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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
Sakke Järvenpää (story)
Aki Kaurismäki (screenplay)
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Release Date:
24 March 1989 (Finland) more
Plot:
The Leningrad Cowboys, a group of Finnish musicians, and their manager, travel to America seeking fame and fortune... more | add synopsis
NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Ndtv Lumiere to screen comedies under Carlsberg World Cinema Sundays
(From BusinessofCinema. 4 August 2009, 9:35 AM, PDT)
On DVD: Aki Kaurismäki's Proletariat Trilogy, "Shadow"
(From IFC. 23 September 2008, 11:36 AM, PDT)
User Comments:
Just good clean fun more (25 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Matti Pellonpää | ... | Vladimir (Manager) |
| Kari Väänänen | ... | Igor (Village Idiot) |
| Sakke Järvenpää | ... | The Leningrad Cowboys |
| Heikki Keskinen | ... | The Leningrad Cowboys |
| Pimme Korhonen | ... | The Leningrad Cowboys |
| Sakari Kuosmanen | ... | The Leningrad Cowboys |
| Puka Oinonen | ... | The Leningrad Cowboys |
| Silu Seppälä | ... | The Leningrad Cowboys |
| Mauri Sumén | ... | The Leningrad Cowboys |
| Mato Valtonen | ... | The Leningrad Cowboys |
| Pekka Virtanen | ... | The Leningrad Cowboys |
| Nicky Tesco | ... | Lost Cousin |
| Olli Tuominen | ... | Siberian Svengali |
| Kari Laine | ... | Siberian Chauffeur |
| Jatimatic Ohlstrom | ... | Father of the Cowboys |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Cowboys de Lenigrado Vão Para a América (Brazil) [pt]
Leningrad Cowboys jada do go Ameruki (Poland) [pl]
Leningrad cow-boys pane America (Greece) [el]
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Runtime:
78 min
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:L | Australia:M | Finland:S | Sweden:7 | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 | West Germany:12
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Continuity: In the opening scene, and throughout the movie, the frozen bass player's bass guitar is some cheap off-brand guitar. But when he thaws out and gets up to play at the end of the movie, it's a Fender. more
Movie Connections:
Followed by Total Balalaika Show (1994) more
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The most politically inclined and intellectual viewer would analyze this movie as a political satire, and they would be right. However, this movie is more enjoyable if seen as a road movie and a look at America through the eyes of a foreigner. Funny and poignant.