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Moscow On The Hudson [1984]
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Editorial
Amazon.co.uk Review
Robin Williams is in his fuzzy, sensitive-with-bittersweet-touches mode in Moscow on the Hudson. Playing a musician in a Russian circus who gets talked into defecting by a pal and does so in the middle of Bloomingdale's. A great concept, to be sure, but writer-director Paul Mazursky doesn't seem to know where to go from there. Williams winds up living in the same kind of poverty that he did in Russia, casting about for a way to make a living while both wallowing and drowning in the sudden tidal wave of freedom. Mazursky wants to make a point about how little we appreciate what we have, but he fails to entertain in the process--or at least to engage in a consistent way. --Marshall Fine, Amazon.com
Ok
Review date: 2007-12-16 Rating: 8 out of 10
This is a little dated but Robin Williams really makes the film. Interesting and a little funny, not one of his best works but certainly not appalling otherwise. Get it if you're a fan or the subject interests you otherwise there's better films out there...
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Reviews
Easier to understand now the Cold War has ended
Review date: 2007-06-23 Rating: 6 out of 10
I'm guessing that when "Moscow on the Hudson" first came out, it looked kind of silly and unrealistic. But now that the Cold War has long since ended, it looks better (and watching the movie, you can see why the Soviet Union was imploding). Robin Williams, in one of his more easygoing roles, plays Russian saxophonist Vladimir Ivanoff, who defects while his group is performing in New York.
How to be an alien
Review date: 2003-09-30 Rating: 10 out of 10
The exhilarating saga of a russian circus Saxophonist who, after having planned defection from cold-war Russia together with a friend for years, suddenly finds himself alone in the Big Apple having been the only one to have had the guts to put the plan into effect. Robin Williams is here at his best,his huge talent at faces and voices at times gushing forward and leaving the viewer aghast both in comic and moving moments.
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Saveli Kramarov
Maria Conchita Alonso
Cleavant Derricks
Alejandro Rey
Robin Williams
Creators:
Robin Williams (Primary Contributor)
Maria Conchita Alonso (Primary Contributor)
Donald McAlpine (Cinematographer)
Paul Mazursky (Producer)
Paul Mazursky (Writer)
Richard Halsey (Editor)
Geoffrey Taylor (Producer)
Pato Guzman (Producer)
Leon Capetanos (Writer)
Director(s):
Recording label: Uca
Manufacturer: Uca
EAN: 5050582260588
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen,
Release date: 2004-06-14
Number of discs: 1
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Audience rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 112 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1984-04-06
Language: English (Original Language)
Language: Russian (Original Language)