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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$13,000,000 (estimated)Gross USA:
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french man on bus: Excuse me, sir. Does this bus go to the Lincoln Center?
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Written & Performed by Waylon Jennings
Courtesy of RCA Records
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Director Paul Mazursky said of actress Maria Conchita Alonso who played Lucia Lombardo: "Maria's first reading as Lucia knocked me out." He continues: "I couldn't stop laughing. She has a very strong combination of technique and instinct that gives off a lot of energy. If here's a modern combination of Sophia Loren and Carmen Miranda, it's Maria. She's got the beauty of Loren and the wackiness of a clown like Miranda." See more »Goofs
In his apartment Vlad plays a tape for Lucy that he says he brought from Russia. He defected in Bloomingdale's with only the clothes on his back so it is doubtful that he had a cassette tape with him. 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 »Connections
Referenced in At the Movies: Good Morning, Vietnam/Leonard Part 6/Eddie Murphy Raw/Housekeeping/Siesta (1987) See more »Soundtracks
PEOPLE UP IN TEXASWritten & Performed by Waylon Jennings
Courtesy of RCA Records
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Manhattan looks so much more varied and gritty and real and less mall-ified than it does today in this, Paul Mazursky's 1984 love letter to the American way, and one of the last unambiguously patriotic mainstream American movies. (It's very much a product of its Reagan time, right down to the casual homophobia.) Robin Williams, for once not twinkling too hard or overworking his virtuosity or adorableness, is an Everyman Russian who unexpectedly defects in Bloomingdale's and goes on to live the immigrant experience, suffering urban indignities and romantic angst along the way. His worklife is a little easier, his economic situation a little less treacherous, and the people he meets a little nicer than they would be in real life. For all that, in its celebration of the melting pot and its warm embrace of the American urban landscape, the movie moved me to tears.