Robin Williams was brilliant. He spoke Russian with almost no accent, which was amazing!
I am from the Soviet Union so I know what I'm talking about. Nearly all of the rest of the movies are not more than a joke when it concerns reflecting life in Russia or Soviet Union. Even in the Air Force One (with Harrison Ford!) I was laughing like crazy when they showed supposedly Russian Prison.
So, all of you lucky to be born in freedom, please see this movie and you maybe will start thinking why you are so lucky and how exciting but difficult is to be an immigrant!