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Red Penguins

  • 20192019
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 20m
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6.8/10
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Red Penguins (2019)
'Red Penguins' details the bizarre and messy attempt by the Pittsburgh Penguins and the former Soviet Red Army's national hockey team to set up a joint venture.
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Red Penguins tells a story of capitalism and opportunism run amok - complete with gangsters, strippers and live bears serving beer on a hockey rink in Moscow. Shortly after the collapse of t... Read allRed Penguins tells a story of capitalism and opportunism run amok - complete with gangsters, strippers and live bears serving beer on a hockey rink in Moscow. Shortly after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Pittsburgh Penguins and the famed Red Army hockey team formed a joint... Read allRed Penguins tells a story of capitalism and opportunism run amok - complete with gangsters, strippers and live bears serving beer on a hockey rink in Moscow. Shortly after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Pittsburgh Penguins and the famed Red Army hockey team formed a joint-venture that showed anything was possible in the new Russia. Eccentric marketing whiz, St... Read all
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  • Director
    • Gabe Polsky
  • Writer
    • Gabe Polsky
  • Stars
    • Howard Baldwin
    • Alexander Baranovsky
    • George Bush(archive footage)
  • Director
    • Gabe Polsky
  • Writer
    • Gabe Polsky
  • Stars
    • Howard Baldwin
    • Alexander Baranovsky
    • George Bush(archive footage)
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    • 7User reviews
    • 27Critic reviews
    • 76Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 3 nominations

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    Howard Baldwin
    Alexander Baranovsky
    • Self
    George Bush
    George Bush
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Bill Clinton
    Bill Clinton
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Michael Eisner
    Michael Eisner
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Michael J. Fox
    Michael J. Fox
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Vladimir Golubev
    • Self
    Mikhail Gorbachev
    Mikhail Gorbachev
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Al Gore
    Al Gore
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Viktor Gusev
    • Self
    Valery Gushin
    • Self
    Larry King
    Larry King
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Vladislav Listyev
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Aleksandr Lyubimov
    • Self
    • (as Alexander Lyubimov)
    Vladimir Putin
    Vladimir Putin
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Tom Ruta
    • Self
    Viktor Tikhonov
    Viktor Tikhonov
      Alimzhan Tokhtakhunov
      Alimzhan Tokhtakhunov
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      • Director
        • Gabe Polsky
      • Writer
        • Gabe Polsky
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      8/10
      You don't have to be a hockey fan
      I spent those same years in PR China as a young rep for a US Engineering firm, so this elicits a bit a sense of sympathetic nostalgia for the expat adventure. I have stories, but the difference is that I'm not Steve Warshaw. While the venture eventually failed, clearly Steve left a mark on the country, his creative boundary pushing facilitated by lack of rules in the new Russia. The apparent latitude that he was allowed (took?) by the Baldwin / the home office was amazing and amusing. Where were the corporate lawyers? Seems like one of those unique intersections of time and place that we will not see again and anyone who enjoys stories that revolve around cultural clashes, with a bonus dash of intrigue, hockey fan or not, will not go wrong by giving this a watch.
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      • Release date
        • August 4, 2020 (United States)
      • Countries of origin
        • United States
        • Germany
      • Official sites
        • BBC Programmes
        • Official Website
      • Languages
        • English
        • Russian
      • Also known as
        • Red Penguins - Ett ryskt ishockeyäventyr
      • Filming locations
        • New York City, New York, USA
      • Production companies
        • Gabriel Polsky Productions
        • Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR)
        • Studio Hamburg Enterprises
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      • Runtime
        1 hour 20 minutes
      • Color
        • Color

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